How Should a Book Club Be?

Book clubs kind of suck. But we can reclaim them

Kelly Marages

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I (almost) hate to admit it, but I hate book clubs.

I don’t want to hate them; I don’t want to be the grumpy-cat-of-a-human who stomps all over a beloved (by Oprah!) cultural tradition. But sometimes the truth is unavoidable. Because when you do avoid it, you end up joining a book club.

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Kelly Marages

Magazine Publishing Veteran and Fiction Writer | Bylines with WaPo, WSJ, Marie Claire, Us Weekly | Founder of Shirley Books https://shirleybooks.substack.com