I would think your impression would at least metter a little bit to you, but that is just me.

What I meant by that is that my imagined thread wasn't a preference. When I read the initial proposal, that's how what was being floated looked.

I was reading the inquiries as people wanting to know how it would work so as to decide if they wanted to participate.

Oh. I thought I read at least some people stating they would vote against the thread, unless they both knew what the structure looked like, and approved of that structure. I don't remember those same people expressing interest in joining in the activity itself, if the structure met with their approval. I'm too lazy to go back and check, so I'll take your word for it. Thanks.

FWIW--I would like a book club thread because I would like to discuss a specific book with other Buffistas, 'cause they smart and funny. Frankly, I also think it might make me read more than I do right now, because I need a kick in the ass. I also like being in the Lit thread and being able to discuss ALL books, and poetry and feelings about reading and sharing memories of childhood books. I don't see why one negates the other at all. AS a amtter of fact, I think they can complement each other. My Mom belongs to two book clubs--in one they read a specific book each month and discuss it, and so explore various works in more depth than if they read it alone, and in the other, every member brings in a book to recommend and does a 5-minute presentation on it, and so they find out about books they might want to read.

I think we could do both in Lit, but it would be easier, for me, to have a separate thread for each, equally pleasurable, experience.

Petty, much? Does this make you feel better? We're not 5 years old.

Steph, you have now called me "rude," and "petty" across two threads. I have done my damnedest not attack you personally, and even when I thought you were being snotty to me in the Spoilers thread, I asked you if that was your intention to give you the benefit of the doubt.

If you're not able to extend me the same courtesy, I'd ask that you leave me alone.

Oh. I thought I read at least some people stating they would vote against the thread, unless they both knew what the structure looked like, and approved of that structure. I don't remember those same people expressing interest in joining in the activity itself, if the structure met with their approval. I'm too lazy to go back and check, so I'll take your word for it. Thanks.

Oh, I am sure there was some of both. We are so rarely an all people of one voice group. so, we are probably both right in stating what other people posted.

tears gold star in half.

even when I thought you were being snotty to me in the Spoilers thread, I asked you if that was your intention to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Which I answered in that thread.

If you're not able to extend me the same courtesy, I'd ask that you leave me alone.

Certainly. As long as it's mutual.

My preference would be for the structure to be as informal as possible. I'd prefer nothing more than "we're discussing this book from date X to date Y." If people want to do things like post discussion questions, then I'd much rather they be posed as, "Hey, what do you guys think about this?" than as "Here's what we're discussing now."

My preference would be for the structure to be as informal as possible. I'd prefer nothing more than "we're discussing this book from date X to date Y." If people want to do things like post discussion questions, then I'd much rather they be posed as, "Hey, what do you guys think about this?" than as "Here's what we're discussing now."

That's exactly how I see it too.

I'm with Hil and Wolfram.

So, people who asked about structure, how are we doing? Have we proved we've thought about this and that it's not going to be a mess--or more of a mess than any other thread on this board?

I think we can fairly say, and this ties into the subcommunities part of this discussion, that there are different thread cultures in different threads on this board. Bitches is different as a place to hang out in from Music. Literary is different, too.

I read this proposal as "The culture in the existing book thread isn't what I want it to be, so I want a new book thread." I will believe that the current Literary thread is inhospitable to a book club when I see the experiment tried and failed.

Good point, Hil. People can just throw in with observations that strike them as interesting instead of feeling confined to a particular topic. Leaves room for parallel discussions, too, and whichever topics take off are the ones that take off. Yep. Work it like the show threads. Good point.