This week I am planning on going to a book discussion

[Nikia]

At the local library. They have a book discussion once a month, announcing the book to be discussed ahead of time. I happen to own the book being discussed this month and am reading it for the third time this weekend in preparation.
I have been in town for a year and am hoping to meet some educated and/or intelligent people. Has anyone been to anything like this? What should I expect?

[tigereye]

1. I belong to a small book group, but not at a library -

it is an interesting way to look at a book differently and get some different insights about the book.


I enjoy it very much! We just talk about the book and how we felt about it and maybe read some passages as we go. It is especially cool with people from different backgrounds. I would think one at a library might be a larger group and more structured...


Hope you have fun.

[Critters2]

2. My church has a book group, that reads novels, not necessarily

religious. We have a bookstore owner and a bookstore manager in the congregation, and they organized this. I'm not usually a great fan of the choices--too many Kleenex-in-hand kinds of books.

In Iowa, I belonged to a group that met at the library, and I loved it!! Read a variety of books, great discussions, a good time. Hope yours is like this!! :hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

3. depends on the book. What are you reading? nt/

[Nikia]

4. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

I just finished it for the third time.

[yellowdogintexas]

5. it must be a good book. You should report back on the book club meeting.

you know, your impressions and all.

[skygazer]

6. I'd be interested in hearing about your experience

I've never been to one but always wondered if it might be a fun thing, or a good way to meet fellow readers. The only down side for me is that they almost always feature novels. I love fiction well enough but don't tend to read a lot of it, preferring historical works. Hard to find groups that read those. :shrug:

[pitohui]

7. please report back

our library does this, unfortunately, the selections are too "chick litty" and not of interest to me

[MountainLaurel]

8. I lead a book group at a library

Where I work. Generally, the way it works at our place is that I start out by asking what everyone thought of the book and passing out materials like author bios and guides to the book with discussion questions. The conversation usually takes off from there, with folks mentioning general impressions of certain characters or plotlines, reading passages they thought especially telling or effective or well-written, talking about how the book relates to current affairs or their own lives, etc. Of course, we have one woman who tends to go off on tangents (about her childhood in the woods of Maine, her ex-husband, her nursing work, or how her son is abandoning her by getting married). Usually, I don't have to talk at all once the group gets going.