Five Questions and Five Books
Five Questions
(Note: These are all merely suggestions and I'm quite open to other options, but I get tired of writing in a tentative fashion.)
Length of Materials and Time: Let's start small and see how it works. Once we have a better feel for how long it takes for everyone to find the selection, read it, and come up with profound comments, maybe we'll all feel up to selecting a bigger work--in which case, we should probably set target times for sub-sections. I'd suggest maybe two weeks for a short story would be a good place to start. Time needs to include time to locate a copy.
Selection of Materials: Perhaps we could rotate the power of suggestion, with each person taking a turn nominating the next selection. Or perhaps they could post multiple options and then everyone else could vote within a short period of time. Just make sure it's reasonably simple and does not require full consensus, or we'd likely spend all our time discussing what to read next and never get to read.
Graphicness of Material: The person nominating materials should post a warning if one is significantly graphic, and explain why they think it is nonetheless a worthy choice, as well perhaps as other information such as how easy it is to skip parts that might be objectionable without losing the story line. Then people can make informed votes; and anyone who decides to bow out of a specific reading can, of course, do so.
Posting of Comments: One comment thread for everybody would probably get way too cumbersome. I'd say everyone who has something distinct to say on the reading should put up their own post.
Other Questions Omitted: I can't think of any.
Five Books, more or less favorites
The Napoleon of Notting Hill, by G. K. Chesterton. Because Chesterton is my favorite, and because this book answered a question I had been asking all my life.
The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien. Because I have lived in Middle Earth for the last fifteen years.
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen. Because I love Austen, and I love spoofs, and Henry Tilney is my favorite Austen hero (who deserves a much smarter wife than Catherine).
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. Because it's fun.
The Everlasting Man, by G. K. Chesterton. OK, so it's not fiction and it puts Chesterton on the list twice. But this short history of mankind before and after Christ still tastes as sweet as the homemade chocolates I ate when I first read it.
(Note: These are all merely suggestions and I'm quite open to other options, but I get tired of writing in a tentative fashion.)
Length of Materials and Time: Let's start small and see how it works. Once we have a better feel for how long it takes for everyone to find the selection, read it, and come up with profound comments, maybe we'll all feel up to selecting a bigger work--in which case, we should probably set target times for sub-sections. I'd suggest maybe two weeks for a short story would be a good place to start. Time needs to include time to locate a copy.
Selection of Materials: Perhaps we could rotate the power of suggestion, with each person taking a turn nominating the next selection. Or perhaps they could post multiple options and then everyone else could vote within a short period of time. Just make sure it's reasonably simple and does not require full consensus, or we'd likely spend all our time discussing what to read next and never get to read.
Graphicness of Material: The person nominating materials should post a warning if one is significantly graphic, and explain why they think it is nonetheless a worthy choice, as well perhaps as other information such as how easy it is to skip parts that might be objectionable without losing the story line. Then people can make informed votes; and anyone who decides to bow out of a specific reading can, of course, do so.
Posting of Comments: One comment thread for everybody would probably get way too cumbersome. I'd say everyone who has something distinct to say on the reading should put up their own post.
Other Questions Omitted: I can't think of any.
Five Books, more or less favorites
The Napoleon of Notting Hill, by G. K. Chesterton. Because Chesterton is my favorite, and because this book answered a question I had been asking all my life.
The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien. Because I have lived in Middle Earth for the last fifteen years.
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen. Because I love Austen, and I love spoofs, and Henry Tilney is my favorite Austen hero (who deserves a much smarter wife than Catherine).
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. Because it's fun.
The Everlasting Man, by G. K. Chesterton. OK, so it's not fiction and it puts Chesterton on the list twice. But this short history of mankind before and after Christ still tastes as sweet as the homemade chocolates I ate when I first read it.
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