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Sounds like a great plan,thanks for setting it. I’m not one usually trying to be picky but I’m not sure you can fit y/a in a Classic literature context. I believe the idea of y/a began probably in the eighties.
Alan wrote: "Sounds like a great plan,thanks for setting it. I’m not one usually trying to be picky but I’m not sure you can fit y/a in a Classic literature context. I believe the idea of y/a began probably in ..."I'd like to disagree with you here Alan. Whilst the idea might have begun in the eighties that doesn't mean that there aren't classic books that would fit into that category. Just off the top of my head I would class Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, The Hobbit, Lord of the Flies, The Chronicles of Narnia, Alice and Wonderland, Huckleberry Finn and The Prince and the Pauper as ya books as their reading level is higher than that of children's books. 🙂
Great idea, this doorstopper-section, as an american tragedy belongs to this category and January or later fits better in my reading-schedule. I will change my vote for october.
These are great ideas. Looking forward to the changes.
Armin wrote: "Great idea, this doorstopper-section, as an american tragedy belongs to this category and January or later fits better in my reading-schedule. I will change my vote for october."I like the doorstopper selection idea and the idea of selecting reads earlier in the month. Because An American Tragedy appears to be leading in the October poll, I went ahead and ordered it after not finding it at the library or bookstore. Surprisingly it won’t arrive until October 3, even with Amazon Prime. No worries if we select a different October read as I can never have enough books!
Great ideas! My favorite is the Weekend Shorts.
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That's a lot to commit to. Are you certain you can burn the candle at all 4+ of those ends? I love the ideas - every single one of them - but I'd rather you undercommit and meet your goals than overcommit and have things fall by the wayside because you're overwhelmed.
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PS I love the idea of choosing the monthly group reads and/or the doorstoppers well in advance. It just makes all kinds of sense. In fact, it would be really cool to choose reads something like 6 months in advance: time enough for people to acquire a copy, decide which months to participate in (and which to skip), and just generally give us something to look forward to. Some may choose to do some form of preparation.
I LOVE the idea of knowing what's coming up. Assuming we go down this path, is there some form of calendar function we can use so everyone can see the plan as it evolves?
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Could we also think about sprinkling in some extremely short reads or short stories, such as To Build a Fireor "[book:Narrow Road to the Interior:..."
Yes, this would be part of the Weekend Shorts idea.
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I think this will be fun too. There are so many wonderful short stories out there!
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I love the idea of a calendar for the group, but I'm not sure how to make it work. I'm not very tech savvy. If anyone has any ideas please let me know, as I would love to be able to implement this.
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One of these might be useful, and the article is recent.
https://www.lifewire.com/free-online-...
Good idea Brian - I use Google Calendar to coordinate different schedules - looking forward to reading with all of you
I love your enthusiasm, and all of your ideas. Maybe choose one thing at a time to layer over the main group read, rotating through poetry, short stories, youth fiction... The label “door stopper “ is cute.
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The first episodes are out now, and a pair of Christmas stories by Louisa May Alcott. This would be fine to listen to alone, but even better to share with the family. The episodes are short (the first 3 are 16-17 mins each). You can find it anywhere you get podcasts, but here's a link to Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2lwGiP1...
Starting in January, we will begin quarterly Doorstopper Reads to go along with our monthly Group Read. This means that we will read an extra long book, generally 800-1000 pages or more, and we will read it over the course of 3 months. This also means we will be limiting the length of our monthly Group Reads to about 600 pages or less starting in January. We will read 4 such Doorstoppers in 2021. Jan-March, April-June, July-Sep, and Oct-Dec. Start thinking of what you'd like to read for our first quarterly doorstopper to kick off 2021.
Another new thing we will be starting in January will be our monthly Children's Mini Read. Each month, we will read a classic children's/YA book. This will be in addition to our regular Group Read.
Other changes and ideas I'm working on are Poet of the Month; tackling a whole series as a Side Read over the course of several months to a year; and Weekend Shorts, which is a quick weekend discussion of a short story. I was also thinking that we could choose our monthly Group Reads and Mini Reads a month or more in advance, instead of days before.
If you have any feedback or ideas of what you would like to see in this group, please let me know! You can either reply to this thread, or send me a private message.