Book Club Discussion for The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

I may not be able to chat much during the meeting as I will be traveling back from work on the bus and might find the connection drops out. I will try my best to join you all.

I couldn’t really get into this book. The first couple of chapters i enjoyed but after that it’s been putting me to sleep! I'm no where near finished but looking forward to hearing all your reviews. 

Sadly I haven't gotten around to reading this book yet. Work and personal life have been manic! I work in infection control though so I am keen to sit down and start reading it this week! Sounds interesting from the description

Hi, I have struggled to get in to this book I’m afraid. I’m no where near finished but it’s good to see others are feeling the same, I was worried it was just me! I’m not going to let it defeat me, I will finish it! 

I found this book hard to get into but I kept going and have finished it. I found some of the science bits hard to understand. I think it did end abruptly and although it said the strain had mutated to be safe to humans you want to know if it does disappear or if it becomes a problem later. I wanted to know what happened to the baby and the old man did they continue to be ok? 
it wouldn’t have been a book I would have chosen to read but that’s why I love book club as I get to read books I wouldn’t normally have read. It was an ok book.

This was a tricky read for me and I don't usually chooose science fiction. It could've been that it was on audible which isn't how I usually read, and I thought the narrators voice was quite boring and hard to be engaged by. I managed a couple of hours, but found it so hard to keep going! 
Like others, I can see how this book would've been an interesting and novel one when it came out.
Thank you for the opportunity to give it a go though!

Although I didn’t receive this month’s book, I did purchase The Andromeda Strain myself. I found it an interesting read with a really unique concept and a lot of suspense. However, I did find it quite hard to follow at times due to the amount of scientific detail and technical information. Overall, I enjoyed the ideas behind the story, but it did require a lot of concentration to fully understand what was happening. I would give it a 3 float 

I have tried to log onto the teams but it wasn’t working 

Apologies it has taken me a little while to update on the Anchor score for this book, but here it is:

This book scored 5.34 anchors and went for a SWIM with 20 of the 38 who voted voting swim.

We look forward to seeing you next month :-)

Sorry to have missed this month’s book club as I was away on holiday! Now I’m back I’m looking forward to listening to this on the audible format