Online Reading Communities: From Book Clubs to Book Blogs
Keywords:
online reading community, book club, book blogAbstract
Online reading challenges offer participants an opportunity to discuss their reading, form bonds with similar readers, and get recommendations for future reading. Through an analysis of the challenge announcements posted to the blog “A Novel Challenge” and case studies of three reading challenges, the social dynamics behind online social reading events are examined.
References
A Novel Challenge blog. Retrieved from http://novelchallenges.blogspot.com
Almybnenr. (2012, July 16). 2012 High summer read-a-thon. The Musings of Almybnenr [blog]. Retrieved from http://almybnenr.tumblr.com/post/27317659650/2012-high-summer-read-a-thon
Bookshop_Girl (2012, July 20). Tonight me, my PJs, a book and a pizza are going to curl up and not move until we’re bestest friends. Or asleep. :) #HSreadathon [Twitter post]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/Bookshop_Girl/status/226304672506474496
Chrystal (2011, November 13). 2012 TBR Reading Challenge. Snowdrop Dreams of Books [blog]. Retrieved from http://www.snowdropdreams.ca/2011/11/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge.html
Donna (2012, January 30). 2012 TBR pile reading challenge – January wrap up. Book Passion for Life [blog]. Retrieved at http://bookpassionforlife.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-january.html
Fister, B. (2005). Reading as a contact sport: Online book groups and the social dimensions of reading. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44(4), 303-309.
J. G. (2012, January 20.) Birth year reading challenge. A Novel Challenge [blog]. Retrieved at http://novelchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/birth-year-reading-challenge.html
Jenna (2012, June 30). June 2012 TBR pile reading challenge wrap up and giveaway. Fans of Fiction [blog]. Retrieved at http://fansoffictionblogspot.com/2012/06/june-2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge.html
Jenn (2012, August 6). 2012 TBR Challenge: July link-up challenge. Owl Read It [blog]. Retrieved at http://owl-read-it.blogspot.com/2012/08/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-july.html
Karen (2012a, July 6). TBR Pile Reading Challenge: June update! Karen’s Addictions [blog]. Retrieved from http://karensaddictions.blogspot.com/2012/07/tbr-pile-reading-challenge-june-update.html
Karen (2012b, August 14). TBR Pile Reading Challenge: July update! Karen’s Addictions [blog]. Retrieved from http://karensaddictions.blogspot.com/2012/08/tbr-pile-reading-challenge-july-update.html
Lacey, M. (2012, January 8). Citing ‘Brainwashing,’ Arizona Declares a Latino Class Illegal. The New York Times, pp. A14.
Laura BookSnob (2012, July 18). High Summer Read-a-Thon Mini Challenge. Book Snob [blog]. Retrieved from http://booksnob-booksnob.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/high-summer-read-thon-mini-challenge.html
Long, E. (1986). Women, reading and cultural authority: Some implications of the audience perspective in cultural studies. American Quarterly, 38(4), 591-612.
Melissa (2012, January 22). Read! Resist! Read & Resist Tucson [blog]. Retrieved from http://readandresist.blogspot.com/2012/01/readers-resistors.html
Melissa (2012, n.d.). FAQ. Read & Resist Tucson [blog]. Retrieved from http://readandresist.blogspot.com/p/faq.html
Miller, M. (2012, July 21). High summer read-a-thon starting line. Seasons of Reading [blog]. Retrieved from http://seasonsreading.blogspot.com/2012/07/high-summer-read-thon-starting-line.html
Moirae (the fates) book reviews. (2011, November 13). TBR Pile Reading Challenge. Moirae (the fates) Book Reviews [blog]. Retrieved from http://moiraethefatesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2011/11/tbr-pile-reading-challenge.html
Mosqueda, Cindy. (2012, February 19). Out of the classroom, but still on my bookshelf. Lotería Chicana [blog]. Retrieved from http://loteriachicana.net/2012/02/19/out-of-the-classroom-but-still-on-my-bookshelf
Naik, Y. (2012). Finding good reads on Goodreads: Readers take RA into their own hands. Reference and User Services Quarterly, 51(4), 319-323.
Newman, R. (2008). LibraryThing: The book club you can ‘win.’ Australian Journal of Communication, 35(3), 15-27.
O’Leary, M. (2012). Reading dead? No way! See Goodreads. Information Today, 29(1), 22-23.
