This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
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I've been gone for a while, but the conference is over and I'm back (xpost with Natter and Bitches). I can see that this thread hasn't been active, but I wanted to join the consensus about mixing up book genres and about having the picker responsible for nudging discussion. So, it seems the question now is if someone wants to take that responsibility for the month, or if someone has another idea, or if we should call the thread a good experiment and be done with it. (I'm not sure if that's exactly
one
question, but I think you get what I mean).
In any case, does anyone have any thoughts on the next step?
Finished
Dirt Music.
Finally.
Wolfram, insent (and sadly, unrelated to book club).
So, it's been six months or so since there's been any discussion about a book in here. Should we talk about reviving or closing?
It's an arbitrary length of time; I'm just curious to see whether anyone else has any thoughts about it.
I'm just curious to see whether anyone else has any thoughts about it.
My thought is that this is a demised parrot.
Mine, too. I really think, because so many people were so opposed to the thread, that we should graciously admit defeat, and propose that it be closed.
because so many people were so opposed to the thread
If so many people were opposed, the proposal wouldn't have passed. The vote was 68 for and 22 against. I'm not saying the thread shouldn't be closed, just that support
was
strong at the time.
Defeat? Were we competing at something?
In my head, I have these grandiose plans for this thread, when my life gets less cluttered. I see us exploring books of classical and modern fiction and maybe even a graphic novel like Watchmen or Maus. I see us experimenting with a chapter-by-chapter read and analysis, and perhaps a stab at using Project Gutenberg [link] for one selection. I see potential in this thread, albeit unrealized.
But in reality, the thread is just sitting. I'd really like to keep it open. But I'm also mindful of the folks who spoke out against it, and if it makes them feel better then I won't oppose its closure.
Um, I don't think anyone is agitating for its closure. If you guys want to close up shop fine, but don't close it just to satisfy some nebulous group of folks who see the thread as a thorn in their side. I don't think they exist.
