What should we do next?

[wildirishrose01us]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
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> > The List Elves look in wonder at the gathering crowd.
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> > Help yourself to the nibblies and drinks and settle in to tell us 
> > what you'd prefer to do.
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> Potioncat:
> It would be so much fun to take another look at the books having 
the 
> 20/20 vision of hindsight. (not to be confused with deer or elk)
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> But you're right at a chapter a week, it will take years...even 
more 
> than years! Yet, I can't imagine we'd need the same 10-12 questions 
> per chapter that we did the first time around, or the same summary 
> depth. I like both Geoff's and Carol's comments about bringing 
> something new from the books.
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> Just looking at SS/PS, there are 17 chapters. If we divided it into 
4 
> sections and discussed each section over 2 weeks, that would take 2 
> months. I'm not sure how much longer the other books are, or how 
well 
> they break. At around 2 months per book, we're still talking over a 
> year to do this. Hey, wait, did I say over a year. Maybe that 
should 
> be only a year. I don't know. Do we want to linger or rush?
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> But I'm not just thinking of time. If the books are sort of broken 
> into segments, where several chapters go together along a theme or 
> action, it might make the discussion flow better.
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> The first 5 chapters of SS/PS cover the pre-Hogwarts period for 
> Harry. Would any one poster want to tackle that much material in 
one 
> go, or would it be better to do 2 chapters every week? With an odd, 
> or extra chapter somewhere along the line. I don't think I'd mind 
> working up several chapters in SS/PS.  We'd want enough lead time 
to 
> give volunteers time to read and summarize. 
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> Thank you List Elves, for organizing another go!

Marianne:

I've been cooped up in training regarding my work for the last few 
days, and didn't have time to download my e-mail until today.  When I 
read the main list it was quick  I gave my opinion before I should 
have.  Sorry for the same post, more or less, from the main list.  

Whatever the list members decide would be fine with me.  I'd love to 
see the discussions start over again from the first book on.  But, 
like I said on the HPForGrownups, I joined the list halfway through 
DH so I missed a lot of discussions and like to read more.

Marianne