52 In 52 discussion
Is this group superfluous?
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I actually had no idea that we could post discussion here.
I'm with Luke. I just use it to read other people's reviews. But not many people are actually reviewing the books.
I browse through other people's reading history via this group a bit. I'm assuming that people who take the time to join a reddit group then a group on here are most likely quite avid readers. So I trust their opinions of books a little more than total randomers.I'm not sure what we could do here which wouldn't be better placed on the subreddit?
Honestly if I didnt have a kindle I probably never would of used goodreads, but once I got it I love doing like the rest of yiou said and trolling friends to see what they read and how they like it. Or to compare how I liked Book A compared to someone else. I think having the reviews makes this a bit different than the subreddit because I can't see UserA and compare how I liked book A and Book B to him. Granted we also dont talk as much on here so it may be a lackluster benefit.
I actually had an idea for this group, to differentiate it from the 52in52 subreddit. So, the idea is like this group could be a little storage box, or time capsule, if you will, for our favorite quotes of each book, each week, each phase. We could discuss them or whatever, and if the 52in52 continues for further years (2017+), it'd be nice to look back and have a place where this kind of stuff is properly stored, I don't know. Sorry if I didn't make any sense. That was my idea, anyway, hope it helps!
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My apologies for opening this discussion and disappearing - my SO and I have been passing a nasty flu back and forth and I've been too foggy headed to read the responses until now. I have absolutely no problem helping to mod and get things organized around here, but I definitely don't want to create a group that is just to my own tastes - so hopefully we'll get more feedback as things get going.
To be honest, I also mainly joined for the reviewing. Yes, I'd also like some discussion over here - the format appeals to my sense of order, but I feel like discussion is how we spark the interest in sharing reviews. I'm not motivated to write and post reviews if it looks like a dead group and I'm betting others feel the same. Why go to the effort, if you feel like you're shouting into the aether?
Anyway, I absolutely love the idea Samuel has for having a quotes page. Perhaps for each week, we should also make the effort to have a thread for posting reviews. One for each featured book and one for any other books you may be currently reading.
I certainly don't want to step on any toes over at the subreddit either, but I think we can come up with a few things to differentiate. We could even have a section for slightly off topic or strangely specific things - reviews of audiobook readers, opinions on which translation to read, suggestions for music to read to, deals on digital media, if you like ____ read ____, or even something as silly as a thread of excuses for being behind on your reading, or pictures of your over-stuffed bookshelves.
Polls seem to be quite easy to set up on goodreads, we may be able to find some fun things to do with that.
Granted, most of this is what I can think of that wouldn't replace the subreddit discussion off the top of my head and I haven't thought about too much yet. I'll try and brainstorm the next few days, as I recover and see what else I can come up with.
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I'm going to start by adding a discussion for this week's book in the form of a quotes page, taking your ideas it could be a thread for people to record any quotes they want to discuss or just bring to people's attention. This could leave us with a fun list of quotes that are either; inspiring, depressing, goofy, of their time, out of context, or any number of possibilities.
Do you think it would be a good idea to open a thread on each of the books of the month in one go for those who read ahead, or should we keep it simple and just have a thread per week?
Alright, I've started a folder for both January and February books, which each topic for our selected books marked as important so it'll stay at the top. Now when anyone makes a new post, there will be a drop down list to choose the appropriate folder. In the February thread, I've also posted an example review. I think embedding our goodreads reviews into the post will work best. No messy links opening new tabs, no copy/pasting the entire review. Instructions on where to find the code are also included at the top of that post, but I'm still dealing with the flu, so hopefully the instructions are coherent enough.Do you think I should create a folder specifically for the quotes posts, or shall we leave all of that to the general discussion folder?
I think it would be a great idea to open a thread for each book of the month for those who read ahead!
Samuel wrote: "I actually had an idea for this group, to differentiate it from the 52in52 subreddit. So, the idea is like this group could be a little storage box, or time capsule, if you will, for our favorite q..."I wish I'd seen this while we were reading The Princess Bride. There were so many quotes from it I highlighted without realizing that Kindle highlights don't save if it's a library loan :'(
Personally, part of the attraction of this group is that Goodreads allows for a different experience. I love scrolling through reddit, but sometimes the number of different threads start to annoy me. Sometimes I would really like to just be able to have a static setup and know exactly where each discussion is located when I want to check in on things, without having to save anything or use a search engine. It's really nice just to be able to KNOW where everything is likely to be, due to a division into categories. Sometimes I just don't want to get sucked into reddit all day, even if I'm in the mood for that style of displaying information.
What about the rest of you? What kinds of things are you hoping to get out of this goodreads group? Why did you join? Do you think participation here, stop you from checking the subreddit? Is this group simply superfluous?