Thread: And Then There Were ?… The future of the book club here
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Old 04-20-2021, 02:27 PM   #69
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Originally Posted by CRussel View Post
That was tried, it was called the MobileRead Book Club. The quibbling about whether a particular book was in that month's genre or not were a definite contributing factor to the demise of the MRBC, and ultimately led to some of the features of the NLBC, including the move to themes rather than genres, along with the explicit assumption that if the nominator thought a particular book met the theme, then it did. Full stop. But hey, if Jon is starting up his own club, he can make the rules any way he wants. If others want that kind of club, they can join him.
Why the hate for the MRBC? It lasted 8 years, how long did the NLBC last?
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