Our group in Portland tried a new way to pick books and it actually worked

We kept getting stuck on long, heavy books that half the group would drop. So we started picking two shorter books under 250 pages each month, like 'Convenience Store Woman' and 'The Alchemist'. It cut the drop out rate from five people to just one. Anyone else try something like this to keep everyone reading?

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tessaperry1d ago

Oh that's smart! My friend's book club did something similar, they switched to novellas for a few months and said it was way easier to keep up.

danielm801d ago

My book club tried that, but we found novellas just led to more arguments about the ending.

ericw9321h ago

Honestly @tessaperry, my group tried short stories for a bit and it totally saved us from falling behind.