{"title":"Book Club Printables","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePrintable Book Club Templates\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook clubs run for years or fall apart in three months, and the difference is usually organization rather than enthusiasm. Printed discussion sheets and a reading schedule do more for a club's survival than any amount of good intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll editable in Canva.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat's in this collection\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiscussion question sheets\u003c\/strong\u003e — general prompts that work for any novel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading schedules\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eannual planners\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBook rating cards\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ereview sheets\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMeeting invitations\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ereminder cards\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBook club bingo\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ereading challenges\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHost rotation trackers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBookmarks\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ereading logs\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDiscussion questions that work for any book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich character would you least like to have dinner with. What would you have done differently. Did the ending earn itself. Whose story was this really. Questions like these need no preparation and produce better conversation than a publisher's reading guide, which tends to ask what the author intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe host rotation tracker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrint it, fill it in for the year, and pin it somewhere. The most common way a book club dies is nobody being sure whose turn it is to host, and then two months passing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBook club questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow many discussion questions do I need?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix to eight. You will use three, but having spares matters when a conversation stalls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow far ahead should the reading schedule go?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix months to a year, chosen together. Picking books one at a time creates a decision every month, which is when clubs start to drift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow long should a meeting be?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo hours, with the first thirty minutes accepted as catching up rather than fought against. Everyone does it anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat if half the group has not finished the book?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNormal. Ask what they thought of where they got to, and warn before spoiling the ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCan I edit the questions?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes. Every prompt is an editable text box, so you can write questions specific to the book.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/papergoodsparty.com\/collections\/book-club.oembed","provider":"Paper Goods Party","version":"1.0","type":"link"}