Each month we alternate between nonfiction and fiction in search of big ideas that we can explore, examine and openly discuss together. Successful groups select good books, have interesting discussions, and foster community. The enthusiasm among members of a gardening club can wax and wane over time. Serve the group a simple and delicious meal, let the wine flowand theyll want to have every meeting at your house. This page may help you in coming up with new activities and programs to rejuvenate the group and attract new members. Liven up your book club meetings by playing a quick game or two when your members first arrive. Sometimes you might find enough people to start a book club right away.
Not only does this mean less stress for me on the day of the party, it also fits better into my busy work and school schedule. Sure, they come for the joy of talking about the tigers. Picking a complete makeahead menu for the night is a must, especially if you have a few more pages to read before the book club starts. Creative ideas to add zest to club meetings dress silly day. Or maybe you are looking for book club suggestions and ideas for get togethers. Of course, you will also discuss the latest book you are reading, but if that is all you do your meetings will soon become boring. Starting a book club is more complicated than you might think. If you dont meet at someones home, maybe see if you can pick your months location based on something from the book. About four years ago i was a member of our hoa board.
Check out these 19 book club ideas you and your friends will love, from. Book clubs are a great way to meet people, to actually fit some leisure reading. This gives everyone time to get the book and read it. Comfortable place for book club meeting restaurants. Divergent series themed book club meeting mama luvs books. Book club parties are a good way to get friends together and have great discussion over appetizers, drinks, or brunch. This can be as simple as going around the group taking it in turns to introduce yourself and saying what you like to read and what youre looking forward to about the book club if youre new or what you like about the club if youre an established. These tasks may be delegated to other club members. Ask around the office, playgroups, your church, or civic organizations. Its especially helpful for those who travel or miss a meeting or two. Whether your book club is a few close friends or a larger group, hosting a book club party still takes some amount of planning. Games to break the ice at book discussion groups and other. If youre also in search of some fun ways to make your book club a great time for everyone. My favorite way to troubleshoot this fatigue is to rotate through every member picking a.
Host the ultimate book club party with images book club parties. Assign leader to ask discussion questions and have lengthy. Now, im not totally knocking the oldschool approach of meeting up in. Get started 2 min sit in a circle, facetoface, where you can talk quietly and still hear each other. This guide contains ideas to revitalize a garden club. Sometimes a club fades because the founder was the life line and once the founder leaves, it falls apart. Book club wreath, made from book pages of course you could just get scrapbooking paper with words on it, and you. See more ideas about book club books, book club parties and book worms.
Book club meeting agenda for meeting alycia zimmerman. How to host a book club party step choose the book club book. Logan smith, megan mark, gaby moore, susan johnson, taylor oconnor, kendall carroll objective. Pick something delicious but easy so you can enjoy the discussion as per the advice i have given already on this website, its preferable not to cook for book club it turns into a competition between book clubbers as to who can cook the best meal. Thats why its essential that for all of your digital book club meetings, you have an official moderator that can get the discussion going in the beginning with prewritten questions, as well as. After the umpteenth book on the same subject or with the same feel, your members will long for a palate cleanser and may eventhe book club kiss of deathtake a break from reading the books. August book club meeting, alternative meeting meetup. At your first book club meeting, or whenever new people join your reading group, its good to spend a bit of time getting to know each other. Use our ideas to help you organize your book club activities, hold good discussions, and settle tough issues. How to start a book club that doesnt suck book riot. Rediscovering america on the appalachian trail by bill bryson. At this meeting we came dressed as the faction we thought we belonged in, took faction quizzes while we were there, and discussed the book while eating some fabulous treats.
May 16, 2016 for book club purposes, you can discuss the book before watching the movie, discuss both after reading and watching, or skip the discussion and just make an outing of it. Sara janes house, 345 sullivan drive, hamden, ct 06518. Book club meeting agenda sample bring to the meeting. If time remains, the leader should pick a member to share hisher excerpt and to lead a discussion about why that part is important. Often youll at least recruit some help in completing the rest of the steps. My book club meeting planner guides provide all that and more, making it easy for you to host your group. You can have a mismatched day, green day, hat day, pajamas day, crazy shoe day, tie day, sunglasses day, backwards clothing day and dress as your parents day. Monthly program ideas selected from program books compiled by bonnie carrell programs, speakers and yearbook chairman please check your library, your extension agent, members of your club and surrounding clubs, and the internet for info on any of these subjects. Even if your members are used to being part of group discussions and are good at listening to each other, it can still be a good idea to have somebody lead the meeting, in part to make sure that everyones voices get heard but also to come prepared with thoughts on what topics would be good to discuss, so if the conversation starts to run dry in one. The keys to making any yearbook program run smoothly and minimizing work and stress involve organization and continuity, and this is especially true when you are faced with the added challenge of your staff meeting as an afterschool club. They may have merch you can use as party favors or other ideas of activities that tie in to their book. Or, check out more club and group gathering invitations. Get creative and dont let any ideas get lost in the process.
