Da rules 01 We are here to listenPlease try and come with the spirit of wanting to get other perspectives on what you read, not just to say what you thought about the book.
02 Each person will be given the floor to discuss the bookInterjecting, responding, and even rebutting are all a-okay but please show respect to whoever's turn is and make sure they are given enough room to get their thoughts out. Discussing your thoughts on the book is optional, you are more than welcome to just chill and listen to others speak.
03 Attending a meeting means you're ready to hear about the bookThere is no requirement to finish the book to attend. Anyone is welcome. However, if you attend the meeting you consent to having the entirety of the book spoiled.
04 Book rotation will be decided each month by a majority voteYou are allowed to vote for more than one book. You are allowed to change your vote at any point, as we discuss. Ties will be decided by chance.
05 We cannot have back to back genres/themesSince this is not a themed book club, we want to do our best to ensure we are reading a great variety of fiction each year therefore we cannot read similar books back to back. This includes both genres and themes. For example, we cannot read the Witcher after reading Tress and the Emerald Sea, while these books vastly differ in themes they are still both fantasy books. Conversely, we cannot read 1984 after reading the Handmaid's Tale as they have very similar themes. That being said, try not to overthink it. As long as we are following the spirit of the rule then accidentally reading similar books back to back is fine.
06 Once we agree to a meeting date/time then that cannot be changed.In essence it would be better to just cancel a meeting (and therefore skip that book's discussion) rather than reschedule as each week we postpone a meeting means less time to read next month's book
07 This club will be limited to 12 membersThere is a soft limit of 8 members. The last 4 are mainly for +1s. Of course, if a +1 is interested they are more than welcome to join permanently. However, once we hit 12 members that will be the absolute cap to help ensure our discussions are not rushed. Members who repeatedly do not read the book will have their membership moved to +1 status.
08 Each year we give out a few awards based on what we readThis is mostly just for fun and to celebrate what we accomplished during the year.
The annual honors: Best Character · Best Moment in a book · Most Uplifting · Biggest Downer · Worst Book · Best Book.
