A suggestion

As always, I agree with Ed (right!) Vote is over, Little, Big is the book. To me, it looks like Pam, Ed, Paula, Natalie, Camy and I are the participants for this round. Can we hear directly from Doug as to what he is going to do? It's not clear to me.

I've started Little, Big but put it down when the book club came into existence and it was nominated.

A Suggestion

Can we read along and post comments as we have them? I realize that the problem with this approach is we won't always be on the same page (so what's new?) But if we do read that way (a little at a time) the blog stays dynamic and alive. As opposed to discussing a large section at once on an assigned day or week every 3 or 4 months.

I know this can't work unless we commit to a certain number of pages a week. I would go for that. To read 200 or so pages (perhaps in a couple of sittings) and then discuss it 3 or 4 months later seems static and uninteresting. If we are reading a 400 page book and read 20 pages a week, we'd be done with that in 20 weeks and we could move on to the next title. That works out to about two 400 page books a year with some slack built in. We could also read more books with smaller page counts. We could have a summary discussion when we are done with each book. This way the discussion stays alive and kicking. I don't think a 20-page-a week commitment is burdensome. I think we are all voracious readers and 20 pages would not cause a sweat.

For me the pleasure draws equally from the book and the ongoing dialogue with all of you. The book is a structure on which we hang our contact with one another.

So I am offering this up as an alternative. But I will certainly participate in whichever way the group desires.

lrf