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As we count down to the September 8th announcement of the official 2008 OBOL title, we’re curious — do you (as a reader) tend to read more than one of our annual finalists, or do you prefer to wait for the one selected title to be announced?
Do you prefer Fiction titles as a city-wide reading selection, or Non-Fiction?
So…were you one of the interested readers who attended one of the five Preview Discussions in the past 10 days? If so, we’d love to hear from you — what did you think? Did you learn anything new about the One Book process that you weren’t aware of? What interested you the most?
As part of the countdown to the revelation of this year’s single One Book — One Lincoln title on September 8th, a series of Preview Discussions are being held throughout the community. These meetings, held at bookstores in various parts of Lincoln, feature members of the One Book selection committee, discussing the process of narrowing down the list of suggested titles to the five finalists — the public has been invited to attend and ask questions.
We’ve been recording some of these Preview Discussions for release as Podcasts on the library’s website, and the first of them (a talk at the A Novel Idea used bookstore downtown) is now available:
It’s now been over a month since the five 2008 One Book — One Lincoln finalists were announced, and we’ve had a run on all five titles throughout the libraries. Obviously, folks are reading as many of the titles as they can get their hands on!
That’s great, but we want to hear from you, too. Of the titles on the finalists list that you’ve had a chance to sample, which has been your favorite? And why?
Let us know what you thought of the One Book committee’s selections. Good choices or bad? Did your suggestion make the final cut?
You will be able to join members of the One Book — One Lincoln Selection Committee for preview discussions of the 2008 finalists, and how those titles were selected, at the following locations in July and August: