We started a book club and I am SO excited about it! My sister, both daughters, and I are all avid readers and love to talk about what we are reading. We decided to expand our circle and create a monthly book club. We crossed our fingers and hoped 10 people would join–we are currently sitting at 122 members!
Our first read was Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams. I rated it 3/5 stars on Goodreads. It was a cute, light-hearted read.
“Annie Walker is on a quest to find her perfect match—someone who complements her happy, quiet life running the local flower shop in Rome, Kentucky. But finding her dream man may be harder than Annie imagined. Everyone knows everyone in her hometown, and the dating prospects are getting fewer by the day. After she overhears her latest date say she is “so unbelievably boring,” Annie starts to think the problem might be her. Is it too late to become flirtatious and fun like the leading ladies in her favorite romance movies? Maybe she only needs a little practice . . . and Annie has the perfect person in mind to be her tutor: Will Griffin.
Will—the sexy , tattooed, and absolutely gorgeous bodyguard—is temporarily back in Rome, providing security for Amelia Rose as excitement builds for her upcoming marriage to Noah Walker, Annie’s brother. He has one personal objective while on the job: stay away from Annie Walker and any other possible attachments to this sleepy town. But no sooner than he gets settled, Will finds himself tasked with helping Annie find the love of her life by becoming the next leading lady of Rome, Kentucky. Will wants no part in changing the sweet and lovely Annie. He knows for a fact that some stuffy, straitlaced guy won’t make her happy, but he doesn’t have the heart to say no.
Amid steamy practice dates and strictly “educational” tutoring lessons, Annie discovers there are more layers to Will’s usual stoic attitude. As the lines of their friendship become dangerously blurred, Annie reconsiders her dream guy. Maybe her love life doesn’t need to be perfect—it just needs to be real.”AMAZON
We had a total of 10 people show up to our first book club meeting. We ate finger foods and painted the cutest flowerpots. We discussed the book {a little} and chose our read for next month. This was such a fun gathering and I am so glad we created this little community.
A few things we learned:
- Choose the book. Mal and I selected three books we would like to read and then posted a poll in the Facebook group. The book we liked the least of the three was the book than was chosen (of course). Then, we went in blindly trying to choose a book for month 2 at book club, which was a little chaotic. For month 3, we will do MUCH better research and choose a book that the two of us most want to read, and everyone else can join in.
- Finger foods and a book-related craft activity is the BEST way to run book club. We had so much fun painting our flower pots and just talking about ALL THE THINGS.
- It was so fun to get together with other readers and talk about books–it’s also not nearly as nerdy as it sounds =)
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