Book of the month reading?

Has a book of the month reading group ever been tried in this forum?

In case you’re not familiar with this: forum members make suggestions for a book to be read each month, a vote is taken on the suggestions, and once the book is chosen a reading deadline is set. Once everyone has read the book, each member discusses how the author handled the story idea, characters, plot, dialogue, etc.

The idea is to get members to read books they have not read; older books and newly published.

Just a thought. I’m not sure if it would work or not since there’s very little participation in the deconstructing thread.

Annessa,

LOL, thanks, but the idea is to attract more viewers to the horror forum by suggesting books, voting, reading and then discussing. If there isn't adequate response for book suggestions, I suppose there wouldn't be a need for discussion either.

We'll give it a few days to see if others are interested.

To get the suggestions moving:

Blue Twilight by Maggie Shayne 2005 paperback release.

Saw it in the new bestseller section at Wal-Mart, read the back cover, and decided the dog needed food more than I needed another book. It will be a book I buy next shopping trip.

Any other suggestions? Once, or should I say if, we get enough participants, we can put up a voting poll to decide which book to read for April.

Joanne

I think you're right, Mac. It probably is a mystery. I just remember the jacket saying something about dark forces and the undead.


Liam, good idea. I've never set up a poll, so Liam or Mac if you'd like to do that, it would be great.

We have one author name so far.

Maggie Shayne

Of course we can add...

Stephen King
Dean Koontz

Who else wants to add an author name before a poll is made?

I love Poe. Darn, I knew I should have bought the whole series of Lovecraft at the last library book sale.

So far:

Maggie Shayne
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Edgar Allan Poe
H.P. Lovecraft
V.C. Andrews
Clive Barker


Anyone else?

Thank you, Liam, for making the poll. I had just finished reading the instructions and saw you'd already done it. I appreciate it.
Joanne