4 Steps To Start A Book Club : Life Kit : NPR
NPRHow To Start A Book Club That Actually Meets Enlarge this image Clare Schneider/NPR Clare Schneider/NPR Peer pressure gets a bad reputation, but when it comes to filling your life with more knowledge and books, it can be a real helper. Make scheduling really easy Coordinating a book club meeting amid everybody's cousin's daughter's baby shower and dog's root canal can be more painful than an actual human root canal. Set an intention It might seem like if you're in a book club, you're there to just Ask yourself: Is this about meeting new people? Provide context Our final way to make your book club more successful is to add a little bit of "rabbit hole" energy to it, meaning that for each meeting, somebody — maybe the host or the person who suggested the book — should do some research on the book's world to set the scene. So if you're the one hosting a particular book club meeting, you can do some reading on the historical context of the book or listen to some interviews with the book's author.
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