January Group Read #1: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

[Laurie (barksbooks)]

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch will be our Group Read in January. This is the place where the discussion happens. Buy, borrow, read, discuss and please remember to use spoiler tags, page numbers, chapters or % read. Have fun everyone!

[Kelly B]

I'm hoping to borrow this one from the library, if I can get it:-).

[Lena]

If you end up liking this book I'd recommend Coldbrook.

[Kasia]

Can't wait to start!

[Deborah]

Hope my library copy arrives in time!

[[deleted user]]

Picked mine up from the library today. They must have anticipated its popularity. They have 18 copies!

[Kimberly]

Loved this one!

[Vicki Willis]

I have been meaning to read this one for a while. Now is the time!

[Kimberly]

Vicki wrote: "I have been meaning to read this one for a while. Now is the time!"

Can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts on this one!!

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

Got it early and started it and so far so....AWESOME, actually. I *will* be able to keep THIS challenge! Excellent. --Jen from Quebec :0)

[Kathy]

Loved this book. I am a big Blake Crouch fan. He tackles some interesting ideas in unique ways in this book.

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

Aw nuts, I thought THIS was where I was reading PET SEMATARY, although I HAVE *also* gotten Blake Crouch early for the Jan read. Maybe I am in too many groups. lol

[Lena]

Vera Rubin, Confirmed Existence of Dark Matter, Dies at 88 - National Geographic
https://apple.news/Aw-qRj6-eRBWkUTQ0t...

[Troy]

Got the last copy from my library. Looking forward to it.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I'll join in.

[Deborah]

Picked my copy up at the library today.

[Cassie]

Really excited to check out this book! This will be my first month as a member of the group and I'm looking forward to some great discussion!

[Greg]

Welcome Cassie!

[Badseedgirl]

off to the Library Friday (our library is closed on Thursday) to pick this one up. This will be my first group read with HA. Looking forward to it.

[Tim]

Planning on making this my first kindle purchase once it comes in so I can join in. Been meaning to check it out, this gives me the perfect excuse.

[Kasia]

I might start today, don't want to be behind on this one :)

[Josen]

I was lucky enough to snag this from my library but since it's a "new" book I only get it for 14 days. So I started reading it last night and I am hooked! I'm 90 pages in and really good so far!

[[deleted user]]

Josen wrote: "...I started reading it last night and I am hooked!"

I ended up reading it right away as well. I'm excited to begin discussing it in a few days.

[Lena]

Yeah, it's a binge read.

[CyaNyDiA]

Oh great, a book i already own but have yet to read. Can't wait for the discussion.

[Badseedgirl]

I just got the book from the library, I had to crack it open just a bit, I read the first 3 pages and I'm ready for more. I just have one other book to finish, Chapelwood.

[Kasia]

Finally started this bad boy. Excited to start a new fresh year of reading, I literally spend 3 days in bed reading to make my challenge and I was worried I'd be sick of reading for the week but this is grabbing me :)

[Josen]

Kasia wrote: "Finally started this bad boy. Excited to start a new fresh year of reading, I literally spend 3 days in bed reading to make my challenge and I was worried I'd be sick of reading for the week but th..."

Lol wow that's determination! This was a fast read for me I couldn't put it down. I thought it was really good! Gave it 5 stars.

[Dolores]

I am looking forward to reading Dark Matter. I am reading a new author to start the new year.

[Vicki Willis]

I started this one too and I can't put it down already.
I do have a question though for those who have already read it.
(view spoiler)[about 45% it is talking about the ampoule and how it affects them. I am confused. Why do they wait til the last five minutes of the effectiveness to open doors? Isn't that when the stuff wears out and the doors disappear? Shouldn't they be trying it the whole 90 minutes?
I had to let it go and read on, but if someone could explain it that would be great because it is kind of bothering me. (hide spoiler)]

[Lena]

I remember them wasting a lot of time for various, usually emotional, reasons.

You'll never look at homeless people the same.

[Barb (Boxermommyreads)]

Hope to start this one mid-month. I grabbed it for my kindle last week when it was a daily deal!

[Tim]

Blast through a quarter of this today and can't wait to get back into it tomorrow to see how close or far off I am on what exactly is going on.

[Josen]

Vicki wrote: "I started this one too and I can't put it down already.
I do have a question though for those who have already read it.
about 45% it is talking about the ampoule and how it affects them. I am conf..."

Hmm........I did kinda' wonder that myself. But because of the sci-fi explanations of everything that went over my head, I kinda' let it go. Hahaha! Maybe someone will explain.

[Tim]

Vicki wrote: "I started this one too and I can't put it down already.
I do have a question though for those who have already read it...."

