The science -but sometimes not so science- book club discussion

I've never used good reads for a group, nor anything other than marking books I've read. I think I'd be more inclined ed to be interactive on a Facebook group.

I never used GR for a group either.

The problem with Facebook is that a book post easily gets buried under hundreds of other posts. Is there a way to prevent this?

And please feel free to start a Facebook club if the communication is easier there. Thats whats important in a book club

Topic tagging in FB would help direct the discussion and it could be moderated for one post per book or something like that? GR seems good for keeping track of the books you want to read

This discussion boards are meant for discussing the books. You can create different subjects like Books and General discussion. The topic about the book that is currently read, can be pinned on the discussion board, but then again, Facebook also allows the pin of topics.

On GR every post you can add a book. So everyone can take a look at the books details by clicking on it. When someone is a member of this group and visits the book page, they can also see on that page all the topics this group started about this book. You can also randomly pick books and see which other group members read and rated that book.

The books that are currently being discussed by the group can be placed on the shelve, so everybody knows what we are currently reading. You can end a start date and an end date for the books.
You can also choose different genres within science, so you can create sub-groups. You can always find books that have been read back and see the discussions about that book.

Not playing advocate for GR here. Just sharing what I know about this site.

I think a large group like posted below shows the functionality of GR. You can place a book that you are currently reading on the frontpage en even see the group activity by clicking on it. Here you see how Club members rate the book and you can start a discussion about the book without being published on the regular GR site.

I also like the discussion board functionality where everybody can add posts and is better for discussion than Facebook comments in my opinion. I like the option to create sections. so you can create a section bout the book we are reading that month and everybody can start topics over there with questions and comments. In the Facebook comments things like that will get lost in the many comments

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Knad wrote: "Is anyone really familiar with Goodreads' functionality? I'm pretty good with it, but from what I can tell it's not very user friendly for book club discussion.

So let me know what you guys think..."

Let's go for the fb approach