Hogwarts: Year Two>Chamber of Secrets Dissection?

[Menolly]

How many are interested, and will actually sign up for a dissection?
How many are interested, but only wish to comment on dissections?
How many are interested, but will only lurk?
How many think it is a total waste of time?

Poll will run through Sunday week...

[foulwife]

I don't have a copy of all of the books or I would like to join up. It's been a while since I read the second one, but I'd be glad to check in and comment if that's ok.

[Zahir]

I will definitely take part.

[Menolly]

OK all.
Only one day left of the poll.
(let me know if it closes before that)

If it continues in this trend, I'm going to scrap the idea of continuing.

I will attempt to PM some of those who have expressed interest in continuing on. It is possible they haven't been in the forum this last week. But...so far, I am not encouraged by the results.

[Menolly]

I just attempted to extend the poll, as those I PMd to encourage them to vote have not read the PMs yet. Even so, that's only three more, and to have only four say they want to take part...I dunno.

Let me know if the desire to do this is really there.

[duchess of malfi]

You might want to put something up in general discussion if you have not done so already, linking to here. A lot more people go there than the library forums...

[Menolly]

Yeah...I know.
But a non-Donaldson group read is not something I wish to promote elsewhere on the Watch.
I have not been given grief about doing it, other than a brief protest about my nomination of one of the dissertations for a Watchy. But...I just really don't want to stir the pot at all.

[Zahir]

Me, fresh off of reading the second novel, I'm perfectly willing to write a really in-depth review, inviting anyone and everyone to add their own comments. <g>

[Cameraman Jenn]

I'm good for a few chapters.

[Menolly]

Well all.
Only two said they are willing to do actual dissections.
I'm not going to start this with only two participants.
We'll shelve the idea for now, and if others should speak up in this thread that they're willing to take on chapters, we'll reopen it for discussion.

[Counselor]

..and sort of able. Every time I try to log in, the site asks for a new password, but I'm stil checking in. The daughter and I are still plugging away at COS so I am still willing to take a shot at a chapter or two. After all, only 7 months until Movie6...

[Menolly]

Well...we could always do this similar to how Duchess did the read of Fatal Revenant over on the Hangar. She basically wrote chapter dissections as she read them, and others commented.

I would still prefer to spread the dissections out, instead of having one person take them on. But, if we agree to having a next chapter being open to be posted a week after the last, and whomever wants to do it does so, it may work.

What all do you think? I foresee us waiting more than a week before the next one is posted, or getting multiple dissections on a chapter simultaneously, but instead of signing up and having deadlines, it would be more casual.

[Zahir]

That sounds perfectly workable to moi. Let us do so!

[Cameraman Jenn]

However you guys wanna do it is fine with me. I just like hearing other people's takes on things that I read. I find it fascinating what stuck out in their minds, how they interpreted various things etc etc. Let's get to it.

[Menolly]

OK, OK.
Let me clean up the forum by making an index of the SS/PS dissection and unstickying the individual dissections. Once that's done, have at it. I'll sticky each chapter as a dissection occurs.