Stephanie Hausman and Manon Beaudre, staff members at Borders, invite students to come to the first meeting of the Women's Literature Reading Group tonight at 7:30. An important goal of the group is to bring the Ann Arbor community together for the common purpose of reading and discussing literature.
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Women's Lit Reading Group Borders, Free Tonight at 7:30 |
There are several reasons people join book clubs, ranging from a desire to read more widely, a nostalgia for college discussion classes or wanting to meet new people with similar tastes in books. Interested people with these varied motivations come to equally varied groups, some directed toward a particular audience through the themes of the books discussed.
Hausman explained that she and Beaudre chose six books they both have read and enjoyed. At the first meeting, they will present them as options for the following week.
The first meeting will most likely involve introductions, discussions about personal preferences for books and goals for the group as a whole, Hausman said.
Hausman talked about two possible methods of conducting the group, to be determined by the members. The first would be similar to a classroom setting in which there would not be as much communal discussion.
The second would place emphasis on group participation and input. With the second method, the responsibility of leading the group would rotate, giving each individual a chance to control how to run the meeting. This tactic would encourage participation as well as personal motivation to complete the reading and promote thought-provoking discussions, Hausman said.