Should you join a book club?

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Whether or not you'll enjoy a book club depends a lot on your reading style, habits, and preferences. But if you're interested in joining a book club, there is truly one out there for everyone - different types, communities, themes, modalities, and more.

Join us as we talk about our own experiences with book clubs (as both participants and moderators), the history of book clubs (which includes a lot more social activism than we expected!), celebrity book clubs, and how to find a book club that's right for you.
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Books we're reading in this episode:
A Date with Death by Julia Chapman (Dales Detective #1)
A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin
A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen (Saga of the Unfated #1)
The House Witch by Delemhach
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Sources:

• Book Riot: https://bookriot.com/a-history-of-book-clubs/
• Medium: https://medium.com/the-mission/the-best-book-clubs-throughout-history-d45537334de0
• Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/27/womens-book-clubs-history-oprah-reese/
• Huffington Post: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ladies-who-book-club-have-always-been-the-glue-of-resistance_n_595db02de4b02e9bdb0a3454
• NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/books/reese-witherspoon-book-club.html 
• https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/book-clubs-and-book-commerce/3C50183E95136DAD1FC7FB51FD6E6A1E 
• https://testprepinsight.com/resources/us-book-reading-statistics/
• https://thgmwriters.com/blog/global-book-reading-statistics-2022-2023-complete-survey-data/
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/09/why-do-so-few-men-read-books-by-women
  
  

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Intro and outro music: "The Chase," by Aves.

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