Around the World in 80 Books discussion

We’re done for the year! We’re going to change things around a bit next year, and any comments or ideas are appreciated!

The plan:

We’ll continue reading books based on a theme - probably we’ll start with countries that #45 added to his ban in the third iteration, and then move on to communist countries that are considered enemies of the United States.

The finish dates / discussion dates / books will be set four books at a time, so that people can plan their reading ahead of time.

At the beginning of the our first group of books, four members who are interested will pick a country, and they’ll each select around four books for that country that fit our criteria (those will be outlined in more detail later, but basically it has to be by a person from that country / first generation immigrant), and everyone else votes.

Then we read!

This sounds awesome to me - thanks Cait!

I have some potential schedules for book dates - one where we would cover 11 books, with a strict 4 week per book, one that's a little more relaxed, with 8 books and a longer schedule.

I have the options in google drive here - what do you all think? Obviously we can also pick a third option if you prefer. Also let me know if I missed any major holidays, I tried to make sure our discussions don't fall on those dates.

I'm honestly fine with either. 8 is probably more realistic but I also like to be ambitious so I can swing either way. This is so detailed, thanks for putting it together!