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Originally posted by mrnoodle
I can do penance, if necessary.
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Read _Living History_ by Hillary Clinton, then we'll forgive you
I do have one concern. Among the well-read, there is a tendency to raise one's nose at books that aren't written by authors in certain academic strata. A snob-fest would be unbecoming, I think. Would there be a way to separate philosophical treatises from mass-media fiction from beat poetry? Not everyone has an interest in the same kind of material, and might only want to participate in certain categories..
The way I see it, we are going to end up reading books we might not have considered putting on our own to read list. Yes, we might get stuck with one we don't like, but then we wait until the next month and get a new one. And if you see that the current book of the month is something you would really never enjoy, you don't have to buy it.
I have no idea what kind of books the majority of you read (though I think I like wolf's taste in books). This is all one big gamble.
Maybe we can make a rule that the three books chosen have to be in different fields, by different authors. That will at least improve the chances that one of them is appealing to most of us.
That would also prevent the terrible situation of someone choosing three harlequin romance novels. If that happened, I think I would bow out for that month.
