[APPROVED/REVIEW] Sythe Book Club

Not an actual book club, but a section either in off-topic or Media for users to post book reviews, recommendations, or ask for suggestions about what they should read based on their interests. We have a music and anime section already and I believe a book section would be just as or more successful.

What do you guys think?

EDIT: Would you personally visit this section?

It could include a 'What are you currently reading?" and a "Post your favorite read" sticky for users who want to post/recommend a book without having to type out a full review. This would make the quality of actual threads better

 

I actually love this idea, personally it has been a while since I cared about books, and it is sad. I used to read a lot and it helped pass the time. When it comes down to it, it would be nice as an off section discussion. I think this section would be nice for allowing us to connect in another sense, this forum in general is lacking connections, so yes please! @ShipTheFlip thanks!

 

I like the idea, I just wonder if it will have activity, not many people read books nowadays.

+ 1.5 I think the idea is cool and I'd participate.
- 1 Idk if other ppl will.

 

Would die out very fast. Literary reading is on a heavy decline.

https://www.quora.com/Do-people-read-less-than-they-used-to-read-30-years-ago
Is Google Making Us Stupid?

 

I do of course concede that there is a chance that the section could be a dud, however I believe most of the more active members of the site are in their mid-early 20s with many college students, a demographic b that recognizes the value in picking up a book.

Would you personally visit a book section?

 

might be active first week but will die out quick imo.

i personally would post one time to say my favorite book then probably never go back. I do not read books anymore.

 

You can start by posting stuff like this in the OT sections and if it’s popular enough, we can give it its own section. Very niche stuff like this tends not to be very popular on a RS forum though.

 

Thread reopened, post your thoughts or suggestions below!

 

I support this idea, and I am sure they are many users who browse this forums that would love to discuss about a book or two.

Would love to hear other opinions!

 

I also support this, however I don't know how I feel about books. No offense, but the majority of Sythe won't read a book FOR a Sythe book club. And on top of that, many users of Sythe have probably not shared common reads. What I think would be cool is every 2-3 days users (maybe CDT?) post an article that's a short read. Controversial or not, there should be a thread about that "weekly" or "daily article". I know there's "Something for All" sub-forum but I feel like if a weekly topic sat in Community General it would be much more engaging.

Opinions?

 

Read the OP friend, it's not an actual book club as in "this week we're reading ___ by ___ and we'll discuss at the end of the week," it's just a section where we can post about something we've read recently, give a description as long or brief as you want, and suggest it to other users / discuss it with people who have already read it. Other things can happen in the section, maybe threads for popular genres of books where people can post a good book from that genre (for example @Charlotte likes sci-fi/utopian novels and could probably post a sci-fi book thread and fill it with posts herself).

As for your other suggestion, I like that as well. Anything to get people reading and exchanging ideas.

 

Yes, but I feel as if without scheduled posts there will be legitimately no participation. It sounds cool in theory, but think if it was actually implemented.

For the part I bolded, do you mean like the person who read the book also leads a discussion?

 

Nah, everything in parentheses was just an example. I just meant maybe for popular genres their could be threads, like "Mystery Novel Discussion" thread or something like that. Just speculating what kind of content we could have in a book section.

 

Support

Think it will have little to no activity but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t add this section.

I have a few books in mind and I think it will bring up an interesting discussion.

 

Tbh even just having threads for specific genres is a nice idea. Having those in OT would be lost easily.

 

Support. Bought 15 books a few months ago, all of them 1000 pages big. Currently on the fifth book.

 

This suggestion has been accepted.

I have moved this to pending, as I will see what we can get added (if anything). I think a book club would definitely an interesting thing to add, I do not see any negative impact that it could cause.