Hello everyone!!!!
I've decided that meetings will take place the second week of the month, on Wednesday, from 6-9pm at my apartment. Our first meeting will take place January 14, 2015 to give everyone some time to get through the holidays, lol. I will text everyone my address closer to the date so that it is not up on such a public site. The first meeting will be at my current apartment and the second one at my new one!!! If anyone has any major issues with the date or time please let me know and I will try to pick a different day :).
To choose what book we will read for the month, I will post a poll as you can see to the right. I will also put up little blurbs, summaries, or excerpts for you to help decide. So it will kind of be a majority rules situation. I don't know how everyone will go about buying the book but you could try Barnes--n-noble online or in-store, or Amazon. Amazon, as most know, has very good prices on quick delivery in case anyone wants those extra couple of days.
I have put a couple of links up to the websites I have used in helping me with all of this, so if anyone is interested there is some really good information there. Lit Lovers has two very helpful articles for members of book clubs. One called Read-Think-Talk to help guide reading towards a discussion and also one about how to discuss books. These are both awesome resources since many of us have never done this before. Also I will pull the discussion questions from these sites so if you would like to take a look before the meeting you are more then welcome too.
Ground rules for discussions are mainly to not talk over one another, to explain your opinion, and also to be respectful of differing opinions.
Any questions, please comment them below so I can answer them for everyone!!!
My only issue is that I work until 7 every night :( I can come afterwards to at least make part of the meetings?
ReplyDeleteYes please do!!! The time is only a guideline. I understand that everyone has lives that they have to work around. I just want this to be a place for everyone to be able to get away, meet new people, and read a book. I expect people to show up late and leave early if they need to. That's why I have gathered so many members :) I want everyone to come for what they can!
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