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by em-bee 492 days ago
if the team chose a bad book, i can't have been obviously bad unless you pick books at random or without even reading anything about them before selecting. it also depends on how much people read. in our group most members are well read and a good part of the nominations are books that at least one person has read already. people nominate books they read before and liked or have heard good things about. other sources are awards or nominations for awards the authors received, or articles like the best 10 books in this genre, etc...
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Regarding the bad book choice, people must've read only the marketing and the amateur reviews in goodreads. The author is relatively famous but the book is a disappointment.