{"id":5089,"date":"2023-04-10T08:45:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T08:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=5089"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:29:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:29:30","slug":"how-to-start-a-book-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/how-to-start-a-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start a Book Club!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Patrick Coy-Bjork ’24<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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One of my biggest joys this semester has been \u201cThe Tuesday Night Club:\u201d a new book club formed by Nina Rogers (\u201825), Aldo Palacio (\u201824), and myself. Last fall, the three of us were in Professor Andrea Kaston Tange\u2019s course: ENGL 294-03: \u201cGreat Detectives and Plots of Detection.\u201d The class was all about reading and analyzing all sorts of mystery literature throughout history. We began with what was considered the first detective story and ended reading a mystery published in the last few years. The class was absolutely delightful, as we couldn\u2019t help ourselves from becoming completely engrossed in the stories. We would all present different theories and guesses and even debated what really qualified as a \u201cmystery.\u201d The class was a blast, and we wanted to continue the fun, and so we formed \u201cThe Tuesday Night Club!\u201d Named after an Agatha Christie short story, the Tuesday Night Club has continued to meet every two weeks discussing mystery novels. Most recently, we finished Anne Cleeves\u2019 <\/span>The Darkest Evening<\/span><\/i>: a story in which a Northumberland police detective solves the case of a woman who appears to have been murdered just outside of a grand house party during a blizzard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The majority of our class from the previous semester has continued attending our book club, and it has been such a joy to keep the fun of that class going. If you\u2019re interested in starting a book club yourself, the English Department is here to support you! Through the Critchett Fund, the English Department will pay for book clubs\u2019 reading materials for a maximum of twelve members. There are also several classrooms in Old Main and Carnegie that you could book for book club meetings on EMS. To start setting up  your groups, just email <\/span>jbeebe@macalester.edu<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>englishdepartment@macalester.edu<\/span><\/a> to ask for the form to submit a proposal for the Critchett Fund. I wish any aspiring book club leaders the best of luck and happy reading!<\/span>
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