JRGoldman Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 So I know not every book generated equal discussion and it dragged out a little bit (in part because of the ill timed board implosion), but I had a blast doing this last year. If I remember right we started around this time, so I thought I would kick the tires and see if people would be interested in getting it fired up again. Jae, obviously you are welcome to do it, but if you have no interest in running this thing I don't mind. Anyone have any ideas for what we might do to improve or restructure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Not that I'll be taking part, but would it not be a better idea to just run a straight forward book club? That way you're guaranteed to have discussion, whereas with last year's format, it's probable that only 2 people have read the book chosen. EDIT: Actually, I shouldn't say that I wouldn't participate in it, as it would be interesting to read something I wouldn't necessarily pick up myself. As long as it wasn't 500 page dungeons and dragons stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yeah, let's make Jae do some more work. i'm all for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I was actually thinking about moving forward with a real book club. The book exchange was totally fun, but I had some ideas to make sure there's actually discussion about the books we end up reading. THe problem with the book exchange was one person was in charge of reading one book, and there wasn't much incentive for people to read more than one. My sort of plan would look like this: Everyone who wants to participate gets thrown into a hat and I draw one randomly. THat person picks. We read the book and I'll break it up into sections. A thread for Chapters 1-4 for example. This way we can break things up and people can discuss as the read at their own pace. Each Book would get a month or(more or less depending on the book. Everyone who completes the book gets thrown into the new hat(except for the previous winner) and a new book is chosen. This way there's incentive to read and discuss. What do people think of that? I mean really there could still be a book exchange AND a Book club, but I don't think it would need to be at the same scope as the last one. Everyone could send me there books and I'd dish them out. A catch-all thread could be created to discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I was actually thinking about moving forward with a real book club. The book exchange was totally fun, but I had some ideas to make sure there's actually discussion about the books we end up reading. THe problem with the book exchange was one person was in charge of reading one book, and there wasn't much incentive for people to read more than one. . Or even the one people were assigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I was actually thinking about moving forward with a real book club. The book exchange was totally fun, but I had some ideas to make sure there's actually discussion about the books we end up reading. THe problem with the book exchange was one person was in charge of reading one book, and there wasn't much incentive for people to read more than one. . Or even the one people were assigned. Damn skippy. If Lacelle shows his mug around here again, his ass is mine. (shuffles off, grumbling and kicking rocks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 If I had bothered to participate in the book exchange last year, I was going to make someone read Valley of the Dolls (which I have actually read and don't recall hating). Obviously, me revealing that suggests I have something more sinister up my sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I was actually thinking about moving forward with a real book club. The book exchange was totally fun, but I had some ideas to make sure there's actually discussion about the books we end up reading. THe problem with the book exchange was one person was in charge of reading one book, and there wasn't much incentive for people to read more than one. My sort of plan would look like this: Everyone who wants to participate gets thrown into a hat and I draw one randomly. THat person picks. We read the book and I'll break it up into sections. A thread for Chapters 1-4 for example. This way we can break things up and people can discuss as the read at their own pace. Each Book would get a month or(more or less depending on the book. Everyone who completes the book gets thrown into the new hat(except for the previous winner) and a new book is chosen. This way there's incentive to read and discuss. What do people think of that? I mean really there could still be a book exchange AND a Book club, but I don't think it would need to be at the same scope as the last one. Everyone could send me there books and I'd dish them out. A catch-all thread could be created to discuss. I think that's a good idea. It also allows someone to drop out at the end of the month if they don't feel they'll be able to make the time commitment for the upcoming month(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I'm all for getting involved again, for either the exchange or the book club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Yeah, I'd be in once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 In retrospect, I shouldn't have said anything when I first got assigned a book I'd already read, because it would have actually guaranteed I finished the book I was given. Whoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 My only concern about breaking the book into chapters is that we are going to run into issues similar to what is going on with the Game of Thrones threads And I would rather not have to ban the lot of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Fat Spanish Waiter doesn't know how to read so we'll be okay, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm intrigued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisco Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 My only concern about breaking the book into chapters is that we are going to run into issues similar to what is going on with the Game of Thrones threads And I would rather not have to ban the lot of you. Couldn't whomever runs this just start all the chapter threads at the same time, so that people who read ahead can just move on to the next level? Perhaps I'm being a tad naive, but I feel like this would work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 That makes sense to me. At least we can try it with the first book and if it sucks the ass we can just go into one thread per book territory. Let's do it. Everyone who wants in say so and I'll put your name in the hopper and we'll see if we can get this off the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 In Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Count me in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I'll give signups until Tuesday(because weekend is slow on the board and Monday might be a crazy day for me.) In the mean while everyone get an idea of what book in case you're chosen. I'd avoid super-long books(I think we want to keep this relatively light), and anything left/right wing political. Take a look at the stuff that was chosen for the book exchange as a measuring stick. In the hopper as of now: Liam rippa beast matt D Shane Briscoe Jae JRGoldman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Think I already have mine decided. Pretty short though, so might have a think about a slightly meatier book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Jae - do you want picks here in this thread or via PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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