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Originally Posted by kennyc
Reading is specifically an individual pursuit. Literature discussion groups are social, (such as this website). I abhor "social media" such as facebook, google+ etc.
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Agreed.
I consider reading to be a focused one-way activity between the author telling the story and me consuming it.
I've never understood the idea of book clubs or discussion groups (but I haven't tried very hard, either ;-))
You read the book and you "get it", hopefully. Most popular lit (the kind I read) is pretty easy to understand - their sales depend on it!
I can see an exception being made for textbooks, foreign-language books, and technical or otherwise difficult books that require "study". Then we would obviously benefit from discussion and input from others.