Outdoor activities stay outside and stay busy with activities on the course, in the snow, by the water and everywhere else. You may need to think up activities, develop questions that help kids relate actions in the book to issues in their own lives, and cook easy recipes. A great glass of wine and a good book have gone together almost as long as there have been. Members can create costumes from their clothing at home. Get ideas for books from the various reading lists available in libraries and. Planning meetings for kids and parentchild book clubs holds special challenges. During book club meetings there is a fair amount of socializing and having a good time. Now you need some book club ideas about how to choose your read. This option is so obvious, you just might just overlook it.
Suggestions for super fast and easy book club snacks chowhound. Take great notes at meetings and professional development. Below are some tasks that should be addressed by the club coordinator. This is particularly important with small groups as it is very discouraging to find barely enough people turn up to form a conversation, or too many have not read the book making it difficult for those few who have to discuss it.
The role of club coordinator in a book club as the book club evolves, the role of the group coordinator will change. Italianamerican cookbook author lidia bastianich, whos accustomed to cooking for a crowd, says a bubbling casserole of shellshaped pasta stuffed with ricotta is something everyone. We complain about meetings, but we seem to attend more and more of them. If you are starting a book club yourself, you may need some ideas for creating a fun group that people will come back to time after time. Choose the appetizers that fit your setting if youre meeting in a library, avoid messy snacks.
Vote all members make suggestions, followed by an open discussion, and vote. If your book club is hosted at someones house, have a themed treat or drink based on the book or a detail from the book. Pages 101116 bring your computer and whatever tools e. For context, my book club is comprised of a dozen welleducated women from around the us, who all live in the bay area currently. Some people also love a blended book club, with meetings online one month and. Whether you are hosting a meeting for the rotary, kiwanis, ladies auxiliary, or other club, member retention is everything if you want to get things accomplished and. Donna hays bookclub meeting menu for a weeknight literary club gathering, this simpleyetelegant menu is one for the books. While program coordinators launch and manage our network of clubs, facilitators devote one hour each week guiding the actual meetings in some instances, one person serves in both roles. Meeting at home is easy for some groups, but switching up your spot a cafe, library, big bookstore, or even a park on a nice day can make all the difference between a strict and laidback. Read the suggestions for super fast and easy book club snacks discussion from the chowhound home cooking, appetizer food community.
Keep the seasonings simple and the presentation casual to make some easy appetizers for a book club meeting. The location of your book club meetings a restaurant, library, or your living room will influence the number of members in the club and vice versa. Dont let the food get in the way of the allimportant ending. Youre meeting new people, reading new books, talking about stories. The 20 best recipes for your book club taste of home. Whether you are hosting a meeting for the rotary, kiwanis, ladies auxiliary, or other club, member retention is everything if you want to get things accomplished and inspire the group to bring in more members. Easy appetizers for a book club meeting our everyday life. Here are some neat ideas for your next meeting see more ideas about book club, starting a book, book club books. Weve got great ideas for organizing a book club meeting tips on how to lead a book discussion and. I have already told you how to join a book club and, if you choose to create a club of your own, how to find that special niche and how to recruit and manage members. For book club meetings with children in attendance, serve finger foods that will appeal to both kids and adults. Book club meeting tips when no one has read the book of.
Mar 17, 2016 read the suggestions for super fast and easy book club snacks discussion from the chowhound home cooking, appetizer food community. Remember to support your opinions with evidence from the text. Book, reading journal, bookmarks, and pencils meeting 1 leader. Trying to get your book club off the ground or looking for new ways to keep your current. Set a regular meeting time an ideal size for a book club is eight to 11 people. Who can facilitate next chapter book club meetings. I have been in 3 book clubs in my life, one for the last 18 years we are still going strong. Explore activities that foster recreation, relaxation and education. Whether the group is large or small, encourage all book club members to read the book and attend the meetings regularly. Read the comfortable place for book club meeting discussion from the chowhound restaurants, washington dc food community. This is a book club for anyone interested in big ideas.
