Book Club Proposal 2013

[Scheherazade]

Yikes! It is that time of the year again!

Please vote for the nomination system you would like the Book Club to follow in 2013 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 of those authors. 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 one those countries' literatures. We will avoid selecting the works that are 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. Award Winners: The present system. We randomly nominate books that have received various literary awards (eg Pulitzer, Booker etc).

6. Random nominations: We nominate the books we would like to read randomly.




Book Club Procedures

[Scheherazade]

I am surprised that again we are heading towards "Author of the Month".

[TurquoiseSunset]

Hey, if it ain't broke...

[Scheherazade]

I wouldn't mind the Authors as it would suit nicely with my reading challenge for 2013

[TurquoiseSunset]

Great What's your reading challenge for 2013?

[Scheherazade]

I think I will concentrate more books by the authors whose only one work I have read. Like Atwood or DH Lawrence or Henry James. I would like to see how I would feel about their others works as well.

Might still carry on with "new authors" as well.

[Scheherazade]

Last week to cast your votes.

[Paulclem]

I had to dropout of discussions earlier in the year - or was it last year? - due to work, but I might be able to join in again now.

[Scheherazade]

I had to dropout of discussions earlier in the year - or was it last year? - due to work, but I might be able to join in again now.

That'll be great, Paul.

We still have couple of more award winners to read this year as well if you ever feel at a loss as to what to read next.

[Scheherazade]

Going once...