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Recipe for a Book Club: A Monthly Guide for Hosting Your Own Reading Group: Menus & Recipes, Featured Authors, Suggested Readings, and Topical Questions

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What a wonderful idea! Now you can gather a few friends together, sip a glass of wine, munch on fine food that matches your monthly theme and sit back to talk about your book selection. Mary and Rose even give you examples of the questions that could be asked and discussed. Everything you need to get yourself started for years of literary bliss, good companionship and great eating. These two sisters will get you started, and you can, with their help, sit back and do the rest with ease.

Their book is filled with quotations, yummy recipes,literary references and ideas. Novice book clubs can just follow Mary and Rose for a successful first year, and seasoned book clubs can pick and choose from these excellent suggestions.

Joyce from Maine

I belong to several book groups and have purchased a copy of this book for each of them! It is fun, interesting, easy to read and the recipes are a fun addition. Loved the suggested readings, the question lists for books, and the colorful book quotes that are scattered throughout the recipes and text. Plus the nice use of color and little icons keeps the readers attention.

This book is a reference that I refer to often for great food planning ideas to go with our book club choices. I love the section on topical questions which are great to engage all members!

Mary ('Mar') Frances O'Hare asked me to write a 'fabulous' review for this book when it first came out. I couldn't bring myself to do it. Misleading and lying to people isn't my forte. I am sure the people that have commented are her friends or know her. This book lacking. The recipe choices are mundane. It needs to be 'spicier'. If a person can't plan something better than what this 'flavorless' book has to offer, than I feel sorry for the people attending. If the host of a book club shows off this book, I would save yourself the trouble and walk away. Anyone who wants to buy this book, don't. Don't waste your money. Google is free and filled with ideas for questions, decorations, etc. The Foodnetwork website is free. Be creative!! Think for yourself. You'll come out a lot better for it.