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Originally Posted by issybird
And I'm going to add, since this seems as good a place as any, the basic issue is one of commitment. We need people to be willing to commit to participating most of the time (because life can interfere).
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We need a hard core.
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Frankly, if it's legitimate to say, "I won't read the first place book because I don't want to and I might read the second place book," that's the end of the club right there.
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Agreed. One thing I try to do during the nomination process is make it very clear if a given book is an absolute no-go for me, and why. There haven't been many that got through the selection process, but if the selected book isn't one of those, I'll at the very least give it a try. And in most cases, get more than far enough through it to be able to comment.
I think that's the minimum commitment we need being active in the voting. There's a good place for nominations and discussion of nominations for those who don't plan to discuss. I think we all understand about lurking or semi-lurking. But voting really should be for those who will be active in the discussion.
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This is where credit has to be given to the Lit Club; they show up. I'm not saying that anyone isn't welcome to drop in on a month-to-month basis, but right now we're trying to come up with a club where enough people would be willing to say, "I'll try the book if at all possible." This is where availability and length are critical.
Part of the fun of a club is the discussion, but I'd like to think that part of the appeal is to broaden your mind a bit. Yes, we want to keep selections reasonably appealing to enough people, but if people are only going to read what they'd have read anyway, there's much less point.
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What she said.
