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Start your own book club today!

The Reading Group Handbook is a valuable resource for anyone looking to start or improve a book club. The author, Rachel W. Jacobsohn, provides step-by-step guidance on how to select members, decide on a meeting format, and read material critically. The book also includes over 35 reading lists, including year-by-year Pulitzer Prize winners and Oprah's Book Club picks. Reviewers praise the book for its practical advice and wealth of information, making it a must-read for anyone interested in starting their own book club.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780786883240
Publisher: HYPERION
Date of Publication: 1998-04-29
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.2
(rated by 80 readers)

Description

Perhaps you are one of the millions who has tuned in and turned on to the hugely popular Oprah's Book Club. And perhaps by watching it, you've discovered a new, or rekindled an old, passion for reading. Now, with the guidance of Rachel W. Jacobsohn's revised and updated edition of The Reading Group Handbook, you, too, can start your own book club! Book clubs and reading groups give fellow members the chance to break out of established reading patterns and learn adventurous approaches to creative material. With the help of The Reading Group Handbook, you'll get a definitive, step-by-step guide to starting your own book club, written by a professional reading group leader who has organized and led groups--face-to-face and even online--for over twenty years. In this newly revised and expanded edition, you'll get information on: Where to meet: homes, local bookstores, libraries, and onlineHow to select members and decide a format for the meetingsHow to read material critically and constructively in preparation for the gatheringThe art of the discussionOver thirty-five suggested reading lists, including an expanded list of year-by-year Pulitzer Prize winners, Oprah's Book Club picks, and personal recommendations from the author and her groups' membersWhere to go to get more information on the books you choose and on book clubs throughout the country As reading groups have become the latest trend in socializing, anyone who wants to combine a love of literature with the opportunity to meet others will not want to be without The Reading Group Handbook. With The Reading Group Handbook, readers will enjoy the benefits of a good book and a good book club.


Author: Rachel W Jacobsohn
Format: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number of Pages: 272
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Date: 29 Apr 1998
 

Start your own book club today!

The Reading Group Handbook is a valuable resource for anyone looking to start or improve a book club. The author, Rachel W. Jacobsohn, provides step-by-step guidance on how to select members, decide on a meeting format, and read material critically. The book also includes over 35 reading lists, including year-by-year Pulitzer Prize winners and Oprah's Book Club picks. Reviewers praise the book for its practical advice and wealth of information, making it a must-read for anyone interested in starting their own book club.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.