pennywise
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Ok, the time has arrived to choose our first selection. The length of time that we will allocate for reading the book is pretty much open-ended and unlimited, but I want to hold off on discussion of whatever book is chosen for at least a couple weeks. I imagine that the number of people that are reading/have finished reading will start to increase once the spring univ. semester is finished, so in an effort to attempt some rough type of order I would like to try to co-ordinate the discussion/comments with that date in mind. I might come up with a few rules or guidelines later, such as using spoiler tags if discussing some type of plot development or whatnot, but that is far in the future.
Each of these books is a title suggested by someone in the previous discussion thread, located here. I'm going to leave the task of describing or linking to descriptions of the books to their respective proponents. If you really want your book to be chosen, you'll get off your ass (figuratively) and make a few typing and clicking motions. That shouldn't be too much to ask
. As in the Create An Avatar Contest (link ) subject selection polls (link ), it is permissible to vote for your own selection, as voting for your own selection lets me know that you are still interested in participating. If you can't even participate enough to vote for your own selection, then you aren't interested enough for us to choose your book, and I will remove it from the poll. That is not to say that you are required to vote for your own selection. If you think that someone else might have a better selection that you would rather read, by all means vote for it. It's only if someone doesn't vote at all that I care about.
If anyone hasn't yet proposed a book, you can do so after the poll has already been started, but once the votes reach a certain level I won't accept any more submissions, because we could get into a bunch of requests for vote changes and it could be a huge pain in the ass. Whatever that level of votes is will be decided by me for largely subjective reasons :D. Late submissions can be submitted in the form of a post in this thread or a pm to me.
There is no need to purchase these books. You can probably find almost any book that we end up choosing at the library. Many libraries are a part of a network of libraries, so even if they don't have the book available in the library you are at, you can probably get it through inter-library loan. Even if all the copies of the book are checked out at all the libraries, you can put the book on hold, and as soon as it becomes available they will let you know and you can pick it up. You need never spend money on any of these books, other than in late fees if you fail to return it on time. But late fees are quite small, usually around 5 cents a day, and you almost always have the option of renewing the book for another borrowing period. This notification will be posted in nearly every thread regarding the book club, so if it takes off expect to see it often. I don't want people not participating because they can't afford to buy the book.
Lastly, I thought this might be an opportunity to introduce a fun little exhibition arts contest . I am looking for someone to design a BL book club selection seal/club logo. Check out the thread *link for thread forthcoming*.
I really hope that this works out, because to a book nerd like me it sounds like a lot of fun, and like a great way to be exposed to new books and new authors. Thanks in advance for your interest and participation.
P.S.
Please do not vote in the poll if you have no intention of reading the book or participating in the discussion!
While a bunch of people might come in here and vote for Junky because they know it's about dope, but have no intention of doing anything other than voting in the poll, it will skew the results, and we might end up reading a book that almost no one who actually is participating wanted to read (nothing wrong with Junky in particular, some of you have read my high praise of the book, but I just needed an example). Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
Each of these books is a title suggested by someone in the previous discussion thread, located here. I'm going to leave the task of describing or linking to descriptions of the books to their respective proponents. If you really want your book to be chosen, you'll get off your ass (figuratively) and make a few typing and clicking motions. That shouldn't be too much to ask
. As in the Create An Avatar Contest (link ) subject selection polls (link ), it is permissible to vote for your own selection, as voting for your own selection lets me know that you are still interested in participating. If you can't even participate enough to vote for your own selection, then you aren't interested enough for us to choose your book, and I will remove it from the poll. That is not to say that you are required to vote for your own selection. If you think that someone else might have a better selection that you would rather read, by all means vote for it. It's only if someone doesn't vote at all that I care about. If anyone hasn't yet proposed a book, you can do so after the poll has already been started, but once the votes reach a certain level I won't accept any more submissions, because we could get into a bunch of requests for vote changes and it could be a huge pain in the ass. Whatever that level of votes is will be decided by me for largely subjective reasons :D. Late submissions can be submitted in the form of a post in this thread or a pm to me.
There is no need to purchase these books. You can probably find almost any book that we end up choosing at the library. Many libraries are a part of a network of libraries, so even if they don't have the book available in the library you are at, you can probably get it through inter-library loan. Even if all the copies of the book are checked out at all the libraries, you can put the book on hold, and as soon as it becomes available they will let you know and you can pick it up. You need never spend money on any of these books, other than in late fees if you fail to return it on time. But late fees are quite small, usually around 5 cents a day, and you almost always have the option of renewing the book for another borrowing period. This notification will be posted in nearly every thread regarding the book club, so if it takes off expect to see it often. I don't want people not participating because they can't afford to buy the book.
Lastly, I thought this might be an opportunity to introduce a fun little exhibition arts contest . I am looking for someone to design a BL book club selection seal/club logo. Check out the thread *link for thread forthcoming*.
I really hope that this works out, because to a book nerd like me it sounds like a lot of fun, and like a great way to be exposed to new books and new authors. Thanks in advance for your interest and participation.
P.S.
Please do not vote in the poll if you have no intention of reading the book or participating in the discussion!
While a bunch of people might come in here and vote for Junky because they know it's about dope, but have no intention of doing anything other than voting in the poll, it will skew the results, and we might end up reading a book that almost no one who actually is participating wanted to read (nothing wrong with Junky in particular, some of you have read my high praise of the book, but I just needed an example). Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
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