[stylist] Assumption all must participate in Book discussions/reviews?

[Brad Dunsé]

I've loosely followed the book review thread(s). 
I tend to agree with Bridgit here, which was 
going to be my suggestion. A simple subject text 
of say, "Book Review: Well Fed Writer"  would 
give insight to whether you want to read it or 
just  hit DEL and move on. Perhaps also as Robert 
seemed to suggest, I think anyway, perhaps the 
Writer's list might fit the reviews better as it 
has less traffic, and the reviews might evoke 
less technical discussion anyway. My two bits.

Brad




On 12/5/2011  02:49 PM Bridgit Pollpeter said...
>But why do we assume that if a certain thread occurs on Stylist that all
>Stylist readers must participate? Like now, if you don't want to
>participate in a particular thread, you don't read posts with that
>subject. That is how a discussion about a book would work. The argument
>that some, or most, don't have a lot of time for such a thread doesn't
>hold up well considering we all can pick and choose what threads we
>participate with. And if, like me, you already read a lot on your own,
>this would be an opportunity to read a book, just as you would do on
>your own, except participate, as much or less as you want, in a
>discussion on it? If you don't have time, or interest, for a certain
>book, skip that one and participate in another. Or just skip any thread
>about a current book discussion. And we're not talking about a
>never-ending thread. There would be quite a bit of time between reading
>books and the discussion of them. Plenty of time in between where no
>current discussion would be happening.
>
>Sincerely,
>Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>Read my blog at:
>http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
>"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
>The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
>Message: 22
>Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:56:53 -0500
>From: "Jacobson, Shawn D" <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov>
>To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List' <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Thinking about a book-lovers listserve
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>I second that emotion.  I get four magazines and try to keep up with all
>of them and read other stuff to; just don't have the time to do the NLS
>book collection justice.
>
>Shawn
>
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