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fandomsecrets2016-05-06 05:12 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #3411 ⌋
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Re: Book club
Re: Book club
(Anonymous) 2016-05-07 07:58 am (UTC)(link)Re: Book club
Nope. Even if I thought the word "commit" was appropriate here (it's not - I am not going to prioritize this over IRL, for example; I will do my best to coordinate it but this isn't for a class or a salary and sometimes things come up), I never said when I started the club that I was going to read every book, and I have been specific about that before. There has been one other book that I haven't read while I was organizing; I'm no 100% sure why I didn't read it but I was still in college at the time so it was probably stress/lack of time/lethargy/something like that. I'm like any other participant - I read it when it interests me, which it usually does because I like books and am trying to expand my reading horizons, but by "coordinating" I am only doing the legwork - posting threads, making the poll, basically consolidating everything. If I do read the book I post questions to try to get the thread going but I encourage others to do that as well - that isn't an exclusive thing for me.
It is pretty much what happened last time, remember.
...no? The book club ended last time because I started working second shift, meaning I could no longer do it because I'd be working 95% of the nights the post went up during the week, and nobody else wanted to organize it. I switched back to first shift last fall and decided to start the club up again this spring.
I would also point out that part of the whole book club deal is expanding your literary wings and reading stuff you'd never normally read and seeing if it stirs something in you or not Refusing to read a club book because you disagree with the politics is a violation of that spirit.
This isn't a class, nonny.
The book club exists for fun. Period. People can choose which months they want to participate and choose not to read any book. Yes, for me, part of the reason I like it is to expand my literature experience, but that's a personal decision. It's not a requirement. This is honestly a really obnoxious take, and it's interesting that you're pulling it out now considering people have been very vocal before about not reading a book because they don't agree with its message or are otherwise uncomfortable with it. Were you too busy being the book club police when an anon declared they weren't reading April's book because it had a rape apology theme? (I don't even think it did, after reading it, but it still would have been obnoxious for you to tell them they HAD to, so I'm glad you didn't, even though I find your double standard really silly.)
That is crappy enough when it is a regular member getting all up and fussed, but the club organizer? That is just bad.
I am just a regular member, anon. I only organize (again: that's doing work to make it happen, not holding some special position!) because nobody else has stepped up to do it, so if I don't do it, it won't get done, and I want book club to exist. You are acting extra entitled by declaring that because I've volunteered to do all the work, I should also be required to do even more work and go against my personal values when it comes to supporting authors, or against my own levels of discomfort when it comes to reading material.
Re: Book club
HOW DARE YOU NOT DO A THING YOU ARE VOLUNTEERING YOUR PERSONAL TIME TO DO BECAUSE I MADE SOME IMAGINARY RULES SAYING YOU NEED TO DO IT