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The book club companion : a comprehensive guide to the reading group experience
Loevy, Diana.
Adult Nonfiction 374.22 L
Loevy, Diana.
Adult Nonfiction 374.22 L
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| Contents | Page |
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| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Chapter 1 - The Beloveds | p. 5 |
| The Ten Indispensable Titles | p. 7 |
| No Leader, No Problem: Discussion Basics | p. 19 |
| Club Rules: May We Knit? | p. 22 |
| When Pets Misbehave: Flying Minnies and Slobbering Horaces | p. 25 |
| Club Rules: When Pets Meet the Club Checklist | p. 28 |
| The Unexpected Meeting Place: The Botanical Garden | p. 29 |
| Hosting Basics: How to Be Popular | p. 31 |
| Angry, Often Desperate Housewives: The Novels | p. 33 |
| The Beloved Cocktail | p. 35 |
| An Anne Tyler Celebration | p. 37 |
| Time Travel: If You Were in a 1920s Book Club | p. 45 |
| Chapter 2 - The Book Club Classic | p. 47 |
| The Twenty Indispensable Titles | p. 49 |
| Four Questions for Isabel Allende | p. 72 |
| No Leader, No Problem: Your Next Book | p. 74 |
| Club Rules: E-mail Stylings | p. 76 |
| When Pets Misbehave: Baddest Kitty | p. 77 |
| Book Club Style: Flowers from The Hours and Mrs. Dalloway's Hothouse | p. 78 |
| The Costume Drama | p. 80 |
| The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath: An Appreciation | p. 82 |
| The Tween Book Club 101 | p. 84 |
| A Bel Canto Evening | p. 86 |
| Time Travel: If You Were in a 1930s Book Club | p. 93 |
| Chapter 3 - Classic Fiction | p. 95 |
| The Twenty-one Indispensable Titles | p. 97 |
| What Is a Classic? | p. 122 |
| Club Rules: How True! Mark Up Your Book without Mercy | p. 124 |
| When Pets Go Missing | p. 126 |
| The Tween Book Club: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis | p. 128 |
| The Many Favorites of Ernest Hemingway | p. 130 |
| Classic Fiction Anniversary Party | p. 131 |
| Chapter 4 - Brit Lit Ioi | p. 145 |
| The Ten Indispensable Titles | p. 147 |
| Touring Thematically: Channeling Jane Austen | p. 159 |
| Meeting Thematically: Form a Spin-Off Literary Society | p. 161 |
| When Pets Preen | p. 163 |
| The Tween Book Club: The Witches by Roald Dahl | p. 165 |
| P.G. Wodehouse 101 | p. 171 |
| Luncheon at the Club | p. 174 |
| Time Travel: If You Were in a 1940s Book Club | p. 178 |
| Chapter 5 - Red, White and Noir | p. 181 |
| The Ten Indispensable Titles | p. 183 |
| No Leader, No Problem: Customizing Discussion Questions | p. 194 |
| When Pets Misbehave: The Fearful Guest | p. 196 |
| Touring Thematically: Authors at the Lectern | p. 198 |
| The Indispensable Short Story Collection | p. 200 |
| Peyton Place by Grace Metalious: An Appreciation | p. 203 |
| The Indispensable Platter: Vegetables All Year Long | p. 206 |
| Time Travel: If You Were in a 1950s Book Club | p. 209 |
| Chapter 6 - Literary Respites | p. 213 |
| The Ten Indispensable Titles | p. 215 |
| Six Questions for Alexander McCall Smith | p. 227 |
| The Best Generic Questions for Discussing Series | p. 229 |
| New Year's Resolutions for Book Clubs | p. 230 |
| Book Club Craft Essentials | p. 232 |
| The Tween Book Club: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote | p. 234 |
| Book Club Style: Gift from the Sea | p. 236 |
| Holiday Celebration | p. 238 |
| Snacking at the Club | p. 240 |
| Time Travel: If You Were in a 1960s Book Club | p. 243 |
| Chapter 7 - Black Lit | p. 247 |
| The Ten Indispensable Titles | p. 249 |
| Five Questions for Bebe Moore Campbell | p. 262 |
| No Leader, No Problem: The Flip Side | p. 264 |
| Book Club Style: A Color Purple Flower Celebration | p. 265 |
| The Indispensable Reading List: Memoir and Nonfiction | p. 266 |
| The Tween Book Club: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor | p. 268 |
| Casting Call | p. 270 |
| Book Club Supper | p. 271 |
| Time Travel: If You Were in a 1970s Book Club | p. 276 |
| Chapter 8 - Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction | p. 279 |
| The Ten Indispensable Titles | p. 281 |
| No Leader, No Problem: Meeting Style | p. 292 |
| The Indispensable Reading List: Biographies | p. 293 |
| Savannah Style | p. 294 |
| The Indispensable Reading List: The Arcane Thriller | p. 295 |
| A Restaurant Meeting | p. 296 |
| Best Generic Discussion Questions for Nonfiction | p. 298 |
| Supper at the Club | p. 299 |
| Time Travel: If You Were in a 1980s Book Club | p. 303 |
| Chapter 9 - The Memoir | p. 305 |
| The Ten Indispensable Titles | p. 307 |
| Five Questions for Ann Patchett | p. 319 |
| The Cultural Revolution, Before and After | p. 322 |
| Enchanted Summer Book Club | p. 324 |
| Seasonal Fruit Platters | p. 326 |
| Supper at the Club | p. 327 |
| Time Travel: If You Were in a 1990s Book Club | p. 332 |
| Bibliography | p. 335 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 337 |
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