Current schedule:Book #1:08/26 - 08/30: nominations
08/30 - 09/06: voting
09/07 - 10/19: reading and discussion
Book #2:09/26 - 09/30: nominations
09/30 - 10/06: voting
10/07 - 11/19: reading and discussion
Book #3:10/26 - 10/30: nominations
10/30 - 11/06: voting
11/07 - 12/19: reading and discussion
Since there are people who can source the book immediately and those that have to wait to source the book, I figured that as a compromise:
(1) reading and discussion can start immediately after voting closes
(2) but instead of one month, we could extend reading and discussion to six weeks.
Note that there is a slight overlap (roughly two weeks) between successive books though.
- so for those who finish early, they can still contribute on the previous book thread as others are still reading and posting about it
- at the same time they can start on the next book while others are sourcing it / finishing the previous book
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Anyone interested?
Maybe members could nominate 2-3 books apiece, then we could all put that on a poll and vote on what to read. I'd imagine if a handful of members are game, we could whip up something quick for September.
Yea? Nay?=====
Update #1: Alright then! It seems that the interest check went swimmingly. So I'm now re-appropriating the thread for book nominations for September.
You may nominate 1-2 books. Afterwards (maybe after a couple of days), I'll create a poll so that everyone may vote finally on what books we'll read for next month
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November nominees (the genres & # of pages are approximations):
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison - (pub. 1952; 581 pgs; literary fiction)
FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC by Alison Bechdel - (pub. 2006; 234 pgs; non-fiction - autobiography)
THE MINOTAUR TAKES A CIGARETTE BREAK by Steven Sherrill - (pub. 2000; 313 pgs; fantasy)
UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION by Laura Hillenbrand - (pub. 2010; 473 pgs; non-fiction - biography)
THE PEARL by John Steinbeck - (pub. 1945; 87 pgs; literary fiction)
IN THE DUST OF THIS PLANET by Eugene Thacker - (pub. 2011; 170 pgs; non-fiction - philosophy)
CONSUMED by David Cronenberg - (pub. 2009; 304 pgs; fiction)
NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs - (pub. 1959; 289 pgs; literary fiction)
BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey - (pub. 2011; 275 pgs; non-fiction - autobiography)
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY: MURDER, MAGIC, AND MADNESS AT THE FAIR THAT CHANGED AMERICA by Erik Larson - (pub. 2002; 447 pgs; non-fiction - crime)