[dzandiloo]

OK, I don't want to be little ms. bossy pants, but I looked at some book club type rules on the internet...alot are totally inappropriate for us (like who will bring snacks!) but some may help...here's some rough ones to consider (not saying these are the rules...just some ideas):

1. Time limit? Shall we discuss one book a month? Two?
2. What's the criteria for book selection...should we come up with a list of ideas & then have everyone vote, and then put them in a rotation of some sort? There isn't a polling option on here, is there? Maybe a Yahoo group should be set up for that? (Am I being a micro-manager?)
3. Everybody is entitled to their opinions, but flaming will not be tolerated.
4. Write to the group at least once every other week. Your participation is the key to benefiting from the club (obviously some people won't be able to...I don't think we will have a problem w/participation).
5. While it's not actually a rule, you are highly encouraged to send in your book suggestions. We would appreciate at least one suggestion from you at least once. (gotta figure out how to track suggestions, I guess)
6. No matter what book is brought to the table, we each have to give it at least 50 pages before we cast it aside.
7. How do we handle revealing the end? Do we assume by the last week of the month that everyone has completed it & discussing it w/o worrying about spoiling for others is fair game?
8. If situations arise, more rules can be added.

I don't even know if any of this is necessary...guess book selection criteria should be first. I'm in, no matter what, so someone tell me what the plan is & let's get going!

ETA: If I'm getting waaaay to formal on this, that's cool-James brought it up, so I'll go with the flow. We've had great conversations on here about other books (HP, The DaVinci Code, etc.) w/o rules, and there's no reason we can't keep doing that too....just waiting for someone to tell me what book to get started so I can "play"...