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Would you participate in this book group?

Would you participate in this book group?


  • Total voters
    21

sparkchaser

Administrator and Stuntman
Staff member
Would you be willing to participate in a genre swap club similar to the one discussed in Litany's Shamelessy stolen book group idea thread?

Vote and discuss.

I figure we'll go ahead with this if we can get 12+ people to commit for two genre swaps each.

UPDATE:

OK, looks like this is a go.

Now to hammer out the details.



This is what I am thinking we will do:

1. Participants, i.e., those that voted YES, will be contacted by me and asked the following questions:

  • What genres do you currently like to read?
  • What genres do you have an interest in that you are not reading?
  • What genres do you refuse to read?
  • Any other thing I need to know?

2. Once I receive replies from the participants, I'll create a spreadsheet or something to keep track of the information then pseudorandomly assign genre swap partners and post the matches in a thread. You will then contact each other and recommend a book which you will read.

3. After reading the book, all I ask is that you make a short post in the thread that contains the following information:

  • did you finish the book? If not, why not.
  • did you like it?
  • would you be interested in reading more of that genre/author?

4. That's it. No review or anything like that required. Easy as pie.


I figure once we get 75/80% of the participants to reply to the thread, we will take a short hiatus then do it again. I am thinking about making this a Quarterly thing so it can accommodate everyone's regular reading.




Does this sound OK? Any comments/suggestions/questions?
 
My only worry is that I'm reading really slowly these days due to time constraints, and I think the less limits set the better. You're doing this to broaden reading horizons, so there should be minimal limits in my opinion. If you can't read the book suggested, say you gave it a try and move on......
 
I can sympathize with that.

I will try and make it as simple as possible to encourage participation.
 
My only worry is that I'm reading really slowly these days due to time constraints, and I think the less limits set the better.

You could sign up on a book by book basis. So if you haven't finished your first book yet, you skip the next round.
 
You could sign up on a book by book basis. So if you haven't finished your first book yet, you skip the next round.

That's a good idea. I'm reading slower these days too. I'd had to be the one slowing everyone else down too.
 
It's a fun thing we do.

It allows people that don't have an opinion to vote. It's origin comes from the Hugo option at Bimmerforums and the Dana 33 option at JeepForum.
 
Hi, don't know anyone here, but it sounds like fun.

I usually read mystery, sci-fi, and some history and classics. Abecedarian, I just found and posted that Keillor quote the other day!
 
Hi, don't know anyone here, but it sounds like fun.

I usually read mystery, sci-fi, and some history and classics. Abecedarian, I just found and posted that Keillor quote the other day!


Doesn't it sum up why we read? If Keillor never writes another line, that one makes me love him.
 
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