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Found a trick for picking book club picks that actually ended the monthly fight
Our book club of 8 people spent 3 months going back and forth on every nomination, people getting mad about genres, the whole thing was exhausting. Last month I tried something dumb: everyone submits their pick on a sticky note, then we rank them secretly on a 1 to 5 scale, no discussion until after the votes are totaled. The winner got 5 points from two people and 3s from the rest, nobody's top choice but nobody hated it. We read "The Last House on Needless Street" last week and the debate actually focused on the book instead of the picking process. Has anyone else tried a ranking system like this, or do you just rotate picks and deal with the grumbles? I'm curious if a ranked choice thing works long term or if people start gaming it after a few rounds.
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evanpalmer14d ago
Wait, was the monthly fight really that bad?
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cameron77013d ago
Three months of arguing over books sounds less like a book club and more like a UN committee meeting. I'm surprised nobody just declared a literary emergency and shut the whole thing down. Your ranking system sounds smarter than half the voting processes I've seen in real elections, so maybe you should run for office.
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