The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Reading Group [Paperback]

Patrick Sauer (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (1999)
• ISBN-10: 0028636546
• ISBN-13: 978-0028636542
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,236,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for college students, February 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Reading Group (Paperback)

It is always hard to find different books, sometimes non traditional, to read. Besides bringing the concept of a reading group to the college campus, this book had an extensive listing of books to be read. It was humorous also which made the reading easier. The section on how to get guys interested was especially helpful. BUY IT

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Imperative for any Reading Group., February 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Reading Group (Paperback)

At first, I thought "Oh No, not another Idiot's Guide." But, after reading this, I was able to breath new life into my reading group. The suggestions in this book are not only creative, but simple to use. And they really work!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best reading club book but useful . . ., November 20, 2002

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Michael K. Smith (South Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Reading Group (Paperback)

Some in the Idiot's Guides series are pretty good, some are pretty dreadful; this one falls somewhere in the middle. Not all of his advice on locating an existing reading group is sound -- library-based groups are necessarily as open to the general public as those sponsored by chain bookstores -- nor is his advice to buy multiple new copies of books rather than used ones. He's much better on what makes for a successful new group -- how to choose members, how to choose which books to read, how to pace a discussion, and how to make sure everyone is included. And most of his thematic lists of books to consider are quite reasonable, except for the very short shrift he gives science fiction. (He seems to think "genre" fiction means primarily mystery novels.) My main complaint about this book is the cutesyness common to the whole series, but if can ignore that there's some pretty good stuff here.