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IMPORTANT:
we're thinking of changing the set-up for the Book Club to make it a bit more flexible. Have a look at the 'Ways to talk about what you read' thread for more - the most important bit comes at the end, where Persephone said this:
I'd start with one thread, pretty much similar to or just a continuation of the Biblioteca thread. That gives one place for a person to shop around in, then if they see something they like they can make an offer like in a bazaar. Once a book's decided on, the partners can start a N&Q thread... not sure if there have to be separate N&Q and discussion threads, but I suppose that will vary depending on the way the discussion's going to go.
Basically what we are going to do is have a thread called 'Book Personals', where people who want to read a book in collaboration with others can advertise for reading partners. Once two or more people have agreed to read a book together, they can set a time and start a thread on it (and where there's a lot of surrounding material, as with Ulysses, a Notes and Queries thread could be started to cope with that sort of info.
This should make it much easier for us to read together - for starters we won't have to fix on 'the book with the most votes' as the only option, and people can pick and choose what they want to read and when.
However, I still think there's room for major collaborative projects (such as the one we discussed for M and surrounding texts) and perhaps we need a more formal framework for those, which is where the Club as it stands migth come in handy.
This sort of multiple-possibility approach is, I think, new for a Book Club, and it should be really interesting to see it in action... |
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