Readers' Groups Made Simple
Ideas for Discussion- when everyone has read the same book
- First impressions
- Did you enjoy the book? Why/why not?
- What hooked you in? Or at which point in the book did you get hooked in?
- Does the cover reflect the content?
- Which characters did you like/dislike and why?
- Did you have a favourite passage or part of the story?
- What did you think of the descriptions of place?
- Would you read another book by this author
- If comparing 2 or more, can you tell they are by the same author? How?
- Which book on this theme was the most enjoyable/the most informative?
Sometimes discussion can flag or wander away from the book. Simple techniques for getting people back on track include saying something like:
- coming back to the book...
- Shall we each read a favourite passage?
- read out information about the author and the period of time they are writing in, if that is relevant.
Librarians in the North West have pioneered partnership working to encourage new readers into libraries. Time To Read is a partnership of librarians engaged in reader development activity in public library authorities in the North West Region. All 23 public library authorities in the region currently support Time To Read.