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[-matthEw-]

i was just meaning it as a way of recommending books and, for me personally, an incentive to actually read them on a far more regular basis.


if people want to get pretensious over it they can, but that stuff goes way over my head anyway. a quick review maybe and reasons why you liked/disliked it would suffice for me.

as for format, i liked Chris' idea of everyone in it nominating a book and from the resulting short-list either a) voting for which one we'd like to read first, then doing the same from the same shortlist (minus the one we read first) until we've done them all. or b) simply just working our way through them from top to bottom, however they are ordered.

[-matthEw-]

also, id think it'd go without saying, but if someone has no interest in the book the 'club' are reading, by all means you dont have to read it! and of course you'd be more than welcome to join in on the next book

[KarmaTsunami]

i quite like the idea of a book swap.

[Chris]

In the interests of kicking this off I'll start a nomination thread in a moment. Initially the list will be open for a couple of days then I'll close it off so we can get the poll going for what we want to start with. Once we're under way properly I'll re-open the list and we can just tack new suggestions on the end of the schedule or something.

[Chris]

The nomination thread is up and starting to get some suggestion in it. I'd like to see at least 10 suggestions before it's closed I think, that should be enough to get us started.

Find the thread here:
Aberdeen Music Book Club - Nomination Thread

[incredibledisc]

[quote=Intravenous;560169]I think the Harry Potter story is good quality and it does draw you in, but the grammer used isn't the best and if I remember correctly there are even a few simple errors made. QUOTE]

Irony?

[Old Gold]

I don't get why there seems to be an argument between a book swap and a book club.

Start a brand new thread for book swapping. And maybe participate in the book club as well? The world is your bloody oyster.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by SpanishArmada

I don't get why there seems to be an argument between a book swap and a book club.

Start a brand new thread for book swapping. And maybe participate in the book club as well? The world is your bloody oyster.

exactly. No reason why people can't do both if they want. Although there's an argument that a book swap thread should perhaps be in the classifieds section of the site.

[Chris]

right I've stickied the nomination thread and added the poll up.

Please do not add any more nominations!

12 books is a pretty good number for us to start off with. I haven't closed the thread 'cause I think that might prevent people from voting in the poll. But I will remove nominations posted after this point.

Go vote for the book you want to read first. The poll is open for one week only!
Aberdeen Music Book Club - Nomination Thread

[Spoonie]

also, i'm up for book swapping too as i tend to give boks away once they're read. will post a list of my available titles shortly.

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