Book Club
Teacher:
Jessica Deringer-Colm
Students:
Kimberly-Anne Willits
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Location:
Library
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A book club is a group of people who meet to discuss a book or books that they have read and express their opinions, likes, dislikes, etc. It is more often called simply a book club, a term that is also used to describe a book sales club, which can cause confusion. Other frequently used terms to describe a book discussion club include reading group, book group, and book discussion group. Book discussion clubs may meet in private homes, libraries, bookstores, online forums, pubs, and in cafes or restaurants over meals or drinks. A practice also associated with book discussion, common reading program or common read, involves institutions encouraging their members to discuss select books in group settings; common reading programs are largely associated with educational institutions encouraging their students to hold book discussion meetings.
Books discussed amongst the group differ from term to term and often follow a theme. Some terms are classics (How To Kill A Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, etc), themed (horror, action, romance), or a literary genre (poetry, short story, etc). There are also times when students can provide work they have already completed, or are working on, to get feedback and critiques.
