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Old 01-04-2014, 07:57 AM   #280
Hamlet53
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Originally Posted by Dazrin View Post
So, did we ever do the poll to decide on the 2014 book club categories? All I can find is a couple short discussions that end up being "we will talk about it later". Seems like this is as "later" as we can take it.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=210274

There was also some discussion in this thread starting in post 46: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...71#post2448071

The Dec 2013 nominations and poll threads don't mention it at all.

And since the only place I see the full list of the 2013 categories is the Dec 2013 Poll thread, here it is:
Spoiler:
  • January: Second Chance
  • February: Romance
  • March: Travel/Adventure
  • April: Classics
  • May: Mystery/Thriller
  • June: Award Winners
  • July: Non-Fiction
  • August: Science Fiction
  • September: Banned or Challenged Books
  • October: Patricia Clark Memorial Library (MobileRead Library)
  • November: Foreign (Books originally written in a language other than English)
  • December: Short Stories
Good catch. I would say that based on this recent post https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...99#post2722299 (and the discussion of it) revising the categories for the non-literary book club might be something to consider. Some of the current categories (eg Award Winners or Banned or Challenged Books) almost guarantee books of “social importance or possess a certain highbrow level of literary merit” as opposed to books selected “on the simple basis of pleasure.”
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