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I've been in a bookclub for many years, and really enjoy our friendships. Our rules are very simple.
1. book should be in paperback (doesn't have to, but cheaper if you want to buy it, and now with e-books not such an issue)
2. If it's at your house, you pick the book. Our bookclub travels house to house, we all live close.
3. you don't have to finish the book , just show up we like the company, but know that the ending will be discussed.
4. one classic a year
5. we like red wine better than white. : )
We find that if we have a variety of people picking books, then we all expand what we would normally read. Some libraries have bookclub kits, you can check out the same book, and have 6 weeks to read it. Some of our members pick from the NPR book reviews, other from bookclub web-links, it varies. Two favorites from this year are Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak