Would you be willing to participate in a genre swap club similar to the one discussed in Litany's Shamelessy stolen book group idea thread?
Vote and discuss.
I figure we'll go ahead with this if we can get 12+ people to commit for two genre swaps each.
UPDATE:
OK, looks like this is a go.
Now to hammer out the details.
This is what I am thinking we will do:
I figure once we get 75/80% of the participants to reply to the thread, we will take a short hiatus then do it again. I am thinking about making this a Quarterly thing so it can accommodate everyone's regular reading.
Does this sound OK? Any comments/suggestions/questions?
Vote and discuss.
I figure we'll go ahead with this if we can get 12+ people to commit for two genre swaps each.
UPDATE:
OK, looks like this is a go.
Now to hammer out the details.
This is what I am thinking we will do:
1. Participants, i.e., those that voted YES, will be contacted by me and asked the following questions:
2. Once I receive replies from the participants, I'll create a spreadsheet or something to keep track of the information then pseudorandomly assign genre swap partners and post the matches in a thread. You will then contact each other and recommend a book which you will read.
3. After reading the book, all I ask is that you make a short post in the thread that contains the following information:
4. That's it. No review or anything like that required. Easy as pie.
- What genres do you currently like to read?
- What genres do you have an interest in that you are not reading?
- What genres do you refuse to read?
- Any other thing I need to know?
2. Once I receive replies from the participants, I'll create a spreadsheet or something to keep track of the information then pseudorandomly assign genre swap partners and post the matches in a thread. You will then contact each other and recommend a book which you will read.
3. After reading the book, all I ask is that you make a short post in the thread that contains the following information:
- did you finish the book? If not, why not.
- did you like it?
- would you be interested in reading more of that genre/author?
4. That's it. No review or anything like that required. Easy as pie.
I figure once we get 75/80% of the participants to reply to the thread, we will take a short hiatus then do it again. I am thinking about making this a Quarterly thing so it can accommodate everyone's regular reading.
Does this sound OK? Any comments/suggestions/questions?
