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Originally Posted by CRussel
Clearly, the text and presentation of the process needs to change. There's absolutely nothing wrong within the current rules, but what I think we're all suggesting is that the rules need to change a bit. And we need to be clear and unambiguous about the changes.
I think as long as we're clear it won't be an issue. Yes, 'life' happens, or the final choice turns out to be something you simply can't read. (Though I _did_ try with Lord Jim, really. ) What we're moving towards, however, is having the vote reflect the tastes of those who regularly participate along with any who think they want to participate this month. That seems reasonable, and doable.
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Yes I agree - we need to be clear in how we want the Club to operate, both in terms of participation and also of courtesy. And we certainly want the selections to be enjoyable for the greatest number of members, accepting that everyone isn't going to love every book chosen.
Sometimes of course the members choosing a book find out on reading it that it's a disappointment for one reason or another, and I can certainly recall that happening with some selections in the Literary Club over the years, usually with non-fiction books. But we were still able to have a good discussion about the topic of the book.