New Forum Idea: Book Club

Greetings, ATS!

I love books and gladly read everything I can get my hands on. I belong to a couple of book circles, and that's great, but they NEVER want to read conspiracy or paranormal/alien literature. I always feel like an idiot when I suggest our next book be Roswell or something similar.

So what I was thinking, we could have a book club here on ATS. How awesome would it be to read some of the great works (non-fiction and fiction) and discuss them with like-minded individuals? To use our collective knowledge base to explore a topic more in depth, perhaps even debunk or uphold theories?

I'm sure there are some folks who'd enjoy a book club. What do you think?

Waiting with my fingers crossed,

Smylee

i love books too but there is a "Literature" forum already.

If you want to share books or suggest books why not just post it in there?

Literature Forum

Originally posted by mblahnikluver
i love books too but there is a "Literature" forum already.

If you want to share books or suggest books why not just post it in there?

Literature Forum

edit on 4/18/2013 by mblahnikluver because: add forum link

I'm not an idiot, I just play one on ATS.

Hopefully we can put something formal in that forum.

Thanks for the help!

Originally posted by smyleegrl

Originally posted by mblahnikluver
i love books too but there is a "Literature" forum already.

If you want to share books or suggest books why not just post it in there?

Literature Forum

edit on 4/18/2013 by mblahnikluver because: add forum link

I'm not an idiot, I just play one on ATS.

Hopefully we can put something formal in that forum.

Thanks for the help!

Um I never said you were an idiot.

Why not start it yourself then in that forum.

Originally posted by mblahnikluver

Originally posted by smyleegrl

Originally posted by mblahnikluver
i love books too but there is a "Literature" forum already.

If you want to share books or suggest books why not just post it in there?

Literature Forum

edit on 4/18/2013 by mblahnikluver because: add forum link

I'm not an idiot, I just play one on ATS.

Hopefully we can put something formal in that forum.

Thanks for the help!

Um I never said you were an idiot.

Why not start it yourself then in that forum.

I didn't mean to imply that you called me anything. Just having a little fun at myself, that's all.

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I would love to join up for a book club smyleegrl that's a brill idea, people don't read enough these days because of the internet so i say bravo for reminding us of books and where do i sign up lol

I think you will get a lot of takers on this idea. A flag for you

Originally posted by smyleegrl

I'm sure there are some folks who'd enjoy a book club. What do you think?

Smylee

Start one in the literature forum and I'll play just make some rules for book selction the time given to read it (or portions ) and guidelines for posting say a rating system like stars or whatever followed by one's comments for fiction and a book review format for non-fiction, say veracity, content, credibility of sources, usefulness, and things like that.

...of all the things I wouldn't have thought would be a sensitive topic, good grief!

I thought it was a good idea.

I am currently reading the "Elemental Masters" fiction series by Mercedes Lackey. I just finished "Home From the Sea" which I really liked, and now I am reading "The Serpent's Shadow." I think the author does a great job of describing how "magic" and "reality" inter mingle and how that works in our world (although the novels take place in the past).

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I think that a book club forum or similar is a fantastic idea. I also love to read, and I would love it if ATS had a forum for discussion of our various journeys on the path of the word. Im a massive nut for sci-fi books, espionage thrillers, crime and mystery fiction, fantasy, and so on and so forth, and having a forum for talking about those books would be quite a lot of fun.

Book Thread

Here we go! Come join the fun!