The key to any successful club of any sort is #1 organization and #2 Interaction. We are all new to the book club world and we will learn and grow together. What I do know is that anything, if not tended properly whithers and dies. We are starting with a summer long commitment to one book a month, and discussion about it. That gives us 4 books through August. I truly don't want this to be Makayla's book club, I want this to be OUR book club so I'm hoping for a lot of interaction.
The next challenge we have facing us is, how do we decide on discussion topics, and also the speed at which we read? I have a solution that I believe may be workable. I propose that we divide the books into chapters for example - assign Tam chapters 1-2 Angela 3-4 and Kat 5-6 etc... we would each be responsible for finding an element within our chapters and leading the discussion on it. I can divide the number of chapters between the time we have to read it - and individually post the assignments along with a date to (hopefully) have them done by the leader could then comment on that section and we're off and running. I would leave a few days at the end of the month to discuss the book as a whole.
Since we're running on a shortened timeline, I'd like to get the first discussion going as quickly as possible. Next month will operate completely differently, as we have time to pick a book and have it ready to go!
Feedback!! Comment if this will work for you, or if you have another idea!
I'm open to try this. I've usually discussed books after we've read it. But this could be neat while it's fresh in our minds. I'm a pretty fast reader esp if I am really into the book.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Angela. I'm willing to try it, though I do tend to read ahead. I guess I'll just have to read other books at the same time to slow me down a bit. Darn. ;)
ReplyDeleteOk. I'm having the same problem. I'm already on chapter 8 - and as it seems to be an "easy read" (but very enjoyable) I think maybe we should just read it and then discuss. However, we would like to have a lively discussion - so how do we get everyone involved?
ReplyDeleteWhen you're ready, I'd suggest start a new post, titled Firefly Lane, where we can comment with our observances. We can then comment on something we found interesting, or pose a question or say whatever and then others can reply from there.
ReplyDeleteAnother way is to do a chat room. Either on FB or somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteOOOH a chatroom could be fun! We'd have to find a time that works for everyone.
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