i like Sandra's idea of no hard and fast rules, we're only a small group and are well aware of the pitfalls of what can go wrong. Also, I like the idea of one book a month to discuss, but would appreciate at least a couple of weeks or a month to read the chosen book, as i'm often juggling several other book group books. How would it be that the person choosing the book did so in the first week of the previous month or something like that?
Shell.----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "freelists electrobooks books" <electrobooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 9:55 AM Subject: [electrobooks] Our list
Hi all, Okay, it is time to start discussing what we want to do with this list. It was set up with the idea of scanning and discussing modern books, usually, but not entirely, thrillers and mysteries. By modern I mean books published in the last fifty years. We can talk about things other than books or authors, although I would not want this to swamp the books discussion. Some of us have had experience of something similar already. I suggest that each month one member chooses a book to discuss, and it is the responsibility of that member to send the book to the other list members. This is a straight choice, so I do not propose to vote on a selection of books. Because we will choose regularly, everyone has the opportunity to submit their favourite books. Because it is my list, I am going to choose the first book for discussion. I intend to give everyone a week to talk about anything and everything, and then we will start reading, so towards the end of next week I will tell you what I would like you to read. Obviously, no one has to read any other persons' choices, but we all like similar books, so it would be more fun if we all join in. As far as scanning goes, there are no actual rules. all of us have scanned or currently do scan books, and it would be good if we could all try to scan the occasional book and share it with list members. I am not proposing to make this list much larger, possibly one more person if any of us knows of someone suitable. So, those are my thoughts, but I am happy to hear what you all have to say, so that the list can run in a way suitable for all of us. all comments welcome. David
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