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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few friends and I are planning on starting a book club in the next month or so.  I've never been in one before, and my friend was in one in her old neighborhood, but they never discussed the book, it was an excuse to go out. Which is fine sometimes, but we really would like to read and discuss books too.  So, what is DCUM's advice on how to have a successful book club from those who have done it?

How often to meet?
What's a good number of members?
Where to meet? 
How to select books? 
Anything else?

Thanks! [/quote]

I was in a book club when I lived in another city. There were probably 8 people in the group but we usually only had 4 or 5 per meeting which was a good number. We used to meet at Starbucks or other local cages/coffeehouses, places that wouldn't make you feel like you had to keep ordering or hurry up. We met once a month. At the beginning we all brought in book suggestions with a brief summary of the books we were proposing, like 3-4per person and we all looked at the lists and kind of narrowed down which ones appealed to most people. We made sure everyone got at least one of their picks. We set a schedule for the reading for about 3 months out so we had time to order and read the books. We were living overseas and had to get them shipped...

Only other tip is to go with the flow. Some days we would talk about the books a lot and sometimes only briefly before turning to other topics. We were all moms of young kids (and ex-pats) so lots of other issues to talk about. But I enjoyed the whole thing...the books, the ladies, and the night out. We are still in touch years later and it definitely revived my interest in reading, which I lost for a while.[/quote]

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