DS Book Club?
I was thinking, would anyone be interested in starting a DS book club? We could pick a book a month then have a discussion thread for it where readers could debate the book and pose questions. It would be a cool way for us all to be introduced to new authors and new genres that we would not necassarily usually be compelled to read.
Anyone up for it?
Anyone up for it?
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I'd be interested:)
I think you should choose the first book as it is your idea!
Then the way you have mentioned would be a good way to continue.
Hmmm maybe. Well, if I leave the thread open for another day or so and then we can see what the consensus is. Obviously people can join in at any time but it would be great if we could get a core contingent who take part every month.
I shall have a think about good books to get us talking, in the meantime if anyone has any ideas post them!
So to start with pick two titles. One to start with and the next one. When the club begins the second book it can be decided what will follow it as book number three by doing an 2 week nomination and poll procedure.
it would be nice to cover all Genres im a Fantasy lover but would be happy to read and give my opinion on any and everything else x at the end of the day a good book is a good book x
I suggest the first week of October as the start date.
Also with regards to book selection, would it be better to do themed months or should we keep a shortlist and just draw at random each month?
Glad people are liking the idea, I really hope we can get it up and running quickly.
The titles are here http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/richardandjudybookclub.aspx
There are three that have caught my eye the most; Operation Mincemeat which sounds intriguing, Sister and lastly The Snowman.
I think this is a great way of doing it and I was about to post something similar.
In regards to what books we choose, maybe we could all put our names down in a list and one FM is chosen at random to make the decision each month? "Random" being someone drawing the names from a hat.
It'd probably be more accessible and organised to create a new thread for each book; this way, new forum members won't be intimidated or put-off by one big, long thread but can easily join in or read discussions for each book on their own.
Maybe each thread could be titled "DS Book Club - Book #X - "Insert Title Here" by A. Author" and we could keep the admin-related decisions (choosing books etc) on this thread.
Just kidding if one gets picked I'll read it, then decide that it is crap!
If you are looking at doing "classics" I would try and get them from the Penguin Classics range as they often turn up in those discount book shops so people can save money on those.