Book Club

[Jaspersmom]

My book club has been meeting once a month since 2002!  We have 8 members and each month a different person selects what we'll read.  We do it in rotating order.  We meet in a local restaurant so no one has to worry about hosting.  However, since Covid, we've done one Zoom, met in a local park and now are sitting in people's backyards, Dont go too big because you won't be able to have a decent discussion since everyone will want to talk at the same time - LOL.  We use Goodreads and other sites for discussion questions if we need them. For some books we have a lot to say and others not so much.  We've read every genre you can think of.  

[CANDLEQUEEN]

Thank you all! I have some really good options, and our first meeting is next Saturday. I appreciate all of the responses. 

[ThinkingOutLoud]

One more thought - you may want to set the standards* from the beginning to prevent issues. 

Hope you enjoy your group!

*light and happy (no cuss words, smut, gore, etc)

vs

dark and depressing (you get the idea)

[CANDLEQUEEN]

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@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:

One more thought - you may want to set the standards* from the beginning to prevent issues. 

Hope you enjoy your group!

*light and happy (no cuss words, smut, gore, etc)

vs

dark and depressing (you get the idea)

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@ThinkingOutLoud That is a good idea! Thanks! I am taking notes!lol.

[sandy53]

All the books for my book club come from the public library.  Our members do not want to spend money on books and the system works well.  There is a list of books on the state library website of all the books available in multiple copies.  We suggest books we would like and the librarian tries to schedule them.  If they come from another library, we have to pay postage.  The librarian in charge of this at our local library does a great job of letting us know what other books clubs have liked.

Twice over the years we have invited local authors to our book club to talk about their books and we have purchased copies of those books. 

My book club meets at a local church so no one has to clean her home or "entertain."  We do not eat and each woman can bring her own beverage if desired.  We rotate the facilitator for each meeting and usually use the discussion questions from the litlovers website for our discussion.  If discussion questions are not available (rarely, but sometimes happens) we each bring one or two questions to use.  We do actually discuss the book.  I know many book clubs that hardly discuss the book. 

[CANDLEQUEEN]

Had our 1st book club meeting this past saturday and it went really well. Everyone was very enthusiastic, and excited about it! Several had been members in the past of various book clubs, so there were some nice suggestions and comments. We decided that the host for the month decides on the book, and also comes up with 3 questions for discussion at the next month's club meeting.

We will alternate our meetings based on volunteers, we are mostly all family so it is easier.....The person hosting decides on the book for that month. We will read Little Fires Everywhere to start. I have already read it, and enjoyed it! My sister, who started the meetings is a really good leader....

Thanks again to all who gave their suggestions, really appreciated them all!