Book Club Thoughts
Jan. 16th, 2024 01:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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albatrosspagesHello everyone! Several friends indicated an interest in a bookclub, so I put together this space to potentially host one. I'd like to aim for something slower and asynchronous, as I think it'd be nearly impossible to host any live discussions and coordinating schedules for anything quick would be messy.
1. Are there any books you're interested in reading? I'll compile suggestions and make another post about that.
2. What kind of timeline would work best for you? (Reading over the span of a couple months and coming back at the end of that? Checking in every couple weeks at a book milestone? Something else?)
3. How structured would you like discussions to be? (Ie: would having a couple guiding questions be helpful or annoying? I think individuals submitting questions for an end of book discussion could be fun!)
4. Anything else?
This community will remain open for anyone who'd like to join now or later!
1. Are there any books you're interested in reading? I'll compile suggestions and make another post about that.
2. What kind of timeline would work best for you? (Reading over the span of a couple months and coming back at the end of that? Checking in every couple weeks at a book milestone? Something else?)
3. How structured would you like discussions to be? (Ie: would having a couple guiding questions be helpful or annoying? I think individuals submitting questions for an end of book discussion could be fun!)
4. Anything else?
This community will remain open for anyone who'd like to join now or later!
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Date: 2024-01-21 04:30 pm (UTC)1. From other comments I'd also want to read Black Cake and She Who Became The Sun! Things that are kind of on my priority tbr right now are The Spear Cuts Trhough Water by Simon Jimenez and Exhalation by Ted Chiang.
2. I think I'd like to have a check-in at the end, because if I get sucked into a book I don't like slowing down because of check points. Does that make sense?
3. I like discussion question! Sometimes I feel like I don't get to engage as deeply with books as I want too, so this would be great!
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Date: 2024-01-22 07:54 am (UTC)also noted! and that's good to know about the check-ins, I'm thinking perhaps having them but making them more casual and optional? and then having a larger discussion in the end. it seems like we're about equally split about whether they'd be useful!