Originally Posted by AlicornsPrayer

Well, as it's intended to be a discussion about specific books, there really shouldn't be any problems. It won't be like debating religion or politics, but trying to interpret what you believe the author is saying.

It won't be a Klingon war kinda thing. More like an English literature class kinda participation. So unlike in regular discussion forums, you'll find that the problems that sneak up in them on occassion wouldn't/shouldn't pop up in this kinda forum.

What you may want to do is try it out temporarily. A test trial. And IF everyone thinks that it's having member interplay problems, THEN try out your suggestion of an in-group moderator setting.