A Beautiful Mess Podcast

#265: How To Start A Book Club

Montag, 15. September 2025 · 42 min

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Today we're gonna share the benefits of being a part of a local book club and creative ideas for starting your own. We get a lot of questions about how to make adult friends and hands down a book club is the best way to get started! At the end of the episode we're also sharing the hills we'd gladly die on.
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Dream Book Clubs:
Elsie - All year round moody book club
Emma - Host it and have a theme based on the book
What about ideas for gathering that don't involve reading?
• writing group
• clothing exchange
• crafting nights
• pool moms
Listener Request: What hills will you die on?
Elsie
• The book ending of The Idea of You is the correct ending
• Extremism of any kind is dangerous.
Emma
• Doesn't want to ever own a cat
Book Report:
Elsie- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Emma - We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
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