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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
I believe that the literary club has done better at in-depth discussions than the main club. I believe that starting the discussion right away rather than waiting a few weeks promoted better discussions. I feel quite strongly about that actually . It enables people to post when they have time available and when thoughts are fresh. We discuss topics like where to find a book or merits of different translations or the publisher's version with the best introductory/supplemental material. We also discuss information about the author such as interviews, podcasts, links to book reviews, etc. Sometimes I find reading someone else's thoughts while I am reading helps to see things I would have missed.
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I was a big proponent of starting the discussion immediately; I think sometimes we try to shoehorn online activities into the real time mode when they don't necessarily work that well and when it ignores the relative advantages of online. It didn't work in the MR Club; however, that could be due to various factors including low participation overall. I certainly wouldn't be averse to giving it another try. We can also always use the voting thread for ancillary information and questions as soon as the vote closes.
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I don't want to feel like discussions are forced but clearly it's not happening organically and it's going take an effort at facilitation to promote it.
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Emphasis added because I think this is very important.
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I think that as a club participant we should also feel accountable to add something meaningful to advance the discussion even if it is as simple ad adding "because" after I did or didn't like it.
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Ditto.
