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Scheherazade
08-16-2010, 06:58 PM
Please vote for the nomination system you would like the Book Club to follow in 2011 by September 15th.


You can choose more than one option.


1. Author of the month: 12 authors to be chosen and each month we choose a book written by one particular author. E.g. In January we include only Camus' works in the poll and read one of those in February.

2. Genre of the month: Different genres to be selected and we nominate/vote for books belonging that particular genre each month. E.g., March: Month of Sci-fi so only sci-fi books will be nominated for that month.

3. Country of the month:12 countries to be chosen and each month we read a book from that particular country's literature. The works nominated would not be too obscure (only those are available in English on Amazon maybe?)

4. Trend of the month: Each month we read a book from a different period such as Victorian, Romantic etc.

5. Random nominations: The present system. We nominate the books we would like to read randomly.

6. Prize Winners: We randomly nominate books that have received various literary awards (eg Pulitzer, Booker etc).


Book Club Procedures (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=57103#post57103)
Virgil
08-16-2010, 07:12 PM
Is it that time of year again? :D :D
Scheherazade
08-16-2010, 07:14 PM
Is it that time of year again? :D :DU-oh! This means your birthday is not so far away now, Virgil!

:D
Veho
08-17-2010, 08:10 AM
I vote 'trend'. I think it's a really good idea.
Lulim
08-17-2010, 09:30 AM
I thought I give it a try and partake in the book club readings next year. And now, I ticked off the wrong option -- I meant to vote for "Trend of the month" and voted "Country of the month" instead :goof:
OrphanPip
08-17-2010, 10:11 AM
Is multiple voting supposed to be available for the poll Sche?
Scheherazade
08-17-2010, 10:15 AM
Is multiple voting supposed to be available for the poll Sche?Yes, you can choose more than one.
papayahed
08-17-2010, 05:48 PM
And it's a 4 way tie!
Dark Muse
08-18-2010, 11:29 PM
It is scary thinking about 2011 already!
Virgil
08-19-2010, 08:30 PM
U-oh! This means your birthday is not so far away now, Virgil!

:D

Yes, but I wasn't referring to that. :wink5: Just the fights we usually have over this. :D

I can't decide this year. I don't recall we ever had a choice for Prize Winners. That might be an interesting change of pace.
Paulclem
08-20-2010, 04:49 AM
I'll try to join in this year. I'm still reading some of my xmas books.
Scheherazade
09-06-2010, 10:37 AM
Last 10 days and Genre seems to be the choice for 2011.
Paulclem
09-06-2010, 12:45 PM
Last 10 days and Genre seems to be the choice for 2011.

Are we thinking of 2011 already?

I remember anticipating Space 1999 on TV in the seventies, and 1999 seeming to be several million years in the future.

(By the way, what a disappointment that series was!)
hoope
09-06-2010, 12:57 PM
Can we vote for two things.. :D ?
I voted for Genre which i c the best .. and i would also think that the Author of the month is good !
_Shannon_
09-06-2010, 06:37 PM
We just did genre lat year, though.
Scheherazade
09-14-2010, 05:40 PM
Going once...
Virgil
09-14-2010, 08:36 PM
Oooh, just got my vote in. :D
Scheherazade
09-16-2010, 07:19 AM
Going twice...
Scheherazade
09-16-2010, 05:24 PM
Still going twice...
Paulclem
09-16-2010, 05:42 PM
That's twice twice. Are you going to go twice thrice?
Scheherazade
09-16-2010, 05:45 PM
Maybe I should go thrice once...
Paulclem
09-16-2010, 07:29 PM
Maybe I should go thrice once...

:D

Thrice would be nice.