(view spoiler)[From what I could gather, it was more or less an experiment of the drug itself than anything else. He wanted to see how long it would actually be effective inside of their systems so they'd know how much time they would have to work with later on. I could be off base, but that was how I took it anyway (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki Willis]

I finished it. Wow, that was a great book. I feel sorry for all the books that have to follow this one now since it is only the 4th day of the year!

Thanks Tim. I figured something like that. That (view spoiler)[ the point was they were trying to find out how it worked so they could use it to their best advantage. (hide spoiler)]

[Deborah]

Has anybody else seen the movie Coherence? Dark Matter brought it to mind for me immediately.

[Ankita]

Finished the book in a single sitting. Wow. I am left with no words to express the rollercoaster of emotions and thoughts I'm going through right now. I'm definitely going to be more aware about the choices I make and there consequences from now on. Truly a masterpiece.

[Josen]

Deborah wrote: "Has anybody else seen the movie Coherence? Dark Matter brought it to mind for me immediately."

Never heard of it. Will have to look it up.

[Josen]

Vicki wrote: "I finished it. Wow, that was a great book. I feel sorry for all the books that have to follow this one now since it is only the 4th day of the year!

Thanks Tim. I figured something like that. Tha..."

I actually finished it on Dec 31st so it was a great way to end the year :)

[Ankita]

Josen wrote: "I actually finished it on Dec 31st so it was a great way ..."
I actually read 'In the miso soup' on December 31st and was left with an empty soul afterwards. A very gory end to my book reading in 2016.

[Tressa]

Ankita wrote: "Josen wrote: "I actually read 'In the miso soup' on December 31st and was left with an empty soul afterwards. A very gory end to my book reading in 2016. ..."

Oy, that book is brutal. That scene inside the bar? *shudder*

[Tressa]

For books with these kind of time shifting, twisting plots, I try to understand as much as I can, and other times I just absorb the story and go on the wild ride. So this next question may be something I just missed, or perhaps something that is common sense and I don't have any, lol.

(view spoiler)[Is it that easy for all those Jasons to find their way into the correct world? I know Jason tried so many times to pick the exact door he needed to pick. I know that since the Jasons are the same, they do have the same thought process/memories to perhaps pick the same door, but since they all took different paths these things would not be the exact same for each one, how did they know where exactly to go? I'm sure this is obvious and I'm just embarrassing myself. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki Willis]

I wondered the same thing Tressa because (view spoiler)[how were they doing that without ampuoles of their own? Or did they have some too? Because they had the amount that the Jason of that world had? (hide spoiler)]

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

Man, this is going to sound ridiculous to some of you, but....my mail box was frozen shut before I took off on a week long holiday/family road trip, and the book was IN THE MAILBOX and I could not physically get to it (my plan had been to read it on the trip, but, I settled for a re-read of THE GUNSLINGER instead)....I arrived back home today and the mail box was, again, frozen completely over. Key could not even go into keyhole. So, I walked out into this crazy Canadian winter FOUR times today and FINALLY have the copy of the book in my hands. It's like the world doesn't want me to read this book...Hmmmm...*shudder* OK, perfect time to start reading it, eh? -Jen from Quebec :0)

[Josen]

Vicki wrote: "I wondered the same thing Tressa because [spoilers removed]"

I think the answer is yes to your last question.

[Ankita]

Tressa wrote: " Oy, that book is bruta..."
I know right,I wanted something to read on 31st and asked for recommendation and someone recommended that book. Blew me away because I was so not expecting that.

[Tim]

Tressa wrote: "For books with these kind of time shifting, twisting plots, I try to understand as much as I can, and other times I just absorb the story and go on the wild ride. So this next question may be somet..."

(view spoiler)[The twist of all those Jason's making it back is something I didn't see coming, but the second it was revealed I was like "why didn't I see this coming?". To answer your question though, to make is incredibly simple, the answer is yes. The key thing to remember is that the book is working under the theory of infinite universes. So in theory, every single time Jason made a single decision, there are countless other decisions he could have made, and countless other possible worlds that divert away from that decision. Which means, there are countless Jason's who were trying to find their way home. (hide spoiler)]

To Vicki - (view spoiler)[Short answer is yes. Each Jason would have the number of ampoules that the 'main' Jason had at the time of their divergence from his universe. (hide spoiler)]

[Barb (Boxermommyreads)]

Jennifer Lynn wrote: "Man, this is going to sound ridiculous to some of you, but....my mail box was frozen shut before I took off on a week long holiday/family road trip, and the book was IN THE MAILBOX and I could not ..."

Wow, that would stink. Maybe the book was sending you a message huh?

[Barb (Boxermommyreads)]

Badseedgirl wrote: "I just got the book from the library, I had to crack it open just a bit, I read the first 3 pages and I'm ready for more. I just have one other book to finish, Chapelwood."

Did you enjoy Chapelwood? I loved the first one but I know a lot of people had mixed feelings about it.