http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/12/09/theres-always-kickboxing/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:05:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/12/09/theres-always-kickboxing/comment-page-1/#comment-42234 Holley Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:38:01 +0000 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/12/09/theres-always-kickboxing/#comment-42234 I believe the NYT article was not a little heavy-handed with the criticism of book groups. It would have been more fair to have included a successful one here and there so people are running and screaming in terror when you mention it. I am a member of a book group and we all take turns leading the discussion each month (you lead the discussion of the book you recommended) and we all get along famously even when everyone doesn't share the same opinion. I am a librarian and the bookgroup I lead at work is a genre reading group. We choose genres as a group and then each member picks what they would like to read. Discussions range widely with this format and some of the best we've had centered around Arthurian fiction and ethnic histories. As you say, there is something out there for everyone and it doesn't make sense to give up and decide bookgroups are not for you after only one try. Shop around and have fun! htw I believe the NYT article was not a little heavy-handed with the criticism of book groups. It would have been more fair to have included a successful one here and there so people are running and screaming in terror when you mention it. I am a member of a book group and we all take turns leading the discussion each month (you lead the discussion of the book you recommended) and we all get along famously even when everyone doesn’t share the same opinion. I am a librarian and the bookgroup I lead at work is a genre reading group. We choose genres as a group and then each member picks what they would like to read. Discussions range widely with this format and some of the best we’ve had centered around Arthurian fiction and ethnic histories. As you say, there is something out there for everyone and it doesn’t make sense to give up and decide bookgroups are not for you after only one try. Shop around and have fun!
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