2030SomethingBookClub

Some of the folks who joined in on today‘s monthly meeting of the #2030SomethingBookClub 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! We‘ve been conducting #Zoom meetings since March, and hopefully we can have our first in-person meeting in August, which‘ll be in Central Park. This was an interesting meeting. This book had most of the members really disliking it, but by the end of the meeting, most had changed their minds to liking it. 🙂

Valink That‘s how I felt at the beginning vs the end of the book! 4y

MrBook @Valink , I stayed middle-ground throughout. I was frustrated with most of the characters and...I don‘t want to spoil alert 😆. 4y

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MrBook

Book Clubbing!: Successful Book Clubs for Young People | Carol Littlejohn

Finished up the #2030SomethingBookClub‘s monthly meeting! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Our January meeting is unique in that we don‘t all read the same book; instead, we read the particular book we won in December‘s holiday grab bag and then talk about that one. *Great* way to rapidly build-up one‘s TBR list! At least two people can get your interest piqued, the receiver and the giver.

These are the 2 I read (don‘t know how I wound up with two 😆🤷🏼‍♂️).

marleed That‘s a great idea as it means I would have read

The Overstory: A Novel

BookPixie Glad you liked White Oleander :) 5y

meagankc21 My cousins and I did a book club like that for a while. We had such differing tastes and scheduled that the easiest way to discuss our current reads was to just make it a book club medley. It's really fun actually 5y

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MrBook

The Book Club | Marjolijn Februari

My beloved #2030SomethingBookClub yesterday 🥰🥰🥰😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! Love these folks so much ☺️!!!

Everyone‘s showing their winning from our holiday grab bag. They‘ll bring their book to our January meeting and talk about each one. Great times!!! #NYC

ljuliel Wow, that‘s a big group ! 5y

MrBook @ljuliel , sometimes we get 10 or 12, sometimes we get 40 or 50. It always works out though, we always manage to keep it to one conversation. 😊 5y

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MrBook

The Night Tiger: A Novel | Yangsze Choo

My second #NYC bookclub of the day yesterday was the #2030SomethingBookClub, and we read TNT for that one! Almost everyone really enjoyed this one! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

MicheleinPhilly What happens when you hit 40? Do you get kicked out like Menudo? 5y

Mdargusch I was wondering that too @MicheleinPhilly 🤣 5y

MrBook @MicheleinPhilly @Mdargusch 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I make it the 20/30/40-Something Book Club 😎. Just kidding. Yeeeaah, I‘m out like Menudo 🙃. I got some years yet. 😁 5y

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MrBook

Gods of Jade and Shadow | Silvia Moreno-Garcia

This was the selection for today‘s meeting of the #2030SomethingBookClub! Lots of lively discussion was had! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Have you read this one?!

Jee_HookedOnBookz Yes! I loved it! What about you? 5y

MrBook @Jee_HookedOnBookz Yep!! 😁 5y

BookwormAHN Also loved it 😸 5y

Lucy_Anywhere Yep - a fab book# 5y

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Friends Are a Blessing | Emilie Barnes, Anne Christian Buchanan, Donna Otto

It was GREAT to see the always terrific @BookPixie at today‘s #2030SomethingBookClub. She and the spectacular @Magdawrites are the book club‘s two longest-attending members besides me. What a wonderful pair of bookish peers!!! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻☺️🤗🤗🤗 #NYC

ljuliel She‘s got a great smile ! How long has this book group been going ? 5y

MrBook @ljuliel ~8 years, and I‘ve been doing it for 4 or 5 of those. 😁 The tremendously amazing @Apinlibraryland started the book club! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 (edited) 5y

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Educated: A Memoir | Tara Westover

Second #NYC bookclub was the tagged book for the #2030SomethingBookClub 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! Almost 30 folks showed up in the pouring rain for this very much enjoyed book!

Have you read this one?!

RenePenn Not yet but it‘s on my list! 5y

EKonrad Yep, so good!!! 😊 5y

Amor4Libros Loved it!! 5y

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JenReadsAlot Very good! 5y

rwmg A book club favourite 5y

webhau1 Yes, we are actually reading it this month for the bookclub I am I‘m. It is very good. I am looking forward to discussing it with them. 5y

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The Book Club | Marjolijn Februari

I periodically put up a poll asking members of the #2030SomethingBookClub to choose which books should be the next 5 upcoming meetings‘ selections. They‘re all from members‘ suggestions that they email me. What an incredibly fantastic group of books to choose from!

Have you read any of these?
Which ones would you vote for? (You can vote for as many as you‘d like.)

Lillie Only one I've read is Recursion and it's a ride. Enjoyed it immensely. Several of the others are my tbr list. 5y

mydearwatson I‘d probably vote for _The Remains of the Day_ because it‘s the only one I‘ve heard of 🤦🏻‍♀️.

The Remains of the Day

RaimeyGallant 1 is so fabulous, and it will get the group talking about perception. 5y

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Foragingfantasy The Night Tiger! 5y

alysonimagines I love The Remains of the Day! Recently I gave a copy to a bookish friend—it‘s a title I have recommended to him more than once. Then he gave me a copy of The Master and Margarita, a title he has recommended to me more than once. So it‘s interesting that both titles show up in this list! 5y

Jess Educated will give you the best book discussion but all my votes go to The Great Believers. Loved that book. 5y

Kimberlone Recursion was so good! 5y

IndoorDame Educated is such a great book club read! 5y

TheSpineView Recursion! 💜💜💜 5y

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Rules of Civility: A Novel | Amor Towles

Another fabulously successful meeting of the #2030SomethingBookClub 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! With special guest @RaimeyGallant 😎🙌🏻! Half the members really liked the book and half were eh about it, lol, which makes for good conversation! 😊

#NYC

Prairiegirl_reading Wow! I thought I was the only one who doesn‘t love this book! Looks like fun! 5y

RaimeyGallant Your camera is soooo much better than mine. 5y

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RaimeyGallant

Rules of Civility: A Novel | Amor Towles

At the #2030SomethingBookClub with @MrBook !

Suet624 💕💕💕 5y

TrishB Cool pic 👍🏻 5y

ephemeralwaltz 👏👏 5y

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MrBook ☺️🤗🤗🤗 5y

Crazeedi Lucky you! Great photo!!😍 5y

CarolynM If I remember correctly the award ceremony is tonight? Still got my fingers crossed. Hope you enjoy the night however it turns out😃 (edited) 5y

wanderlustywriter How does one join this book club? 5y

RaimeyGallant @CarolynM Keep those fingers crossed until Tuesday night! ;) 5y

RaimeyGallant @wanderlustywriter Hey @mrbook, how does one join the book club? I think you said it's a Meetup? 5y

CarolynM Jumping the gun, sorry. Now why did I think it was Sunday? Anyway, yes fingers still crossed🙂 5y

MrBook @wanderlustywriter Yep, through Meetup.com . Go to that site and search for “20/30-something Book Club” based in NYC. 😁 5y

RaimeyGallant @CarolynM I'm super impressed you got it so close! 5y

wanderlustywriter @MrBook @RaimeyGallant Thank you! 5y

MrBook @wanderlustywriter 🤗 5y

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