Reading groups have skyrocketed in popularity, and now there's a complete guide to starting and sustaining a reading group--with annotated lists of 250 titles for provocative discussion. Filled with funny and insightful stories from book group members, independent booksellers, and even a sociologist, this guide will inspire the start-up of new groups.
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This review is from: The Reading Group Book: The Comp Gd to Starting and Sustaining a Reading Group... (Paperback)
A very well edited book that does indeed list a good number of thought-provoking books... I was a little baffled by the non-inclusiveness of the work (most of the authors listed are white males, which does not accurately reflect my personal literary tendencies). Overall a good book that I would nonethless recommend.
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I started a reading group about 6 months ago. I started with two friends and recruited the rest of the group over the Internet. This was a great guide and probably prevented me from making a lot of mistakes. I'd never even been in a reading group, so I had no idea there was so much to consider in forming and sustaining a group. Our group is going great, we're still a bit too large, but I'm sure we'll dwindle a bit over this first year. If you're considering starting a group, I suggest reading this book to help you along. Have fun!!
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When the two of us were invited to join a New York City book group back in the late 1970s, we were both intrigued-and also a little dubious about the whole enterprise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York City, Henry James, World War, Edith Wharton, Alice Walker, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Jane Austen, Latin American, Madame Bovary, Anne Hutchinson, Elliott Bay Books, Jan Morris, Jane Smiley, Kansas City, Kristin Kennell, Peter Taylor, The Remains of the Day, Thousand Acres, Virginia Vallentine, Willa Cather, William Dean Howells, Blood Meridian, Charles Dickens, Civil War New!
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When the two of us were invited to join a New York City book group back in the late 1970s, we were both intrigued-and also a little dubious about the whole enterprise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old reading group, book club members, book choices Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York City, Henry James, World War, Edith Wharton, Alice Walker, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Jane Austen, Latin American, Madame Bovary, Anne Hutchinson, Elliott Bay Books, Jan Morris, Jane Smiley, Kansas City, Kristin Kennell, Peter Taylor, The Remains of the Day, Thousand Acres, Virginia Vallentine, Willa Cather, William Dean Howells, Blood Meridian, Charles Dickens, Civil War New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Age of Innocence (Modern Library Classics) by Edith Wharton on page 78, page 121, and page 125
- The Age of Innocence (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) by Edith Wharton on page 78, page 121, and page 125
- A Thousand Acres: A Novel by Jane Smiley on page 65, page 74, and page 122
- Blood Meridian (Picador Books) by Cormac McCarthy on page 71, page 115, and page 127
- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton on page 78, page 121, and page 125
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