So.

[quigonejinn]

It came up in another another thread, but anybody else up for a group reading of the Hornblower books? God knows I could use the help in untangling Horatio "Contact with Reality is for the WEAK" Hornblower.

Since we'd be at least familiar with each other, personally, I'm thinking a very informal kind of thing -- the point is to know more about the books, after all, and not to read them all or something. So no mods, no leaders, not much of a schedule besides the knowledge that, say, next Tuesday, we'll start chattering about ________. If you're done reading, jump in. If you're not done reading, then you can choose between jumping in or staying out until you're done. Chatter contines until people are like "quigonejinn, STFU and move on." And we do!

Totally flexible, though. Just point me in the direction of an excuse to re-read canon, and I'll be all over it. :D



ETA: navalchronicle is up with an organizational post and a members-only one, too.

1. Should we do this on a mailing list or on LJ?

2. Approximately how fast do we want to go through the books? A book a month? More? Less? How fast do you want to read?

3. Do we want to go through the canon a book at a time, or should we go through them in chapters or bunches of chapters? (ex: we'll talk about chapters 12-19 of FC this week?)

4. Should we follow any kind of order? (IE, Forester publication or chronological? Or should we just go for the books that we damn well feel like?)

Comments

[flameofdeath.livejournal.com]

I like the format of the a_chapter_a_day (except maybe we can have, like, a chapter a week?). How we post the chapter number of a certain book and for that whole week, we discuss it amongst ourselves in comments. That way, conversation is easier to find and whatnot.

*shrugs* Just a suggestion, of course. If you need help, I'd be glad to help.

[flameofdeath.livejournal.com]

I would say go chronological, as most new readers to the fandom, who don't have much prior knowledge, are reading it like that. I have a friend fadedacolyte who's reading it like that simply because it's easier to get a hold of.