BBB-like board for books?

[sntm]

I just came back from vacation, where I read 3 1/2 books (joy!!!)

One I thought was excellent and provocative (The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalian) with some nice twists. The other just flat out confused me (The Flame Alphabet - can't remember).

I'm in the mood to discuss them with someone, but I don't know anyone who had read them! Is there a message board like a book club, though completely open ended, where people just discuss books? I can't handle a real book club, either IRL or online, because my reading is so sporadic and I like to choose my own books.

[Uno-Mom]

That would be great, wouldn't it?

[lmwbasye]

Goodreads maybe?

[sntm]

Just checked out goodreads - interesting site, but it is still mostly reviews rather than discussions. bummer. Any computer savvy people wanting to develop the next new thing???

[wellyes]

Romance book readers have 'Smart Bitches Trashy Books', and many sci-fi/fantasy genres have tons of online communities, of course. Those people are intense (and hilarious). For bestsellers it's tough. Sometimes I see interesting theories / posts on the discussion section of the Amazon page for a book.

Am TOTALLY hoping someone pops in with a great site.....

[artvandalay]

http://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewforum.php?f=1

or

http://www.booktalk.org/forum.html

The first one looks a little more user friendly to me. Has a drop down box at the very bottom right (like here) to see the different sub-forums.

[Pinky]

I have been looking for something similar with no luck so far. I wish we had a little subforum here for books! :)