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Was sure my club's rule about finishing the book was too strict, then we tried it for 3 months
Our club of 9 people voted last October to require everyone to finish the book before the meeting, and I thought it would kill the group. Two members quit right away, and I figured the rest of us would just lie about finishing to avoid the awkwardness. But here's what actually happened over 3 months: our discussions got way better because nobody was guessing about the ending, and we stopped spending 40 minutes on plot summary for the people who didn't read. At our January meeting about a 420 page novel, all 7 of us had real opinions on the last chapter, and the talk went 2 hours instead of the usual 50 minutes. The weird part is that people started picking shorter books on purpose, and that turned into its own argument. So now I'm stuck wondering if the rule works or if we just got lucky with the book choices. Has anyone else tried a finish-the-book rule and watched it backfire later?
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