I would say wait until the old ones are used up first, or use them for a set period of time- dump them, and do it over again.
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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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Daisy Jane - Aug 26, 2004 10:13:11 am PDT #501 of 3301
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
billytea - Aug 26, 2004 10:16:03 am PDT #502 of 3301
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
People should rec carefully though so we don't end up having 100s of books on a list that can only accomodate 12 a year. Should we require new recs to have a second or something?
I agree with this. I think it should be made retrospective too.
Wolfram - Aug 26, 2004 10:19:39 am PDT #503 of 3301
Visilurking
I would say wait until the old ones are used up first, or use them for a set period of time- dump them, and do it over again.
I think there were like thirty-something recs before. That's 3 years to use 'em up.
What if we limit it to 1 or 2 recs per person until that rec gets used or withdrawn by the suggestor?
libkitty - Aug 26, 2004 10:21:53 am PDT #504 of 3301
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I like the idea of adding to the list of recs as we go. This gives the selector a huge list to choose from. If this is too overwhelming, the selector can just look at the first 5, or 10, or whatever.
Regarding Asher Lev, I'm about a third of the way through, and am loving it. Which brings up an interesting thing re: The Intuitionist. Both are pretty completely outside of my experience, and yet I adore Asher Lev. I have always loved Chaim Potok's writing. I've got to think that the reason I didn't like The Intuitionist is because of the way it was written rather than the subject matter. Although I have nothing in common with 1940's and 50's Jewish boys from New York nor with black elevator inspectors who are women, Potok has a knack for drawing me in.
Daisy Jane - Aug 26, 2004 10:25:05 am PDT #505 of 3301
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I've never read any of his work before, but I'm really really loving it, and looking forward to talking about it.
Polter-Cow - Aug 26, 2004 10:27:06 am PDT #506 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I loved it as well. Although I really liked The Intuitionist, it actually felt kind of refreshing because the style was so different.
brenda m - Aug 26, 2004 11:31:29 am PDT #507 of 3301
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'd like for people to be able to continue to rec at will, but second the call for an exercise of judgement in not going crazy with it.
libkitty - Aug 26, 2004 11:43:07 am PDT #508 of 3301
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
second the call for an exercise of judgement in not going crazy with it.
Third.
Ginger - Aug 26, 2004 12:37:44 pm PDT #509 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have a rec that I mentioned in literary to resounding silence, but it is worth considering and is a recent book (1999). Say Goodbye: The Laurie Moss Story by Lewis Shiner.
I thought I said something. I was interested because Glimpses is one of the best books ever. I just ordered a used copy of Say Goodbye.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 26, 2004 12:46:46 pm PDT #510 of 3301
What is even happening?
I'd like for people to be able to continue to rec at will, but second the call for an exercise of judgement in not going crazy with it.
Fourth
Libkitty, re Asher Lev and Potok, I haven't yet started Asher Lev, but I feel exactly the same way about Potok's writing. His book The Chosen, is one of my favorites, and although I had nothing in common with the characters (an Orthodox and a Chassidic boy from th 40s), I really identified with the characters. I'd read anything by Potok, at least once.