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Shoutout to the library in Springfield for changing how I run my book club
We had our meeting there last Tuesday and a huge fight broke out over the ending of 'The Silent Patient'. The librarian actually came over and showed us how to use their 'discussion question' cards (they have a whole box of them). Has anyone else tried using prepared questions to keep things on track?
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calebhayes6mo ago
Those cards sound like they'd kill any real debate though, just makes everything feel scripted.
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clairec785mo ago
Oh, I hear you on that worry. But honestly, @the_oscar has a good point about using them as a starting point. In my own book club, we tried a similar set of conversation starters when things got a bit heated one month, and it actually helped. We each picked one card that spoke to us before the meeting, then talked about why we chose it. It gave us a shared focus without feeling like we were reading from a teleprompter.
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the_oscar6mo ago
Heard a podcast where a club said those cards saved them from dissolving. They used them as a starting point, not a script. It kept the peace without killing the good arguments.
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