I voted for the June book and took part in the first book's discussion, but I didn't get a chance to read the second book. I thought I would have time, but when you take an English lit course... well, I wasn't able to read anything of my own choosing for about three months.
As much as I think the 2-month timeframe is good in a lot of ways, I wonder if it could also be dragging things a bit? Maybe if we knew that we only had a month to read and that within a month a new book would be on the table, people would be more inclined to jump in, and also not feel as bad about skipping out on one here and there. We did have a slow start, but maybe the was due to the book choice (I voted for it myself, but I didn't end up very enthused by it) - when we've only had two so far, it's a little hard to judge what the future will hold... I guess what I'm saying is I don't want to abandon it yet, but with only one book every two months it does become a bit of a disaster if people slack on even one.
What if we went with one book per month? I know we wouldn't all be able to participate each month if that were the case but we're obviously not doing that anyway. That's my vote anyway!
