You don't consider it to have been answered?

No, I wasn't clear.

I was curious about it; I'm glad Jessica asked it that's all I meant.

Not trying to be a hardass, but to me it's seeming more and more that a Book Club thread isn't so much about "discussing specific books" but not wading through other peoples' posts while you do it.

Actually, you have it backwards. It's not about not being bothered with other people's posts, it's about them not having to deal with upmty-hundred posts about one thing they want nothing to do with.

It's not about not being bothered with other people's posts, it's about them not having to deal with upmty-hundred posts about one thing they want nothing to do with.

Well, then I'm here to say that that's not a problem for me. I can scroll and scroll until I find someone talking about something I like, or start a parallel conversation.

OK, so, let's hear from those people-- the lit thread readers who want nothing to do with book club.

I thought the thing was that literary was unsatisfying; for whom is it so satisfying that sustained book discussion is a major inconvenience?

I think I'm getting distracted from my original point and idea (it's weird when you find yourself defending stuff you feel like you didn't say). I want discussion of the kind I can't get in Literary- whether that means however many of us have to get together and decide to read whatever book in whatever thread is fine. If no one wants to we don't have to build a whole thread around it, if it's not going to bother the people who really think of Literary as a thread they inhabit, we can do it there. I just want to have a really, really, good, meaty, occasionally wrongheaded and loopy, but always facinating and revealing discussion about a book.

I am in favor of a book club within Literary. I'd participate if I had time, which is debateable. I'd read the discussion even if I didn't have time to read the book and/or discuss the book.

Have any current literary denizens expressed worry about a book club taking over the thread? As once such denizen, I think it would be a great thing for a thread that is pretty unfocussed most of the time, and (recent events notwithstanding) low-traffic. It would make literary much better for me, I am not worried about being spoiled (most books being less about the HSQ than, say, Angel) and um, yeah, petering out here. Yes.

I want discussion of the kind I can't get in Literary-

I just want to have a really, really, good, meaty, occasionally wrongheaded and loopy, but always facinating and revealing discussion about a book.

I'm just sayin' I think you *can* get that sort of discussion in Literary. I don't know the reason you *haven't*, but I can think of no logical reason for it. Based on that, my vote is a resounding "No".

I'm just sayin' I think you *can* get that sort of discussion in Literary.

This is why I suggested earlier that we beta test it in-thread, letting the result dictate the need or not for a new thread.

We're not voting yet (I promise this was typed with a smile).

I'm just sayin' I think you *can* get that sort of discussion in Literary. I don't know the reason you *haven't*, but I can think of no logical reason for it.

This comes off as a bit testy. We haven't had that kind of discussion in there because there are a good number of people reading a good number of books. Again, it's fine with me if we have a book club in the Literary thread. I just didn't want to suggest that we repurpose something that was already there- it didn't seem like my place and like it might be a little rude. If that's where people would like it to be, I don't see why not.

I think I'm answering what you asked, MM. If not, well, can't blame a girl for trying. And just for context ... I'm coming at this from an "I'd love to have a book club here," point of view. Having it in Literary wouldn't have occurred to me had I just put forth the idea myself, because I don't hang there.

I'd been thinking of a book club thread as being like a show thread. New book? New discussion. Some tangents? Well, yeah ... when does that not happen, and mostly it's kind of fun, but even still, the conversation about the ep is easy to follow along, even parallel tracks of discussion about the same ep/book.

For my part, I'd envision a fairly structured approach ... suggesting books, selecting one per month (or whatever), picking a target date to start discussing, and then discussing (overlaps fine). Mainly I'd like to have it in one thread so that it would flow like a show thread.

And we're talking preferences. Sure we could do what you suggest. I just don't think that's the best way to have a book club run. And my feelings on how it would best run are not in response to any issues with the way things run in Literary, because I don't live there. I just want a focused thread for it ... like the show threads, because that's what I see it as being most like.

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I did answer Jess's quesiton upthread, but, since Kat's putting it on the table again ... the kerfluffle in Literary has nothing to do with my support of and desire for a Book Club Thread.