MobileRead Book Club Selections List - Page 2

Elfwreck · 10-26-2011, 03:55 PM

October 2011's book club selection, for Horror, is now live (has been for a few days, but I missed it going up; sorry): The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells

Nyssa · 11-21-2011, 12:57 PM

Hi Elfwreck.

The discussion for November went up: Discussion: A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller (spoilers)

Elfwreck · 11-22-2011, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

Hi Elfwreck.

The discussion for November went up: Discussion: A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller (spoilers)

Thanks! I've updated it.

WT Sharpe · 11-29-2011, 09:18 AM

Here are the categories for 2012. They are the same as for 2011, but the order has been shifted somewhat as per HomeInMyShoes' excellent suggestion.

Quote:

January — RunnerUp
February — Romance
March — Thriller/Suspense*
April — Humour
May — Fantasy
June — Classic*
July — Mystery/Crime
August — FreeForAll
September — NonFiction*
October — Horror
November — Science Fiction
December — Classic*

*Voting during this month will be visible.

Elfwreck, you may want to incorporate this information into your first post in this thread.

JSWolf · 11-29-2011, 10:20 AM

Could we have Romance be open instead of Thriller/Suspense?

Romance is a throw away month so we may as well make the vote throw away as well.

WT Sharpe · 11-29-2011, 10:42 AM

Hopefully by the end of 2012 you and I will have the votes necessary to change to all hidden for 2013. I don't like having both classics visible, but every third month seemed about as fair as I could make it and I didn't want to change the schedule arbitrarily to suit my desires.

Elfwreck · 11-29-2011, 11:37 AM

Updated with changes to schedule and December's selection.

WT Sharpe · 11-29-2011, 12:22 PM

Thanks, Elfwreck!

sun surfer · 11-29-2011, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Could we have Romance be open instead of Thriller/Suspense?

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I don't like having both classics visible, but every third month seemed about as fair as I could make it and I didn't want to change the schedule arbitrarily to suit my desires.

We could have the second month of each group of three months be the open vote instead of the third. That would make the open votes: Romance, Fantasy, FreeForAll and Science Fiction.

issybird · 11-29-2011, 02:07 PM

How about starting off in January with the open vote? Since we've just had two months in a row closed anyway. Seems fair.

JSWolf · 11-29-2011, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

How about starting off in January with the open vote? Since we've just had two months in a row closed anyway. Seems fair.

Given how the voting went, the fair thing is to not have any open voting.

Nyssa · 11-29-2011, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sun surfer

We could have the second month of each group of three months be the open vote instead of the third. That would make the open votes: Romance, Fantasy, FreeForAll and Science Fiction.

Unfortunately, that would also mean that now both "Classic" months would be closed, and I think Tom wants one open and one closed.

Nyssa · 11-29-2011, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Hopefully by the end of 2012 you and I will have the votes necessary to change to all hidden for 2013. I don't like having both classics visible, but every third month seemed about as fair as I could make it and I didn't want to change the schedule arbitrarily to suit my desires.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sun surfer

We could have the second month of each group of three months be the open vote instead of the third. That would make the open votes: Romance, Fantasy, FreeForAll and Science Fiction.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Unfortunately, that would also mean that now both "Classic" months would be closed, and I think Tom wants one open and one closed.

If we do every 4th month open then we could have one Classic open and one Classic closed.

January — RunnerUp
February — Romance
March — Thriller/Suspense
April — Humour*
May — Fantasy
June — Classic
July — Mystery/Crime
August — FreeForAll*
September — NonFiction
October — Horror
November — Science Fiction
December — Classic*

*Voting during this month will be visible.

VioletVal · 11-29-2011, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

How about starting off in January with the open vote? Since we've just had two months in a row closed anyway. Seems fair.

I like the idea of starting open voting in January.

VioletVal · 11-29-2011, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nyssa

If we do every 4th month open then we could have one Classic open and one Classic closed.

January — RunnerUp
February — Romance
March — Thriller/Suspense
April — Humour*
May — Fantasy
June — Classic
July — Mystery/Crime
August — FreeForAll*
September — NonFiction
October — Horror
November — Science Fiction
December — Classic*

*Voting during this month will be visible.

I like this schedule, but would also like to add open voting in January.

10-26-2011, 03:55 PM	#16
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	Oct 2011 selection October 2011's book club selection, for Horror, is now live (has been for a few days, but I missed it going up; sorry): The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells

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WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Thanks, Elfwreck!

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