Oppenheimer, Emily Jane. (2012, February 6). Joining two challenges last minute. Booked All Week [blog]. Retrieved from http://bookedallweek.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/joining-two-challenges-last-minute/
Potten, E. (2012, July 16). The high summer read-a-thon starts here! Musings of a Bookshop Girl [blog]. Retrieved from http://musingsofa bookshopgirl.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/high-summer-read-thon-starts-here.html
Reylin, N. (2012, July 15). High summer read-a-thon July 16-22. My Seryniti [blog]. Retrieved from http://myseryniti.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/high-summer-read-a-thon-july-16-22/
Sedo, D. R. (2011a). An introduction to reading communities: Processes and formations. In D.R. Sedo (Ed.), Reading Communities from Salons to Cyberspace (pp. 15-41). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sedo, D. R. (2011b). “I used to read anything that caught my eye, but…”: Cultural authority and intermediaries in a virtual young adult book club. In D.R. Sedo (Ed.), Reading Communities from Salons to Cyberspace (pp. 15-41). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sedo, D. R. (2002). Predictions of life after Oprah: A glimpse at the power of book club readers. Publishing Research Quarterly, 18(3), 11-22. doi: 10.1007/s12109-002-0009-8
Sedo, D. R. (2003). Readers in reading groups: An online survey of face-to-face and virtual book clubs. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 9, 66-90. doi: 10.1177/135485650300900105
Seo, Evie (2012, November 13). 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge sign ups. Bookish [blog]. Retrieved from http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/2011/11/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-sign.html
Stover, K. M. (2009). Stalking the wild appeal factor: Readers’ advisory and social networking sites. Reference and User Services Quarterly, 48(3), 243-246.
truebookaddict (2012a, July 20). I made my read-a-thons a week long so that people who work weekends can do the week & weekday workers can do the weekend. #HSreadathon [Twitter post]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/truebookaddict/status/226489989138108416
truebookaddict (2012b, July 18). Here’s what I have read this week.102 pages of Graceling. Going to read a bit in Anna Karenina & Middlemarch 2nite #HSreadathon #Pottermore [Twitter post]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/truebookaddict/status/225703207228284929
Valerie (2011, November 26). 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge. Stuck in Books [blog]. Retrieved from http://www.stuckinbooks.com/2011/11/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge.html
Almybnenr. (2012, July 16). 2012 High summer read-a-thon. The Musings of Almybnenr [blog]. Retrieved from http://almybnenr.tumblr.com/post/27317659650/2012-high-summer-read-a-thon
Bookshop_Girl (2012, July 20). Tonight me, my PJs, a book and a pizza are going to curl up and not move until we’re bestest friends. Or asleep. :) #HSreadathon [Twitter post]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/Bookshop_Girl/status/226304672506474496
Chrystal (2011, November 13). 2012 TBR Reading Challenge. Snowdrop Dreams of Books [blog]. Retrieved from http://www.snowdropdreams.ca/2011/11/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge.html
Donna (2012, January 30). 2012 TBR pile reading challenge – January wrap up. Book Passion for Life [blog]. Retrieved at http://bookpassionforlife.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-january.html
Fister, B. (2005). Reading as a contact sport: Online book groups and the social dimensions of reading. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44(4), 303-309.
J. G. (2012, January 20.) Birth year reading challenge. A Novel Challenge [blog]. Retrieved at http://novelchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/birth-year-reading-challenge.html
Jenna (2012, June 30). June 2012 TBR pile reading challenge wrap up and giveaway. Fans of Fiction [blog]. Retrieved at http://fansoffictionblogspot.com/2012/06/june-2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge.html
Jenn (2012, August 6). 2012 TBR Challenge: July link-up challenge. Owl Read It [blog]. Retrieved at http://owl-read-it.blogspot.com/2012/08/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-july.html
Karen (2012a, July 6). TBR Pile Reading Challenge: June update! Karen’s Addictions [blog]. Retrieved from http://karensaddictions.blogspot.com/2012/07/tbr-pile-reading-challenge-june-update.html
Karen (2012b, August 14). TBR Pile Reading Challenge: July update! Karen’s Addictions [blog]. Retrieved from http://karensaddictions.blogspot.com/2012/08/tbr-pile-reading-challenge-july-update.html
Lacey, M. (2012, January 8). Citing ‘Brainwashing,’ Arizona Declares a Latino Class Illegal. The New York Times, pp. A14.
