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Originally posted by James
Those of you in book clubs, what do you usually discuss? I can't imagine it would be that interestint to start discussing imagery and literary devices.
Maybe we should pick something on politics? history? Current Events? Human nature? Philosophy? The new science? Something to spark discussion and debate?
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The problem with that is that no one would be able to debate peacefully -- I really can see things going downhill fast on any topic that would cause passionate emotions to emerge.
When we read the book for my book club, we discussed lots of things. We discussed parts of the book (such as "I was really surprised that he married Jane - I thought that he would marry Ann") as well as settings ("wow - I really thought the descriptions of the Amazon were vivid and moving") and how well written the book was overall - whether it was credible or not, emotional dialogue, etc.
It was really neat to see how others captured the book in their minds - what the main characters looked like (as in we thought about who we would cast for certain roles), how much feeling came through for each of us, etc. I really enjoyed the group discussion, even if the book suck-ked.
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