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JOIN THE CLUB

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group is part of the congregation's adult
education program, said Kamin. A day
session and a night session review the
same book. Both sessions gather eight
times yearly.

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Regardless of the venue, the genre or the
gender, local readers testify that lives
change for the better when they join
groups.
Commerce Township resident Shirlee
Wyman Harris formed a group with
other mothers in the Huntington
Woods area when their kids played base-
ball and soccer.
"It has worked out very well for us,"
she says.
"We respect each other. We've been

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through bar mitzvahs and graduations,
deaths and births and all kinds of transi-
tions together."
Even though Wyman Harris, a
Farmington High School guidance
counselor, moved to western Oakland
County last year, she says "the group
means enough to me that I'm willing to
drive the extra miles back to meetings."
And she has since joined a second book
group that meets every other month on
Sunday mornings at Cosi in Farmington
Hills.
So loyal are certain book club readers
that, according to Michael Kasky,
"When one of our members was
divorced, she got 'custody' of the book
group. Then she remarried, and, happily,
her new husband joined us, too."

any of the book groups mentioned in the adjacent story welcome new-
comers. Resources for readers wishing to form a new group are plentiful.
Here's a brief sampling of books, Web sites and local libraries to help you
get started:

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• The Book Group Book: A Thoughtful Guide to Forming and Enjoying
a Stimulating Book Discussion Group, by Siezak and Atwood;
• The Reading Group Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to
Start Your Own Book Club, by Rachel Jacobsohn;
• Mother-Daughter Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters
Came Together to Talk, Laugh and Learn Through Their Love of Reading,
by Shireen Dodson;
• wwvv.theiewishReader.org offers titles with Jewish content or authorship;
• Www.readinggroupchoices.com provides an alphabetical list of fiction and
nonfiction titles with links to discussion guides;
• vvww.bookspot.com/startbookclub.htm shares experiences of other
book clubs, reviews and lists of tides for great discussions.

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Set Up A Book Group
The Bloomfield Township Public Library, 1099 Lone Pine Road, will host a
seminar on establishing book groups on Thursday, Sept. 23. Call the library at
(248) 642-5800 or go to its Web site, www.btpLorg.

More Hands-On Help

Several local libraries offer kits for reading groups and/or multiple copies of club
assignments. The West Bloomfield Public Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Road,
(248) 232-2290, has an excellent "Book Group To-Go" that includes:
• 10 paperback copies of one of several selected titles;
• A "let's talk" reading guide to help stimulate lively discussions;
• Reviews of the book from Publisher's Weekly and other sources;
• Biographical information about the author; .
• A copy of The Reading Group Book: The Complete Guide to Starting and
Sustaining a Reading Group. This' guide includes annotated lists of
250 suggested tides for provocative book discussions.
The following libraries also can be of help:
• Farmington Community Library: (248) 553-0300;
• Franklin Village Library: (248) 851-2254;
• Huntington Woods Library: (248) 543-9720;
• Novi Public Library: (248) 349-0720;
• Rochester Hills Public Library: (248) 656-2900;
• Southfield Public Library: ( 248) 796-4200.

— Debbie Willis Landau

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