Some Changes To The Book Club Procedure…

The problem with running an online book club is that we don’t do a vote on the day of discussion, instead saving it till a later date and having 7 days of voting so everyone has a chance to choose the book they want. This leads to some problems with getting the book, and then reading it, all before the month “deadline”. This month Oliver managed to get through the entire book, but I only made it to the final chapters. So essentially Oliver could talk about Hemant’s conclusions whilst I had no idea.

I have hence devised a more complicated system which should make things easier. Instead of having a 7 day vote starting on the 23rd of month 1 to choose the book for month 2, we will have a 7 day vote starting on the 1st of month 1 to choose the book for month 2.

The book for July has been chosen already, and although it was a narrow vote (3:2), Daniel Dennett’s book “Freedom Evolves” has been chosen. I usually try to keep the discussions on the weekend, so that might mean a slightly early date of 26th/27th July. I am also thinking of putting the time forward slightly so that people in the USA can get home from work, and (more importantly) our Aussie members can get out of bed!

We’ll worry about the date somewhere down the line. I already have enough things to do this month (including moving into a new house) without that on my mind too early.

As I mentioned a few paragraphs up, we are using a new voting system. Today is the 1st of July, so here is a 7 day vote for the book for August. On the 7th of July I’ll announce the result and you can go and buy the book if you so wish. You may even start reading it if you aren’t reading Dennett’s (or if you are a freak and can read multiple books at the same time).

I got fed up of the lacking submissions of new books, so I added a few new ones I have recently bought.

As always, do not vote if you do not intend to read the book or contribute in the discussion!

Atheist Blogger Book Club - August 2008

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan (60%, 3 Votes)
50 reasons people give for believing in a god by Guy P. Harrison (20%, 1 Votes)
Biblical Nonsense by Dr. Jason Long (0%, 0 Votes)
God's Problem by Bart Ehrman (20%, 1 Votes)
Exmormon by C. L. Hanson (Free for reviewers) (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 5

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