Secret Project Online Reading Group

[Trutharchivist he/him]

Why good or bad? It is. 

Inkspren talk aside, I'd say good. I hoped for a moderately large group. Six people was fine, but ten aren't a problem. As long as most people follow the group's reading pace. I think it'd be weird if half the group will be like you. But it appears we have only two of those who read forward, so it'll be fine.

15 hours ago, The Unknown Novel said:

Also, everyone will get the ebook at the same time, so discussion should really begin within the day or so.

Are you sure about that? Some of the emails went in rounds. Time differences could wreak some havock. I do hope none of this would happen, though.

Edit: also, even with all the new joiners, I'm still the veteran here. Or so it appears. I would guess that the reason is that activity on the forums usually degrades with time. 

Edited August 12, 2022 by Trutharchivist

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

2 hours ago, Trutharchivist said:

also, even with all the new joiners, I'm still the veteran here. Or so it appears. I would guess that the reason is that activity on the forums usually degrades with time. 

Yep, you have me beat by a year.

2 hours ago, Trutharchivist said:

Are you sure about that? Some of the emails went in rounds. Time differences could wreak some havock. I do hope none of this would happen, though.

Well, that's why it's a day or so. Time differences shouldn't be a problem, unless they happen to be 12 hour differences and in a later round.

[Trutharchivist he/him]

Attention, attention! This is your (not really last, but we'll call it so) opportunity to get on to the reading group! We're starting off today!

Yeah, I am a tad over the top about that... Anyway, anyone who wants to join is welcome aboard!

[Trutharchivist he/him]

There was an idea, some of you (like @Tacitus) know this, called Trutharchivist's crew. The idea was to bring together a group of of more-or-less remarkable Sharders to see if they could become something more. To see if they could work together to read books in a fun, weird way, and fight the SEFBM, the Secret Evil Fantasy Book Mafia.

This idea didn't last. Nobody died believing it. The crew was disbanded because it went nowhere, and it was probably not the best idea to begin with. Especially the part where I named the crew after myself and all that. And so, the SEFBM reigned supreme (well, kind of, you could say).

But from its ashes [and the ashes of another long-forgotten idea, one that wasn't mine], the fire of a new idea has been woken: the SPORG, Secret Projects Online Reading Group, in which thread you are now. And though its members are probably hearing about this previous failed attempt now for the first time, and it shares little to nothing with the original idea... I still see it as something of a successor to my crew. That was a new way to fight the SEFBM and the Society for Making Unpronouncible Elaborate Acronyms that Begin With an S (SFMUEATBWAS), and perhaps even beating them. (All right, I just invented this part and didn't tell anyone about it. But I can't just leave a plot thread!)

Either way, SPORG did something my crew never achieved: a steady reading pace, maintained by two people continents apart. It did so successfully for the first Secret Project, and I dare hope it will keep doing that - and more - for the rest of them. That's my more rational hope, at least. I have some more hopes, but frankly they don't really belong here yet.

So, if you're reading the Secret Projects and think: hey, wouldn't it be fun if I'll just read each book slower and will finish it by the time the next one comes out? And won't it be fun to read it along with more Sharders, crazy as they may be? (I'm talking about myself, mostly. I can be kind of crazy.) Even if you've already read the sample chapters, even if you're planning to read ahead - if you think it'd be fun to discuss it with people who read at a slow pace and discuss about five chapters a week (it may be changed between books), you're invited to SPORG. Now is a great time to join - with SP2 just around the corner! So come, hop on, this is going to be fun!

Special thanks to Amira, The Known Novel, Lego Mistborn and ash's_eyes, the active (or well, kind of active) members of the reading group. 

Thank you for reading, and have a good day. (You may ignore the round parenthesis, including this one. Also, you may ignore links. Including this one - well, especially this one.)

(Credits for the opening speech go to Marvel; the SEFBM was Tacitus' idea. I take credit for most of the rest.)

P. S.: I'm aware of the fact I'm double posting, but starting a new topic sounded like a bad idea. I'm also reposting a piece I posted somewhere else, but since no one seemed to read it (though it could be they did, and just thought it was bad) - I thought it might be a good idea to reuse it.