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I've started a book club and would like help getting some ideas for books to read and how to structure meetings and how to advertise it.
>Currently I have not settled on an exact club name. My focus is to make it a more thorough analysis of books both fiction and non fiction but I do want it to be accessible to novice readers or people who don't read that deeply
>Clubs target audience will be around 18 -25 since thats my age group. I am open to letting anyone older in but do want a strict adults only club.
>Meetups will be in my local library. If the first session goes well I will contact the library so I can geet them to help advertise the club for me.
>Currently have 4 people who are going who are all friends I convinced to join
>Friend 1 was a big reader in middle school and read stuff like dracula, war of the worlds, and then there were none, and tom sawyer.
Friend 2 read back in middle school although much less. He read mostly nonfiction about ww2. I currently have loaned him storm of steel but he has not told me what he thinks of it yet.
>Friend 3 does not read chapter books and only reads manga and manwha. He says he likes Don Quixote but has never read the book and instead watched a youtube video on it. His knowledge of books all comes from limbus company although he never read any book it references except metamorphosis which was assigned reading in school.
>Friend 4 does not read but is pretty open to it. He has mentioned he is a slow reader but otherwise does not mind what genre or topic we read.
>Currently our first book is "of mice and men" friend 1 has read this previously and liked it.
>Friends 1,2 and 4 all like frankenstein, metamorphosis, and the count of monte cristo which we read in highschool and middle school.
Currently some ideas I have for books we can read are
>And then there were none
>The stranger
>The lost world
>Meditations
>Slaughterhouse 5
I'm also trying to make a slideshow for each meeting but struggling on discussion questions and how to structure a meeting. I also want advice on how to advertise it if you guys got any.
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>>25327805
You can just use the Limbus books. They're all mostly pretty good and it will keep friend 3 engaged.
Though Don Quixote and Dream are a little too long, Wings is a little too weird, and the Comedy is a little too heavy.
Here are also the recommended translations for each book.
https://rentry.org/limbisbooks
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>>25327902
Well I did try to get him into Don quixote and wuthering heights but he was very staunchly against both. Like I said he never read Don Quixote and when I offered loaning my copy he refused and said there was no point in reading it since he knows the plot since he watched a youtube video summarizing it. He also refused to get wuthering heights when we went to a bookstore together citing that he didd'nt have any space for a book in his house to display it which is a blatant excuse not to read it. Weirdly he is interested in these stories as he has looked up the book plots and wanted to watch the wuthering heights movie but he seems extremely averse to reading. i have also tried getting him into reading nonfiction since he likes history but he said he can just watch a youtube video. He also told me that he will probably procrastinate on reading until the day before we meet. My best guess is that he might like the stranger since its not too long or hard to read.
I know this sounds pretentious but I wonder if this guy even cares about stories other than knowing the plot. He told me he does not see the point in rewatching a movie since he already knows the plot. I'm hoping that during the first meeting I can try and show him how books and stories are much more than what literally happens in it but I am not sure if I have the rhetorical skill to explain it. Any idea how I can explain this to him?
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>>25327999
I did try explaining this to him and he just gave the fluoride stare. He did mention he reads romance manga and manwha. I tried to recommend him Jane Austen but he did not seem interested. Frankly at this point I assume this guy is either illiterate or has a shit taste in media.
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>>25327805
It’s so hard to keep people invested in book clubs and to keep them being about books. It devolves into a gossip/social club and that’s the good ending because at least that keeps people coming. If you push for book focus too much you alienate all non autists. Genuinely my tip is to think of how to make it a fun hangout first and focus on your book powerpoint last. If people don’t show up there won’t be any club at all.