The Book Club Proposal - 2009

[Scheherazade]

Please vote for the nomination system you would like the Book Club to follow in 2009 by September 10th.

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:The present system. 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 old system. We nominate the books we would like to read randomly.


For those who are interested: Last year's discussion


Book Club Procedures

[Jozanny]

I voted for author of the month.

[papayahed]

I think country is truning out rather well but since we've already country and author so I say let's do genre or random.

(I have kit kats and I'm not afraid to use them )

[Scheherazade]

(I have kit kats and I'm not afraid to use them )

I don't know... KitKats can be very dangerous in untrained and unskilled hands...

No joking matter, for sure!

[papayahed]

I don't know... KitKats can be very dangerous in untrained and unskilled hands...

No joking matter, for sure!

OK then, I have booze and I know how to use it. Nobody can say I don't know my way around the Hooch!!!

[Weisinheimer]

I'm liking the country thing this year, so I wouldn't mind doing it again.

[Dori]

Couldn't really decide; I voted for all five.

[Weisinheimer]

Couldn't really decide; I voted for all five.

good thinking

[Virgil]

Couldn't really decide; I voted for all five.

Now there is someone with convictions.

I'll have to think about it before I vote. I will say this has worked out better than I expected this year. Why does number one say this:

1. Author of the month: The present system.

That is not the present system.

[lugdunum]

Couldn't really decide; I voted for all five.

Well, at least you're sure that your vote will win !!

[Amylian]

I cannot vote yet, but I hope we country of the month gets more votes.

[Scheherazade]

We have a long time to go yet but, seems like, "Genre of the Month" is emerging as a winner.

[Virgil]

We have a long time to go yet but, seems like, "Genre of the Month" is emerging as a winner.

I don't do chic romance novels.

[Scheherazade]

Hey, what is the point of having "Genre of the Month", then?

*grins chickishly*

[Etienne]

And no fantasy best-sellers either!

Just an anecdote, I read the back cover of one such book that my brother reads:

Living in peaceful Shady Vale, Shea Ohmsford knew little of the troubles that plagued the rest of the world. Then the giant, forbidding Allanon revaled that the supposedly dead Warlock Lord was plotting to destroy the world. The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness was the Sword of Shannara, which could only be used by a true heir of Shannara--Shea being the last of the bloodline, upon whom all hope rested. Soon a Skull Bearer, dread minion of Evil, flew into the Vale, seeking to destroy Shea. To save the Vale, Shea fled, drawing the Skull Bearer after him....

How can it be more cheesy, and how could it not feel like it just copies Lord of the Rings but in a really cheesier way? I think that's also the book that my brother gave me a brief synopsis once where they form a fellowship with two human lords, elves, dwarves, etc... can anyone say lack of creativity?

Are there really some people who take this seriously? "the supposedly dead Warlock Lord was plotting to destroy the world" haha come on...