Good Books Lately: The One-Stop Resource for Book Groups and Other Greedy Readers - Softcover

Moore, Ellen; Stevens, Kira

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312309619 ISBN 13: 9780312309619

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004

Synopsis

The inside scoop on book groups--from the nation's leading experts!

As book group members across the country have discovered, Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens know everything there is to know about book groups, and then some. The founders of the country's first book group consulting company, in Good Books Lately they dish out fun, stimulating advice based on their own experiences and those of hundreds of book group members on everything from:
* How to start a group---and keep it going
* How to tell a book by its cover (really!)
* How to generate a lively discussion
* Behind-the-scenes anecdotes, dirt, and favorite book lists
* The best and worst book group books
* Book group troubleshooting, no matter what sort of group you belong to
* And much more
If you're looking for new ideas to spice up your book group, wondering how to join an existing group, or hoping to start your own, Good Books Lately will give you the goods to make your book group experience a rousing, rewarding success.

About this title

About the Author:

Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens are the cofounders of Good Books Lately, Inc., and have helped thousands of book groups nationwide. They are finishing their Ph.D.s (on the cultural phenomenon of book groups) and teach English at the University of Denver. They both live in Denver, Colorado.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312309619
• ISBN 13: 9780312309619
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368