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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
Yes, my post was to just illustrate the varied preferences that exist here even among those who are participants in these discussions. Trying to satisfy everyone is impossible, and the more one satisfies one person the less likely the all well be happy. 
Here are a few thoughts that occurred to me this morning . . .
Since the preference among this group does seem to be for fiction, why not just make this club a fiction club without any specific categories? That is every month a free for all fiction month, except perhaps for one second chance month a year? |
I think this idea merits consideration.
I'm not sure if anyone has noticed, but all the proposed lists contain at least half of the current categories and there isn't more participation during those months than for months people are suggesting replacements for.
I honestly don't believe tweaking the categories will have any effect on participation. Something more drastic has to be done, even if that means limiting the bookclub to speculative fiction or widening it to anything on the bestseller list.