The Rabbit I Pulled Out Of My Hat

March 19, 2008

How about a book club?

Filed under: books — Tags: , , — Paul Crittenden @ 6:34 pm

So I was thinking: I know a bunch of smart, well-read folks and there are few things I like better than talking about a good book. Or even a bad book. I looked around for some local book clubs but they each had aims that were too specific for what I’m interested in. They were either women-only clubs clubs that only discussed science fiction or fantasy or romance or mystery or the “classics” or whatever. Well, I like to read many different genres. So I came up with the idea of creating my own book club. I tried to do this a few years back on RMP but it didn’t work out. Which shouldn’t have been surprise considering it was RMP.

So what do you guys and gals think? Would you be interested in participating in an online book discussion group moderated by yours truly? Maybe this idea is like a dream – only interesting to the guy who dreamed it up. But I really do think that we could have some good discussions. So let’s talk about it. If you are interested how would you like for it to work? I figured we’d use this blog for the discussions but if you have a better idea then I’m all ears.

This is something that I think could be really cool. Hopefully you think so to.

4 Comments »

  1. count me in. but i must warn i’m a fairly slow reader. i tend to skim and then i realize i’m skimming and then i go back and actually concentrate. i must learn to focus.

    Comment by maggiemae2 — March 27, 2008 @ 8:50 pm

  2. Don’t worry. I’m not a very fast reader either. People always assume I am but I’m not.

    OK, so that makes two of us. Any ideas on what the inaugural book should be? I just finished a good book called Arkansas by John Brandon. I’m about to start Swag by Elmore Leonard. For some reason I’m on a little bit of a crime novel kick. But I can be swayed.

    Comment by Paul Crittenden — March 27, 2008 @ 10:22 pm

  3. Hey peeps,

    Sure, I am in. I’m not a slow reader, in fact I’m weirdly fast at reading….however, you know..4 kids, husband (oh yeah, Maggie my love, I meant to tell you Al and I got married)…housework…all those exciting things that mean I have like, ten mins reading time a day if I’m lucky.

    But I’d love to join in, if that’s ok?

    C

    Comment by Coral — April 2, 2008 @ 4:56 pm

  4. Of course it’s OK, Coral.

    Comment by Paul Crittenden — April 2, 2008 @ 5:54 pm


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