Sarah’s Comments (group member since Apr 09, 2016)

Sarah’s comments from the Keep Calm and Keep Reading group.

Lets start planning for May. If you are interested please pick a Genre as well as a book suggestion that we should consider reading.

Ok I will not lie I havent been keeping up in the other group...moving Linda?? Where to??

Linda wrote: "2/14"
Happy Belated Birthday!!!

Thoughts:

All bring a suggestion and then the group agrees which are the top choices to read - and thus the next few months of books are decided.

Choose a theme for 2-3 books in a row. Or revisit the same theme from time to time.

Avoid getting stuck in a rut, if the last few books have been contemporary fiction, how about a non-fiction choice? If you've even reading a lot of historical fiction, how about a fantasy? Some genres produce more books suitable for discussion than others, but every genre has books that make good choices for book clubs.

Look for recommendations at your library or bookstore. Most libraries have lists of recommended titles and 'librarian picks', and many libaries will be happy to work with you and your group to find book choices that you're likely to enjoy (and some even have special book club kits to borrow - with multiple copies of the book, or will help source copies within the library's collection).

Check out lists of awards such as The Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize and National Book Awards. Many of these books make good choices for book clubs.

It's unlikely that everybody will agree on every book choice every time. A majority vote will carry - treat new genres or authors with an open mind - after all most people join a book club to expand their reading experience.

Lets try to stray from books that deal with politics and religion since those topics can get pretty heated and we want to have a good time and respect each other.

Hey everyone,

I was thinking we could try to do a book club within our group. I've never started a book club but I do know that we must all be in agreement.

1. Pick the Genre we want to choose from.
2. Select a book that is currently available - if we would like to pick an upcoming book we will "shelve" it for another date.
3. We should be mindful of the cost of the books we are choosing to read - most people probably would like to get the book online or from a library.
4. Popular books may be hard to find due to everyone already reading them - if we happen to pick a book that is popular and it becomes hard to find for most of the group we will circle back and pick a new book.
5. We should each take turns being a moderator to lead discussions.

Lets talk Genres! Which ones do you love, hate, cant live without, can totally live without, would like to try, try to avoid, or are you an read everything type person?


Romance/Erotica
Western
Syfy/Fantacy
Horror
Historical Fiction
Historical Non Fiction
Chick Lit
Auto Biography
Biography
True Crime
Action
Adventure
Children's Stories
Young Adult
Graphic Novels
Humor
Mystery/Thrillers/Suspense
General Fiction
Non Fiction
Magical Realism
Memoir
Cultural
Family Saga
Ancient Worlds
Poetry
Foodies
Book Lovers' Books (see listopia "Stories for Book Lovers")
Espionage/Spy
Short Stories, Essays & Anthologies
Travel the World
Nature/Outdoors
Made for the screen (books made into TV/Movies)
Banned or Challenged
New Adult
Dystopian
Mathematical fiction
Vampire
Native American
Pulitzer Prize Winner

Anything missing that should be added?

Do you see something missing, have an idea for a fun activity, concerned someone may not be following rules (PM for this one), or anything else on your mind that may help improve your experience in this group please talk about it here!

Kirstie wrote: "I'm going to try really hard to actually post here regularly - I always forgot to in the old group! So, at the moment it's an almost rainy day in Perth (Western Australia) which is a LOVELY change ..."

Me too about commenting and I probably should be on here a lot since I started this group for us. It snowed last night and its super cold here in Wisconsin, USA. I really wish to see some warmer weather here soon because honestly this snow can just go away!

However I do love rain instead of the sun, Im weird but I just dont like the sun and being overly hot.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Everyone deserves to be told that! So to keep up the tradition please list your birthday so we can give you a smile on your special day!

Hi Kirstie! Thanks for joining again. Please hold tight while I work on getting this all set up. Im new to group making and I work FT so I may be slow but please stay with me!

Start a new topic for each author so we can have individual comments for all.

If you need me to add an author to get it started please let me know! PM me.

Do you have a favorite author you'd like to tell us about? If you do please give us a short bio on the author as well as the books the author currently has out.

Which of their books is your favorite and why? Do they have any books coming out?

OMG you came!!! YAY!

Hello,

Please do not talk about any of the following topics. Unless of course these are the subjects of the book for the current month.

1. Sex
2. Abortion
3. Politics
4. Religion

As always, please respect each member of the group. Every is entitled to their own opinion, so please do not start fights and/or talk down to anyone.

I do ask that you make a post every month if possible. I know life gets in the way but I want to make sure we all stay in touch with each other. Please try to make the post meaningful, if your in a run I understand but make your next post count!

Howdy,

Please tell us a little about you. Where are you from (state or country - no address), how old are you, why do you love reading? Feel free to mention anything else about yourself!

Just daily talking about what is going on in your life and any updates on books you are currently reading.