[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I was not basing my choice of paid vs. free for any other consideration then the selections chosen vs. those not chosen. Using Horror (again), we did have books nominated like Rosemary's Baby and Carrie yet we ended up with Camilla. That's not fair to those that wanted a book that was possibly scary. The free choice tok away from a good read for a poor read (IMHO).

Nothing's stopping anyone from reading the "scary" book and posting about it in Reading Recs. Nothing's stopping anyone from getting a group of people to agree to read it, call themselves the Alternative Book Club, and posting about it here.

For me, this was never about money but about an enjoyable read.

You are not the ultimate arbiter of what qualifies as an "enjoyable read."

I have no interest in reading Rosemary's Baby nor Carrie because of the Christian themes, and in the case of Carrie, because it focuses on high school bullies. I didn't care for bullies when I was in school, and have no interest in reading about them now. I would not enjoy either book, no matter how well-written.

If a book is chosen that I want to read and it's not free (Overdrive) or at a price I am willing to pay, I'll borrow the pBook from the library (if possible).

Nice that you have a nearby library with an extensive collection. Not everyone does.

I don't mind if a month winds up with a "not-cheap pay-for-it book" as one of its categories, but I'd rather there was no delusion that this means that month will select a book of higher quality than any other month. I don't choose by free-vs-paid, but I have voted by DRMfree vs contains DRM, which often works out to the same thing.