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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I wonder if sticking to one genre per reading period would work? If someone has absolutely no interest in a particular genre (scifi, mystery, whatever) then they could sit that one out.
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That was tried, it was called the MobileRead Book Club. The quibbling about whether a particular book was in that month's genre or not were a definite contributing factor to the demise of the MRBC, and ultimately led to some of the features of the NLBC, including the move to themes rather than genres, along with the explicit assumption that if the nominator thought a particular book met the theme, then it did. Full stop. But hey, if Jon is starting up his own club, he can make the rules any way he wants. If others want that kind of club, they can join him.