New poll for HPFGU-OTChatter

[caliburncy]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "catlady_de_los_angeles" <catlady at w...> 
wrote:
> Luke, you left out MY reason: I read and loved those books in 
> childhood, but don't remember them well enough to discuss them.

Whoops, you're right, I did.  I wish one could edit polls without 
losing existing votes . . .

Is this a common problem: not remembering the books well enough to 
discuss them?  I suspect everyone will be in a similar situation of 
not having entirely reliable memories of the books, which of course 
makes the situation rather different than discussing HP or other more 
recent reads, but I also think we can help each other out where that 
is concerned, and I have copies of the books handy when nitpicky 
details are required.  But I can also see how for many people it 
might be so long since they've read them that they would hardly 
remember all the basics, let alone all the details, in which case 
discussion would be rather more difficult.  The discussion might jog 
memories a bit (and I could easily put together chapter summaries and 
that sort of thing), but I don't know if it would be sufficient for 
someone who hasn't read the books in a particularly long time.

Could other people for whom memory of the books is an issue, let me 
know either here or off-list ( caliburnCY (at) yahoo.com ), since 
there is no poll choice for this?  Most particularly, I would like to 
know from these persons if:

1) You feel you might still be willing to participate, even if you're 
more than a little uncertain that your memory is up to snuff
2) You have a suggestion of something I could do that would make 
participation possible despite memory gaps (i.e. chapter summaries, 
character descriptions)
3) You would consider re-reading the books
4) You do not feel you have sufficient motivation to re-read the books
5) Other (please elaborate)

(See, I included an Other this time!)

-Luke