TIL our club spent 2 years rating books out of 10 and it was killing the whole discussion
We used to end every meeting by going around the circle and giving each book a score out of 10, and it turned into people defending their number instead of talking about the book. Back in March, our host Dana in Austin said we should scrap the scores and each bring one sentence about a part that stuck with us. The meeting ran 40 minutes longer than usual because nobody wanted to stop talking. Has any other club dropped ratings, and did it backfire on you?