Laura BookSnob (2012, July 18). High Summer Read-a-Thon Mini Challenge. Book Snob [blog]. Retrieved from http://booksnob-booksnob.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/high-summer-read-thon-mini-challenge.html
Long, E. (1986). Women, reading and cultural authority: Some implications of the audience perspective in cultural studies. American Quarterly, 38(4), 591-612.
Melissa (2012, January 22). Read! Resist! Read & Resist Tucson [blog]. Retrieved from http://readandresist.blogspot.com/2012/01/readers-resistors.html
Melissa (2012, n.d.). FAQ. Read & Resist Tucson [blog]. Retrieved from http://readandresist.blogspot.com/p/faq.html
Miller, M. (2012, July 21). High summer read-a-thon starting line. Seasons of Reading [blog]. Retrieved from http://seasonsreading.blogspot.com/2012/07/high-summer-read-thon-starting-line.html
Moirae (the fates) book reviews. (2011, November 13). TBR Pile Reading Challenge. Moirae (the fates) Book Reviews [blog]. Retrieved from http://moiraethefatesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2011/11/tbr-pile-reading-challenge.html
Mosqueda, Cindy. (2012, February 19). Out of the classroom, but still on my bookshelf. Lotería Chicana [blog]. Retrieved from http://loteriachicana.net/2012/02/19/out-of-the-classroom-but-still-on-my-bookshelf
Naik, Y. (2012). Finding good reads on Goodreads: Readers take RA into their own hands. Reference and User Services Quarterly, 51(4), 319-323.
Newman, R. (2008). LibraryThing: The book club you can ‘win.’ Australian Journal of Communication, 35(3), 15-27.
O’Leary, M. (2012). Reading dead? No way! See Goodreads. Information Today, 29(1), 22-23.
Oppenheimer, Emily Jane. (2012, February 6). Joining two challenges last minute. Booked All Week [blog]. Retrieved from http://bookedallweek.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/joining-two-challenges-last-minute/
Potten, E. (2012, July 16). The high summer read-a-thon starts here! Musings of a Bookshop Girl [blog]. Retrieved from http://musingsofa bookshopgirl.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/high-summer-read-thon-starts-here.html
Reylin, N. (2012, July 15). High summer read-a-thon July 16-22. My Seryniti [blog]. Retrieved from http://myseryniti.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/high-summer-read-a-thon-july-16-22/
Sedo, D. R. (2011a). An introduction to reading communities: Processes and formations. In D.R. Sedo (Ed.), Reading Communities from Salons to Cyberspace (pp. 15-41). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sedo, D. R. (2011b). “I used to read anything that caught my eye, but…”: Cultural authority and intermediaries in a virtual young adult book club. In D.R. Sedo (Ed.), Reading Communities from Salons to Cyberspace (pp. 15-41). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sedo, D. R. (2002). Predictions of life after Oprah: A glimpse at the power of book club readers. Publishing Research Quarterly, 18(3), 11-22. doi: 10.1007/s12109-002-0009-8
Sedo, D. R. (2003). Readers in reading groups: An online survey of face-to-face and virtual book clubs. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 9, 66-90. doi: 10.1177/135485650300900105
Seo, Evie (2012, November 13). 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge sign ups. Bookish [blog]. Retrieved from http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/2011/11/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-sign.html
Stover, K. M. (2009). Stalking the wild appeal factor: Readers’ advisory and social networking sites. Reference and User Services Quarterly, 48(3), 243-246.
truebookaddict (2012a, July 20). I made my read-a-thons a week long so that people who work weekends can do the week & weekday workers can do the weekend. #HSreadathon [Twitter post]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/truebookaddict/status/226489989138108416
truebookaddict (2012b, July 18). Here’s what I have read this week.102 pages of Graceling. Going to read a bit in Anna Karenina & Middlemarch 2nite #HSreadathon #Pottermore [Twitter post]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/truebookaddict/status/225703207228284929
Valerie (2011, November 26). 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge. Stuck in Books [blog]. Retrieved from http://www.stuckinbooks.com/2011/11/2012-tbr-pile-reading-challenge.html
Downloads
Published
2012-11-30
Issue
Section
Articles
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
