Board 8 > Would you guys want to have some sort of book club?

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I think this was attempted sometime before and it could be difficult to keep alive because of different reading speeds, time constraints, etc. but I just wanted to see how many people would be interested in something like this.

This would generally be so we could get some discussion going about literature where we actually have some common ground. I was thinking something along the lines of one book a month, (depending on length) different genres, and all those extra details that could be worked out if there's some interest. =o

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maybe depends on what is read

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This could be good for my commute to work...put me down as 'mild interest', again the books themselves would play a part.

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Again, all the details are tentative and subject to change.

As for book choices there will most likely be some sort of voting system. It's not going to be one person deciding what to read all the time.

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Okay so here's what I'm thinking so far concerning book choices. We could have everybody recommend a couple of titles, pool them together and vote on that or we could do it on a member by member basis where one person lists around five titles and we vote out of those choices. The next time to choose a book, another person lists five titles, and so on.

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hmmmmmmmmmm posting here to ponder on later

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I don't believe this has ever worked here in the past. While I love reading I read way too slowly and have a huge backlog. Also way too busy with work right now. I'm out but good luck to you guys.

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Sounds fun but I wonder if one can find books or even one book that -everyone- would like. Normally a book club has a certain focus/audience and -then- people join it. Or not.

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a board 8 book club you say

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I definitely would if I didn't already have a ton of books that I still have to read.

I mean seriously, check this out:



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If I can borrow books at my schools library I'm in (I don't know if I can since I'm technically not a student there and thus don't even have a student card).

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SMOKEDOG42O posted...
I definitely would if I didn't already have a ton of books that I still have to read.

I mean seriously, check this out:



I know you've read at least four of those

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I'm totally in for this. I'll read anything, really. And my backlog isn't too big right now.

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From: paerarru | #009
Sounds fun but I wonder if one can find books or even one book that -everyone- would like.

I think accessibility may be a bigger problem than likability here. One of things about book clubs is that you hope to get introduced to some new stuff that you wouldn't necessarily read outside of it. You definitely hope that other people will like the book too but it's about branching out.

As for accessibility, it seems we would just have to hope for the best. Some books are easily found at local libraries but there are some that even if your library has a copy and you place a hold on it, the wait list can be extremely long. There are alternatives like online versions or buying a copy yourself but online can be hit or miss and I don't want to force people to buy books that they might not want to.

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I was in the book club that we had back in 2005 or whenever. It didn't end so well.

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The old Book Club was the best Book Club

I find I would be willing to read anything. And I think it would be good to pass the stick on book choices. Allow One or two people to choose X amount of books and than have one read.

My main concern with this is if we read books that are part of a series. Kinda would like to finish the series out?

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From: crazyisgood | #023
My main concern with this is if we read books that are part of a series. Kinda would like to finish the series out?

I think if people wanted to finish the series out, they could do that on their own time as it doesn't seem fair to devote that much time to just one series with so much else out there.

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yeah figured that just hate that finding time can be difficult.

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