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A book club can be an enriching, satisfying way 1．(develop) new friendships and an appreciation for reading. Or it can be a big, fat failure. The direction it takes really depends on how it 2．(plan) and managed. Right out of the gate, talk with potential members about what they want from a book club. If their interest is purely social, think about forming a group to do social 3．(activity) together, instead.

Davina Morgan-Witts, a book club expert at Book Browse, conducted 4．survey in 2019 of thousands of book club members. In that survey, Book Browse found that the longer a group spends talking about a book, the 5．(happy) they are in the club. In fact, 81 percent of those in book clubs that 6．(general) discussed a book for 75 minutes or longer marked 7．(they) as “very happy”, compared to just 55 percent in groups that discussed for 20 minutes or less!

“It’s not that they say social time is unimportant but it’s secondary,” Morgan-Witts explains. “It’s because of the open discussion and the sharing of opinions 8． the friendship forms.” If you want to discuss books without all of the small talk, she suggests 9．(turn) to a public library group. Those groups tend to be much more focused 10．book discussion, rather than the social elements he says.