How to Start and Run a Book Club | A Thousand Words

Here are some tips and ideas for starting a book (or other) club, and having it run without you having to do all of the work.

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[DTWritesbooks]

Book clubs are fun! Joining a book club is a great way to not only discover good reads. It's also a great way to build friendships.

[nabilaabdullahi]

I was delighted to hear from you, I'm ready to start a book club

[writerspen]

Ooh, I like that rule about picking a book you've already read and liked. I'm making arrangements to start a book club, and I think I'll suggest we do that while we're still starting out

[wildeevolution]

That’s a great idea to start with a swap! I started an outdoor discussion group. I post a topic and some video links. We discuss them while we walk a few miles and then go to dinner after. It’s pretty fun!

[shellyneil]

Gave me a good start! Going to start something similar in my locality and found your video. Thumbs up!

[janicemarino]

Thank you so much for this video! You have a lot of good suggestions. I recently started a book club which is going pretty good. We have 14 members and we just started a Facebook page!

[ElleOrMarcy]

Thank you, me and my friend run a small book club at school!

[linzainib]

I love book clubs I started a book club reading with Lin, and I watching these videos how to host a book club

[eileencatherinerighter]

Incredibly helpful! Love your suggestions.

[thebookstersclub]

I love the book swap party!!! I’m not sure if I’m a book club or not because I don’t read the whole book, I just share parts that stood out to me and do a different book everyday... but either way thanks for the tips 💕

[theesperanzacompromisebyja]

One thing I use for reading suggestions is the shelf behind the host.

[ashleypagano]

Thank you so much for this! Such helpful information

[arhome]

Excellent tips thank you. Does anyone have additional tips on how to organize the discussion part? I’ve never been to a book club, is the discussion supposed to be organized or free flowing?

[InFltSvc]

Hi Jen!

You look great! I enjoy your idea videos ...Love the table runner made of pages... you should have had your own TV show. 😉

[coffeekat]

This video was very helpful, I’ve started a book club, but I wasn’t sure if after having given the basic idea of how it’ll work, is there more that was needed to be said or weekly updates just to keep the excitement going. Thanks for the tips ❤️

[kaeroque]

Thank you for this beloved! Peace n light to you!

[grethen]

4:38 - that's what I wanted to hear!

[Zachplayz]

I wanna start one in my middle school class for 678 grades so I can run it I am in 6 I am gonna ask my teach when school starts and I will ask my teacher to print flyers and put them on the class room

[elzitadacruzsarmento]

Hello!
I am very happy to hear this.
Actually I wanna run a book club however, we don't have book .
May you help us please!

[uknowitgurl.]

I like the idea of a book-swap or clothes-swap party. It sounds like soooo much fun, acutually. I have a question though. How often did you meet, every 2 weeks? I don't want to stress out people with my book club idea. :)