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Permalink Reply by Camden on January 11, 2011 at 4:19am

I am in a book club, mostly for the socializing aspect, although it is interesting to read books that I normally wouldn't choose.  My book club actually used to be our kids' playgroup.  Now that the kids are too old for playgroup we have  a bookclub instead!   Since I've moved out of the neighborhood book club gives me a great chance to stay in touch with the old neighbors!

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Permalink Reply by Jean McFarland on January 11, 2011 at 5:41am

I joined paperbackswap.com a few months ago. It's really nice because you set up a profile with books you like to read and topics you are interested in. You earn credits to trade books with other readers. Basically, every time you send a book you get credit to receive a book. It's great if you read a lot and are often looking for new books. They have a lot of the older titles nobody carries anymore, too.

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Permalink Reply by Charity L. on January 11, 2011 at 6:35am

I LOVE paperbackswap! They have tons of games, fun stuff and like you said, I have been able to get lots of books that I wouldn't normally have purchased in the store. I really like their games though. They make it fun:)

Jean McFarland said:

I joined paperbackswap.com a few months ago. It's really nice because you set up a profile with books you like to read and topics you are interested in. You earn credits to trade books with other readers. Basically, every time you send a book you get credit to receive a book. It's great if you read a lot and are often looking for new books. They have a lot of the older titles nobody carries anymore, too.

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Permalink Reply by Dwana ~ Houseonahillorg on January 11, 2011 at 7:30am

I have been invited for years to join Book Clubs but recently joined one online to support my friend AIDS activist Rae Lewis-Thornton. It has proven to be fun and engaging. Once I was an avid reader, but life has been in the way of that so just getting back into it now! So funny, I just wrote a blog post about it, and then ran into this discussion!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy C on January 12, 2011 at 5:53am

I joined one a year ago and still have not shown up!  I did just get the next book we are reading.  This is a group through church and we read a wide variety of books and look for Christian themes as part of the discussion.

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Permalink Reply by Anjanette Barr on January 12, 2011 at 1:02pm

Just started my first online "book club" at http://www.raisingthebarrs.com to coincide with the one I am leading in real life. Figured the more participation, the better!! My husband is a librarian and gets paid to lead book clubs! I'll be leaning on him for advice on making it interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Proctor on January 12, 2011 at 6:52pm

I tried a book club last summer from Meetup.com. Although the moms were nice, it was a bit too Desperate Housewives. It was less about books and more about wine, lol. Another mom @skipperphoto and I are going to start a small business book club to motivate us and help our businesses. I'm also on goodreads.com if anyone else is there; would love to share book recs.

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