Book Compatibility Test Readers discussion

How far in advance do you think we should pick books of the month? What I've been doing is opening the poll at the beginning of the month before, and closing it about halfway through that month. That leaves a couple of weeks to get the book from the library, buy it, or whatever.

So, is that long enough? Beyond Reality (which I look at to see how a huge and awesome group does things) already has their December books picked out! Would that be too far in advance?

What are your thoughts on this?

Do we have a December book picked out yet?

Yep, the poll ended a few days ago. I'll add it to the group bookshelf now. It's The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.

Well, these are widely-read books, so should be easily available. I like more notice in groups that read OOP books, but if we have at least 10 days here we should be fine. Imo.

I get my notifications via email. The only time I visit the group is when I want to participate in a book discussion, and I must confess that hasn't happened since I joined. So, I don't see the polls. I would benefit from a thread that is called something like 'choosing books' and regular posts on it when the polls go up and when they close and the book is chosen.

And I'm probably not the only member in this situation. So, thank you for your consideration.

Cheryl, do you not get emails when I send out messages about the polls? When I post a poll, I always announce it with a message right away. I was assuming everyone got that.

I could definitely start a thread for such announcements, too, if that's helpful for you. I'll start one the next time there's an announcement.

Thank you. I don't know why I don't see the messages about the polls. My other groups are working ok. So I do appreciate the thread - call it a back-up notice. :)