Our club picked a 700 page book and only 2 of us made it past page 150
We met at Dana's place last Thursday and spent 40 minutes arguing about a book half of us hadn't finished. Do you all set a page limit before voting, or just let the chips fall?
A page limit just kills the fun of a book club. Half the point of picking something huge like that 700 pager is that nobody finishes and you get to hear what people thought anyway. Dana's living room argument over chapter 4 is honestly better than a tidy talk where everyone read the same 200 pages and agrees. The chips falling where they fall is the whole deal, you vote for the book you want and live with the mess. If folks want shorter reads then pick shorter reads next time, but don't put a cap on it before you even vote.