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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
It's kind of amusing, actually. A few of my nominations that have won have been roundly detested by the group.
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I'm going to quibble with the phrase "roundly detested." I don't think there's been a selection that has been either universally liked or disliked, much less detested. Of course I say that as the person who nominated
The Three Musketeers! (For the record, I loved it.
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I'm going to add, though, that I'm not sure much purpose is served by trying to ascertain after the fact whether people liked a book or whether it was a good choice, or by taking ownership of a selection. If there was a good discussion, that's sufficient. If not, there could have been a lot of factors involved. And frequently, even if someone ended up not liking a book, it doesn't mean that they're not glad to have read it and didn't enjoy the discussion.
Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now.
Somewhat along these lines, in the course of checking on my review of an earlier selection, I recently noted that in 2018, my Goodreads ratings for the NLBC selections ran the gamut, from one star* to five stars with all the stars in between as well. In 2019, on the other hand, my ratings have been uniformly three stars or four stars (three stars is a good rating from me). I should check my yearly averages, just for amusement, but to me it says that while I haven't hit the stratosphere or plumbed the depths this year, my overall level of satisfaction has been very good indeed. Ah, I see my average for this year for the NLBC is ahead of my overall average for the year, of books I picked for myself!
*This was only once and it was because of special circumstances.