Important questions to ask at your first book discussion. This week, well continue our discussion by talking about choosing your discussion dates and deciding on a venue. Every club handles this differently, but two common approaches are allowing the entire club to vote monthly or bimonthly, however frequently you meet on a list of titles, or rotating whose turn it is to pick. Four more alternatives to a traditional book club sally allen. We actually ended up having two different book club meetings for these books. Managing the challenges of yearbook club walsworth yearbooks. I love reading and i love getting together with my friends to discuss books. We all love our book clubs, but there comes a time when even the most ideal group think stimulating novels, insightful members, priceless wines, organic caviar, a live harpist in the corner who strums ethereal notes after every comment gets a little stale or a little intimidating to outsiders. Menu for a bookclub meeting fab book club recommendations. When i entertain, i almost always devise a menu of food and drinks that can be prepared hours, days or even weeks before. Demonstration of drop cast silver into water, wet beans, and wet long pine needle bundle to produce neat pendants. Surviving on potatoes on another planet sounds tough, but making this otherworldly app for your book club is easy as can be. Sara janes house, 345 sullivan drive, hamden, ct 06518 attendees. Keep the seasonings simple and the presentation casual to.
Impacts president ira almeas managed the local dmcs in mexico and brought in kc and. This book is for people who need to lead effective meetings, in any context. More than 101 program ideas for your clubs consideration 1. Volunteers are the lifeblood of next chapter book club. Apr 02, 2014 book club aka read between the wines were coming up on the last meeting of the year and i wanted to share some ideas that have kept our book club thriving. Themed book group ideas, book club meeting ideas, unique books. You could initiate a public service project and invite students from the local voctech program at the high school. Lois wyse we were a book club long before oprah started the book club rage. Definitely a more advanced suggestion of all the book club ideas but a fun challenge, i think. I served on the social committee, welcome committee and created our quarterly newsletter the fun stuff.
It is a blueprint for how to have your meetings work, defined as, meetings that achieve the results you want to achieve, in the meeting and afterwards. Rotate members take turns, each choosing a book for a given month. Host a book club party for the books with our planning tips, from creating the club to keeping the conversation flowing. How to lead an effective meeting and get the results you. Use everything you know about an awesome grand conversation. Demonstration of drop cast silver into water, wet beans, and wet long pine needle bundle to. Here are some neat ideas for your next meeting see more ideas about book club, starting a. A few months ago, i wrote about three ways to shake up your book club with new approaches, inspired by my numerous and varied failed book club attempts my current book club operates on the traditional lets all read the same book principle. Check out our list of five books to read on labor day to get started pronto.
Scroll on to find genius ideas thatll make sure your book club party is a story for the ages. Now that everything everywhere happens over the internet all the time, says zach zook, an coordinator for the small indie shop bookcourt in brooklyn, were seeing a real desire from customers for faceto face interactions. Literary road trips living in connecticut, im lucky to be surrounded by fascinating literary history and historical sites, basically from all directions. For reasons even he didnt understand, bill bryson decided in 1996 to. This empowering novel is a sweet read for a book club, and is made even sweeter with a platter of honey corn bread. Apr 28, 2014 we actually ended up having two different book club meetings for these books. Book club ideas to breathe new life into your book club. Menu for a bookclub meeting dont slave over the stove. Cook ahead and be ready long before the members arrive. Here are some great ideas for planning a fun and exciting theme party. A good friend is a connection to life a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.
Book club planning sheet, agendas, and question sheet for. Our monthly meetings have been a constant in my life. As i get older, the company of these women friends becomes more and more important to me. Jan 26, 2011 have meetings in the library and invite newcomers. Any yearbook adviser who does not have the luxury of yearbook as a regular class period faces extra challenges.
Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Jun 30, 2018 8 tips for hosting successful book club meeting when no one has read the book by admin june 30, 2018 march 24, 2020 host assumes that everyone will read the book and club will have fascinating discussions with the group of readers. This can be as simple as going around the group taking it in turns to introduce yourself and saying what you like to read and what youre looking forward to about the book club if youre new or what you. Welcome back to the series how to start or join a book club. Still, i can think of many groups ive participated in that might have survived if we hadnt put that particular pressure on ourselves. Running a bookclub by dymphna flynn producer, bookclub and peter guttridge. My favorite way to troubleshoot this fatigue is to rotate through every member picking a book he or she wants to read. Logan smith, megan mark, gaby moore, susan johnson, taylor oconnor, kendall carroll. Oct 28, 2011 the location of your book club meetings a restaurant, library, or your living room will influence the number of members in the club and vice versa.