Personally, when I am about to read a book I always am interested in weather it is a New York Times bestseller or not. I like the idea of a New York Times best sellers club. It sounds interesting. Happy Reading, Nati Now Reading Texas! Chase. By Sandra Brown > From: rickrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] nonfiction book club summary > Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:21:57 -0400 > > Hello everyone, > > The Nonfiction Book Club met tonight at 9:00 PM Eastern. The book we were > going to discuss was Planet India: How the Fastest-Growing > Democracy Is Transforming America and the World by Mira Kamdar. Because we > had few participants, and no one who had read the book, our discussion went > in other directions. The big question is: Is there a need for a nonfiction > club as such. > > We discussed several reasons for poor attendence: > > 1. People are involved in many activities other than Bookshare. > > 2. People are busy scanning and validating. > > 3. This is March Madness weekend. > > 4. Some people who enjoy reading don't particularly enjoy analyzing. > > 4. Those people who are involved with book clubs only have time for a few. > > 5. Many of the topics of the Nonfiction Club overlap those of the history. > > We discussed several alternative club ideas. These included: > > 1. A classic book club. > > 2. A New York Times bestsellers club. > > 3. A theme club. The group would choose a theme. Books could be selected > by members, but not everyone would read the same one. Books could be about > a time period or a person, for example. > > 4. Another possibility would be a club that I call the Sunday newspapers. > Actually, it would be to discuss news, columns, and features in the various > newspapers we read. I would probably hold meetings on Sunday night. If > such a group were started, and if it met weekly, it should have > co-moderators, in case one of them got tied up. > > At present, I am suspending the Nonfiction Book Club, but I am interested in > feedback on what people think might work. > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > _________________________________________________________________ Watch “Cause Effect,” a show about real people making a real difference. Learn more. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcauseTo unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.