{"id":5275,"date":"2010-01-06T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2010-01-04T18:42:01","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T00:42:01","slug":"book-club-in-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/book-club-in-a-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Book-Club-in-a-Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/book-club2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5468\" title=\"book club\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/book-club2.jpg?resize=150%2C128&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>So, you&#8217;re in a book club.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that the Davenport libraries have just what you need?\u00a0 Not only have we gathered\u00a0multiple\u00a0copies of the same\u00a0title (and same <em>edition<\/em>) together into one convenient check-out box, but we&#8217;ve added lots of extras.\u00a0 There&#8217;s biograhpical\u00a0information about the author plus\u00a0thought-provoking discussion questions.\u00a0 Many of these questions have been pre-tested by various book groups here at the\u00a0library. Each kit also has useful tips for\u00a0starting and maintaining a successful book club.\u00a0\u00a0So, you see, we&#8217;ve done the hard part for you!\u00a0 All you have to do is\u00a0choose from\u00a037 different kits.\u00a0We have a whole list for your selection, but here&#8217;s a few examples:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2150413\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Secret Life of Bees<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Sue Monk Kidd and <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1991706\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Lovely Bones<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Alice Sebold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you&#8217;re in a book club. Did you know that the Davenport libraries have just what you need?\u00a0 Not only have we gathered\u00a0multiple\u00a0copies of the same\u00a0title (and same edition) together into one convenient check-out box, but we&#8217;ve added lots of extras.\u00a0 There&#8217;s biograhpical\u00a0information about the author plus\u00a0thought-provoking discussion questions.\u00a0 Many<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/book-club-in-a-box\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[977,978,970],"class_list":["post-5275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-reference","tag-book-club","tag-discussion-groups","tag-good-reads"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-1n5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5275"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5546,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions\/5546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}