Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Start your own book club
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items Need another excuse to hang out with friends? I got you! One day I decided to get together with my friends and talk about one of the books we all read and it's now become something we all look forward to.
Pick a book! Something that has gained a lot of traction, has great reviews on Goodreads and can still appeal to the mass reader. I had to take into account friends who only read fantasy, romance, or thrillers. Let your club know that audiobook also ...
Pick a book!
Make an invite on Canva!! It’s FREE! Use a theme based around the book. (I did French country theme for this one) I send the first invite letting people know what book it is and what month the book club will be meeting. I will text it or DM it to th...
Make a teaser invite
Read and annotate! As a host you must have notes, and because you will have read your book FIRST, there’s a large gap between finishing and the meeting. Go to your local Michael’s or order online, If you have Daiso that’s been my favorite spot so far...
Annotate and make notes while reading
I like to buy little gifts for my club. But it is NOT expected. My first meeting I only had three people so it was nice to get them each a candle, fan, and tote bag. But with a much larger group depending on budget you can do bookmarks, stickers, hig...
Consider buying little gifts for the members
The official invite! Send it however you’d like. I make this one usually food/wine themed and I ask everyone to bring something small like a dip, cold pasta, or a dessert. I provide non alcoholic drinks and small sandwiches or sliders.
Send invite with official details
Time to decorate for the meeting!!! I bought an old book and used the pages to make a banner and to make a table runner. (First two photos are mine!) I bought baby’s breath and put them around and made little nods to the book we were reading. It was ...
Decorate for the meeting!
This is the “serious” part but not really because it can be fun too! I like to have my questions ready to go but it’s an open discussion so anybody can join in and ask questions. The one question I always like to ask is “what did you imagine the char...
Discussion time
Something to do at the end after discussion is rate the book. Everyone individually gives their rating and then average the rating as a group. Take a photo and give it a group rating. So interesting to see what everyone thinks and gives you an idea o...
Everyone gives their rating
Consider the rating from the meeting and ask if anyone has any recommendations for the next book! I give plenty of time between meetings because we are all very busy and it gives people time to read. P.s. audiobooks and e-books count in my club
Start thinking about your next book!