Howtochoosebooksyourbookdiscussiongroupwillenjoy 　　Therearemanydifferentwaystochoosebooksforyourbookclub/readinggroup,andthereisnoreasontostickwiththesameformulaallthetime.Hereareafewsuggestions: 　　Chooseatheme-e.g.aparticularculture,country,author,timeperiod,genreorsubject.Oravoidgettingstuckinathemebydeliberatelychoosingbooksthataredifferentfromeachother!BookBrowse'sreadingguidesaresortedbytitle,authorandawiderangeofthemes. 　　Takeitinturnstochoose. 　　Agreewhowillshortlistthebooksforthenextmeetingandhavethembringalong2-3recommendationswhichthemembersvoteon. 　　BrowseBookBrowse! 　　Agreatwaytofindexceptionalbooks,savetimeatyourmeetingsandbesurethateveryoneknowsabitaboutthebooksthey'regoingtobevotingon,isforonepersontovisitBookBrowseandselectashortlistofbooksthatlooktobeofparticularinterest.ThenemailtheURLs(pageaddresses)totheothermembers,whocanthenbrowsetheextensiveexcerpts,multiplereviewsetc.ofeachbookandcometothemeetingwithanopinionontheshortlistedbooks. 　　Ifyouhavetroubleagreeing,whynotreadallofthem(spreadoutoverafewmonthsofcourse)? 　　Ifyoufindyourselfdisappointedthatthegroupdon'twanttoreadabookthatyouthinklooksexcellent,keepinmindthatthereisabsolutelynothingstoppingyoureadingityourself-andifitprovestobeasgoodasyouthink,youcanalwaysrecommendittothegroupatalatertime! 　　Lookforrecommendationsatyourlibraryorbookstore.Mostlibrarieshavelistsofrecommendedtitlesand'librarianpicks',andmanylibarieswillbehappytoworkwithyouandyourgrouptofindbookchoicesthatyou'relikelytoenjoy;orcheckoutlistsofawardssuchasThePulitzerPrize,BookerPrizeandNationalBookAwards. 　　It'sunlikelythateverybodywillagreeoneverybookchoiceeverytime.Makeitclearwhenthegroupissetup,andwhennewmembersjoin,thatamajorityvotewillcarry-encouragememberstotreatnewgenresorauthorswithanopenmind-afterallmostpeoplejoinabookclubtoexpandtheirreadingexperience. 　　Bemindfulofgenreburnout-don'tstaywiththesamelist/themefortoolong,ortakeabreakeverynowandthenwithabookthatbreaksthemold. 　　Selectyourbooksatleasttwotothreemeetingsaheadoftime,sothatyouhaveplentyoftimetoreadthem(andpotentiallytoborrowfromthelibraryorsharecopiesamongstthegroup).Somegroupsplantheirentireyear'sreadingatonemeeting,othersprefertostayjustafewbooksahead. 　　However,becautiousofcommittingtobookstoofaraheadasthemoodandinterestsofthegroupmightchangeovertimeandyoucouldfindyourselvestiedintoabookorgenrethatisnolongerofinteresttothegroup. 　　Atleastforthefirstfewmeetings,choosereasonablyshortbooks(leaveWarandPeaceforalatermeeting!)withareadypreparedreadingguide.Avoidbooksthatareboundtobecomecontroversial(e.g.religionandpolitics)untilthegroupmembershavehadtimetogettoknoweachother. 　　FromthePublisher 　　AllKindsofMinds:Thisbookwaswrittentohelpchildrenintheelementarygradesunderstandhowtheylearn,howweaknessesmakelearningdifficult,andhowtheirstrengthscanbeusedtoimprovetheirlearningskills.Asthetitleindicates,mindsvary-noneisperfect-andevery