In thinking about discussion questions for Invisible Monsters, I've been doing a little bit of research on running a book club. The following links should be helpful for our future book hosts:
from the Seattle Public Library
from the New Hanover County Public Library (Wilmington, NC)
I also found out today that our illustrious member Suzy is also currently in both face to face and online book clubs. I asked her for suggestions on how to get our group going and she had some good ones. So...
- The first rule of bookblog is you will participate in bookblog.
- The second rule of bookblog is you will participate in bookblog.
- The third rule is the moderator will post at least one discussion question per day (except weekends) in an entry and the participants will respond in the comments.
- The fourth rule is if a member comes up with another discussion question, that member will post it in an entry and the participants will respond in the comments.
- The fifth rule is the discussions start on the 15th of the month or the next Monday if the 15th falls during a weekend.
- The sixth rule is no shirts, no shoes.
- The seventh rule is discussions will go on for as long as they have to.
- The eighth and final rule of bookblog is if you're a member of bookblog, you have to moderate (click here for the moderator's responsibilities; e-mail me to sign up).
If you don't get why the first two rules are the same, then you've never seen Fight Club, a movie based on the Palahniuk book of the same name.
You may be wondering why we won't be having discussions on weekends. Weekends are slow Internet days since most folks are busy doing other things. Besides, everyone needs time off...even from blogging.
