The mod team is considering bringing back bookclub. We wanted to make this post and ask everyone if we should bring it back or if online bookclub needs are already being met by the many subreddits that exist for the purpose. We also wanted some feedback on what you want specifically from a bookclub on our subreddit.
If you are interested in us relaunching the bookclub please take the time to answer these questions and/or offer other suggestions.
- Do you want us to re-launch /books bookclub?
- How would you like to choose books? – In the past our book choice was determined by AMAs or important events happening in the month of the book club. AMAs have been on a hiatus for a while and will likely not be returning soon. Would you like us to continue choosing books or would you like to vote on the candidates?
- How many books per month? – Do you want to read a single book? Would you like there to be two options from different genres so you had a choice? You could pick one or both to read and join one or both of the discussions?
- Who would you like to have lead the discussion? – We are considering inviting fellow users to lead some of the discussions. If you really like a specific book and it was chosen for bookclub you could volunteer. If you volunteer to lead the discussion you would submit your thoughts on the book in enough detail to get a discussion going (at least 3 short paragraphs) and a list of discussion questions before the day the discussion is scheduled to start. You would also take on the responsibility of replying to other users that join the discussion.
- Should we limit what books can be chosen? – What is a reasonable limit for the amount of pages per book? Should we include books from series?
Please let us know your thoughts. We are still trying to figure out the logistics so any input from you would be a great help!!
by AutoModerator
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The community on this sub seems too transient and disparate to really come up with a meaningful book club imo.
1. yes
2. don’t know
3. A couple of options in different genres should be available. Otherwise a lot of people wont join. I, for one, am not interested in romantacy or young adult.
4. no idea
5. Series will be hard to avoid, but maybe limit them to once a month, while giving two other stand alone options. This way it maybe easier for new members to join in. Not everyone has hours to spare, so maybe limit them to about 500 pages or so.