![]() ![]() I usually do the reading the morning of our discussion, marking passages I want to talk about with removable sticky arrows. If we need to take a break for a few days or even a week or two, we do. For a 300-page book, we tend to read about 50 pages every few days. We set a deadline every few days to discuss an agreed-upon number of pages. And yes, sometimes we spend a lot of time talking about things other than the book. This one was easy for us: Have fun! We don’t worry about going off-topic or trying to keep things on track. Expand your horizons? Laugh? Have deep meaningful conversations? Read those classics you’ve always wanted to check off your list? Then choose books that will take you in that direction. Talk about what you want to get out of your book club. That way, the books we read vary in terms of topics and authors. We trade off who gets to choose the next title. Sometimes I mail her a used book I get locally or she orders online. When possible, I buy the same edition she has so we can discuss specific passages without fumbling around looking for the matching text in the other book. I buy books from our local used bookstore (where I conveniently work), the local Barnes & Noble, or online. We decided we would read both fiction and nonfiction and would begin with books she already owns. Here’s how we set up our long-distance book club: 1. We decided to introduce structure we settled on a book club for two. Even virtually housebound during the pandemic summer of 2020, she kept busy working part-time, applying for jobs, practicing music, and preparing meals. As families all over the country faced a pandemic spring without the familiar ritual of high school and college graduations, we canceled our trip and looked for ways to spend time “together.” Why a book club?Īs an English major, Jessie had read plenty of books in college, but reading for fun was a habit she had left behind in favor of the dusty tomes of academia. Her dad and I weren’t able to attend her graduation - in fact, there was no Temple graduation in 2020. in English from Temple University, completing her degree in only three years. My daughter Jessie and I were video chatting - me from our home in Alaska, she from her apartment in Philadelphia. ![]()
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