Denise wrote:
I'm also hoping we aren't going to post all of the books within the context of the American Classics and British Classics clubs because I share Everyman's concerns, which were also posted by Choisya and Ziki somewhere else, that if too many discussions going on, it simply distills them down.....We don't have to schedule them all at once. We can let BN post some of them as clubs which tend to be a bit structured. If you want to wait for structure, let BN post them as a separate club. E.Lee mentioned a frustration that I also share that we've started several different books and followed up with shallow discussion.
This is a very important point Denise, please take note LitEds & Mods! If there are too few readers per book a good discussion can't ensue. We don't want distilled brews, we want 'draught[s] of vintage that hath been cool'd a long age in the deep delved earth!
I know that Ilana has said that we don't have to read them all but those of us who are keen on the British and American classics want to read as many of them as we can alongside a fair number of our fellow readers. And until this new set-up gets as many readers per book as did the old BNU, I think we need to 'hold some horses'. And as well as starting several books that had shallow discussion, folks have also bought books that had no discussion at all!
I'm also hoping we aren't going to post all of the books within the context of the American Classics and British Classics clubs because I share Everyman's concerns, which were also posted by Choisya and Ziki somewhere else, that if too many discussions going on, it simply distills them down.....We don't have to schedule them all at once. We can let BN post some of them as clubs which tend to be a bit structured. If you want to wait for structure, let BN post them as a separate club. E.Lee mentioned a frustration that I also share that we've started several different books and followed up with shallow discussion.
This is a very important point Denise, please take note LitEds & Mods! If there are too few readers per book a good discussion can't ensue. We don't want distilled brews, we want 'draught[s] of vintage that hath been cool'd a long age in the deep delved earth!
I know that Ilana has said that we don't have to read them all but those of us who are keen on the British and American classics want to read as many of them as we can alongside a fair number of our fellow readers. And until this new set-up gets as many readers per book as did the old BNU, I think we need to 'hold some horses'. And as well as starting several books that had shallow discussion, folks have also bought books that had no discussion at all!
LitEditor wrote:
Just following on to bolster Ilana's remarks above: we're reading along and working out the upcoming schedule of featured, standalone classics discussions a la The Jungle, Kafka's short fiction, etc. These will run alongside the continuing conversation in this board and the American Literature Book Club.
It takes us a little time to nail these kinds of things down, but rest assured we're working on February and beyond. So, there will be plenty to talk about in the coming weeks. (Including Shakespeare.) We'll let you know about the planned titles as we have them finalized.Message Edited by Choisya on 02-16-200712:41 PM
Unfortunately, my frustration is still with me. I've been on this new format since the beginning in October and, instead of enjoying it, I feel like it's a chore I'm plugging along with. I'm finding myself more and more just wondering if I should give up and just give up on BNBN and read my books by the fire in whatever order I please instead of having to read all the ones that everyone has picked because if I don't read them now during the discussion I won't have a chance to be a part of the discussion and trying to get them all read at the same time and and and oh oh oh....wait, this is supposed to be fun and relaxing. Oh, yeah, and there's the two-hour-message-reading-ritual every day. I've had to start skimming them and I'm sure I miss some of the good ones.
Denise
Denise
Choisya wrote:
Denise wrote:
I'm also hoping we aren't going to post all of the books within the context of the American Classics and British Classics clubs because I share Everyman's concerns, which were also posted by Choisya and Ziki somewhere else, that if too many discussions going on, it simply distills them down.....We don't have to schedule them all at once. We can let BN post some of them as clubs which tend to be a bit structured. If you want to wait for structure, let BN post them as a separate club. E.Lee mentioned a frustration that I also share that we've started several different books and followed up with shallow discussion.
This is a very important point Denise, please take note LitEds & Mods! If there are too few readers per book a good discussion can't ensue. We don't want distilled brews, we want 'draught[s] of vintage that hath been cool'd a long age in the deep delved earth!
LitEditor wrote:
Just following on to bolster Ilana's remarks above: we're reading along and working out the upcoming schedule of featured, standalone classics discussions a la The Jungle, Kafka's short fiction, etc. These will run alongside the continuing conversation in this board and the American Literature Book Club.
It takes us a little time to nail these kinds of things down, but rest assured we're working on February and beyond. So, there will be plenty to talk about in the coming weeks. (Including Shakespeare.) We'll let you know about the planned titles as we have them finalized.
donyskiw wrote:
I'm also hoping we aren't going to post all of the books within the context of the American Classics and British Classics clubs because I share Everyman's concerns, which were also posted by Choisya and Ziki somewhere else, that if too many discussions going on, it simply distills them down. And, like Everyman, I don't care to dedicate that much time to a online discussions when real life calls. I also don't want to miss anything so I'd rather have some of the books put off until later. We don't have to schedule them all at once. We can let BN post some of them as clubs which tend to be a bit structured. If you want to wait for structure, let BN post them as a separate club. E.Lee mentioned a frustration that I also share that we've started several different books and followed up with shallow discussion. And I've had a sense of rushing around trying to get reading done for this like it was a college English lit class. Let's all calm down and let this process get ironed out a bit. Especially now with the holidays (which are always busy for everyone) upon us.
Peace,
Denise
