50 Book Challenge

[kz_blogorambling]

I just bailed on the 50 book challenge community. Too much traffic, too many people whom I didn't know (and thus whose recommendations and reviews weren't as weighty for me).

Great idea in general, but got too out of hand for me.

It'd be greatly improved if people would confine themselves to doing a once-per-month update.

Comments

[helenseidolon.livejournal.com]

Hear hear. I still have it on my list, but I rarely read it. A smaller group would have been nice.

[vix1.livejournal.com]

I was considering doing the same thing for the same reasons. It's a great idea for a community and I still intend to try to read 50 books, but my friends list is overwhelmed by all the entries.

True.

[mermil.livejournal.com]

I may bail on it too. I can't really keep track of what I've read and I get seven billion posts from it every day. Also, I find myself snickering at some of the books people are reading and if I can avoid turning into a jerk, then I will. Away with it!

Understandable....

[politzania.livejournal.com]

However, I plan on sticking around for awhile. I don't have a huge list of friends, so I can usually skim thru the new entries pretty quickly.

Maybe weekly postings -- monthly seems much too long to wait - then there'd be a HUGE bunch of posts at the beginning/end of the month!

As to the books other people choose to read - meh. I lean a lot towards science fiction & fantasy & I'm sure there are those who would trash me for that. If I'm supposed to be impressing you with what I'm reading, I guess I'm in the wrong place.

[globetrotter1.livejournal.com]

I'm sticking around, I want to hear from other people than Dopers.

[sdmbsockpuppet.livejournal.com]

i think evryone shuld read this book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/074341313X/qid=1047311387/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-5245631-9400902?v=glance&s=books

i here it has ekselent reviews.

[jamespolk.livejournal.com]

I bailed several weeks ago. I agree that very few books were being read that were of interest to me, but I was interested in a percentage of the posts, but there were just too damn many.

Oh well. My reading for the next couple months is pretty much being dictated to me (I have to review them) so my discretionary reading time is pretty much nil anyway.

[delphica.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have the same complaints that everyone else does -- it's too much and there's a lot of stuff I'm just not interested in, and snotty about it.

That said, I have found a few new kindred spirits, so I'm going to stick with it for now at least.

It's interesting that this community DID start out as a SDMB community, and other people just found it and joined. I don't think anyone advertised it or anything. A victim of its own success, maybe?

[sueduhnym.livejournal.com]

I bailed awhile ago too. I still go check it, but don't watch actively. It was, as everyone else is saying, too overwhelming. I'd be interested in a smaller one though!