[IMPORTANT] Book Club on Hiatus

[Liz England]

Hey everyone,

It saddens me to say this but I have to put the book club on indefinite hiatus. If anyone wishes to take the reigns from me and run the club, please contact me privately.

I started the game design book club at popular demand: I was already reading game design books and reviewing them on my blog, and people wanted the opportunity to read along. I thought that since I was doing the reading anyway, running the book club wouldn't add much work.

It turns out that the monthly deadlines and being beholden to others has an invisible cognitive load I wasn't expecting. My reading speed decreased drastically, and my reviews are backlogged. In January I changed the format from a popular vote to my pick of reading in the hopes that it would help motivate me, but it didn't work.

I won't be turning off the google group or prevent posting. One day I'd like to return to it, but only if I have the bandwidth to do it justice. I'll still be reading, albeit at a different pace, and posting about those readings to my blog and twitter.

I want to thank everyone who's participated so far and I hope those who've read along (the books or the discussions) have found value in them.

Thanks all again!

-Liz

[lcareccia]

We love you Liz! Thanks so much for running this thing for so long! 

[Sarah Cole]

A shame, but completely understandable! 

Thank you for putting so much time and effort into it. I haven't always read along with the group, but it's inspired me to read more books about games criticism and design all the same. :)

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[Shahriyar Shahrabi]

Thanks for the suggested books until now. I enjoyed reading them very much. 

[Catalin Zima-Zegreanu]

Thanks Liz, for running this as long as you did.
Even if I didn't always read at the same time as the club, I've found lots of valuable resources here.

[Erik Elgerot]

Agreed with all of the previous posters - thank you so much for running it for as long as you did, and may the club stay alive.

On 21 June 2017 at 14:38, Catalin Zima-Zegreanu <zimac...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Liz, for running this as long as you did.
Even if I didn't always read at the same time as the club, I've found lots of valuable resources here.

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