Many books suitable for book clubs have discussion guides. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Saving ceecee honeycutt a couple discussion questions to. The good news is if you start out with a few good questions, the ball gets rolling from there. Oprah, mark zuckerberg, your neighbor in the apartment next door. Coming up with book club discussion questions is often the hardest part of hosting a book club meeting. Monthly book club tips the following represent monthly tips that we have shared with book groups over the years. Book club join the discussion in the just chat message boards.
The remarkable life of julia child by bob spitz this is an inspirational book, and some of us were interested in maybe reading the beatles book that the author also wrote. Thanks to carrie for bringing our dear edward book club discussion this month. Louis dispatchwhen frank money joined the army to escape his toosmall world. Find resources for your book club, whether it meets in your living room or across cyberspace. Bay aire book club each month from november to march, the bay aire book club meets to discuss a book selection.
If we get these out of the way now, we have more room for booze later, right i found a website that had some questions so i thought i would borrow them. Timothy francis leary october 22, 1920 may 31, 1996 was an american psychologist and. Mineshaft gay club new andy warhol garrick theatre platos retreat. Best for book clubs best books to read for a great book club discussion. So, whats a book club without discussion questions. Think about selecting a travel book for your discussion. She is intolerant of gay people, but its discussed as though its one more adorable quirky. Spitz says, but other commitments kept him from pursuing the. Probably a bad choice of book for me to read, but it was a book club choice. Questions for a book club come prepared for your book club discussion. At its heart, dearie is a story about a womans search for her own unique expression.
To ask other readers questions about dearie, please sign up. This months pick, the night diary by veera hiranandani, is a compelling historical novel about an event that many young readers know little about the 1947 partition of india and pakistan. We began discussing a biography almost from the moment we got back, mr. If youre ready to start a book club, heres 40 of the best book club questions, for fiction. Her mischievous humor, fun attitude towards life and that inner drive that she finally discovered inside herself towards cooking, food testing and food perfection in recipes are all the facets that made her great.
It is a good idea to plan on finishing the book a little earlier than you might otherwise so that you have time to think about it and prepare before your book club meets. A time, washington post, and npr best book of the year. A set of questions will really help you shape your book club discussion and ensure you stay on track and dont start wandering off talking about your day at work or what your kids are up to. I just this very moment realized it while typing in doc, john henry holliday is pulling together a private little book club. The remarkable life of julia child by bob spitz goodreads. In dearie, spitz employs the same skill he brought to his bestselling, critically acclaimed book the beatles, providing a cleareyed portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential americans of our time a woman known to all, yet known by only a few.
Book club discussion questions this page gives you a full list of all the books featured on this site, split between fiction and non fiction. Knopf, ny, 2012 but no publishers discussion questions found. If i cant find the book, or cant find it at a price i can afford, well try again until we do find you a book that you want. Leary developed the eightcircuit model of consciousness in his book. In his view, the 1961 publication of her book, mastering the art of french cooking, came at just the. Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are ones that are openended and that get people to share their personal opinions.
I love talking books with readers and would be honored to join your discussion via skype. The discussion is usually held on thursdays at lunch time and we meet at different restaurants or order in a lunch to the recreation hall. Ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. I am a big fan of having free time at home and dont like to over book ourselves. I also want to be intentional and take advantage of the great community planned events. The remarkable life of julia child, written by author and biographer. It is more often called simply a book club, a term that is also used to describe a book sales club, which can cause confusion. Oprah, pulitzer prizewinning american novelist and charles dickens expert jane smiley and an audience of book club readers discuss a tale of two cities and great expectations in this special fulllength oprahs book club webcast video. Dearie the remarkable life of julia child wmbc discussion questions. The paris anglophone book club paris, france meetup. Sarah quinlans husband, jack, has been haunted for decades by the untimely death of his mother when he was just a teenager. Thank you for selecting missing pieces for your book club discussion. Awardwinning author bob spitz discusses his new biography, dearie.
The winner will be chosen at random this saturday 18th. In their discussions, manson was surprised and found it difficult to understand. Every book page contains useful information for your book group including book club questions. Late in her life, julia child spoke at the national press club, where she answered questions from a group of admiring journalists. With the kids now out of school, i am already making a plan of activities and a plan for our days together. The remarkable life of julia child is one of those page turners.
To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. The remarkable life of julia child, presented by harvard book store. A time, washington post, and npr best book of the year the stunning story of how julia child transformed herself into the cult figure who. I end up putting about five books a month on hold at the library because of all the research i do to help find the book that we think you guys will love.
Suggest books that your group has read that led to a lively discussion, whether people loved or hated them. Have a good topic of discussion to start the conversation and make sure to have some more ready to introduce if the conversation flags, goes off topic, starts to repeat itself or gets uncomfortably contentious. Dear edward book club discussion the mom of the year. Also, if you want to join the pan macmillan book club they send a monthly newsletter with their featured book club titles and a chance to win books, as well as links to. Other frequently used terms to describe a book discussion club include reading group, book group, and book discussion group. Theres nothing more fun for me than picking out what our book will be for the month. How to lead a book club discussion guide to leading discussions with your book club or class. A book discussion club is a group of people who meet to discuss a book or books that they have read and express their opinions, likes, dislikes, etc. Im pretty sure, with companies like the book depository still delivering almost everywhere, that this shouldnt be too hard. If the book youre discussing has one its certainly worth printing it out.
The chosen books might be by a classic french author, or might feature france or paris heavily within the book, or might be just any other book, proposed and chosen by the group members. The complete webcast of oprahs book club discussion of charles dickens. You can choose whether to read them in either english or french. Here is a list of books club book sets available at the library. For our virtual book club this month, were talking about what alice forgot by liane moriarty, which i introduced here heres how it works. A new york times notable booka washington post notable work of fictiona best book of the year.