My local book club met last weekend, to discuss On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. A friend and I both scoured the internet, unable to find any discussion questions. Here’s what I came up with. They worked well for our discussion, so […]
My book club met at the end of November to discuss Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson. I only found one set of questions online and they were a bit wordy for my liking. I created my own and edited them after out […]
At this time last year, I was having mixed feelings about the book club I’d been in for a few years. On one hand, it was a group of close girlfriends who I enjoyed spending time with. For the most part, everyone read the book, […]
You finally made the leap and joined a book club. You ordered the book in plenty of time ahead of the meeting. You’ve made time in your schedule to prioritize reading. And now, you hate this book. Maybe you can’t get into it. Maybe you’re […]
I started a local book club back in January. We meet the last Saturday of each month. Generally I put three titles into an online survey for members to vote on. But since I knew Elizabeth Gilbert’s new novel City of Girls was coming out on June […]
Often, the least exciting book club meetings are the ones where we all love the book and no one disagrees or has much to add. Although I’ll admit that doesn’t happen often! I belong to a couple different book clubs and I truly appreciate knowing each […]
If you know me and my friends, I’m guessing you’ve heard us talk about our book club once or twice! I belong to two clubs: one meets locally, the other is virtual and we swap books through the mail then discuss online. Joining a book […]
If you’re curious about audio books but have never given them a try, I strongly suggest you get your hands on one soon! Listening is a completely different experience than physically reading. It can make a book come alive and reach you in a way […]
In my first post I mentioned my friend Jess, who met up with me at our library’s most recent used book sale. By the time she got there, I had a bag started for her of books I thought she’d enjoy. When I handed her the […]
“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ― Stephen King When I tell people I read 100+ books in a year, I often get a response somewhere along the lines […]
