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Book Club Kit: By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

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Absolutely love all the book club kits! They are always so fun. The content in this one was EXCELLENT! There is a fun margarita recipe that I can't wait to try out!

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I love the book club guides! This guide was really special because it included an interview with a cover designer which I have never experienced! It was really cool to know how a cover is designed. I also loved the recipes and activities at the end!

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I am SO excited to read By the Book! Jasmine Guillory is one of my favorite authors and I appreciate having a book club kit to guide my reading discussions/thoughts/review. I remain impressed by these We Are Bookish book club kits!

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This book has good information on the author, Jasmine Guillory, and on writing in general. The book discussion questions are good. I think readers would enjoy learning about book covers and how they come about. For those wanting to write themselves, the writing exercises are very helpful. I like that Beau (the writer) offers some prompts as a writer, and Izzy, (the editor) offers additional prompts to get the writer started.

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I used this for my own book club. It was very organized and helped create new conversations and discussions. I will keep this readily available.

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This book kit will come in handy when the book club I'm in reads the book! I wasn't expecting it to have so much to apply to everything a book club would need/want for their meetings!

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This is the first book that we are reading for our book club. This kit is going to make it so much easier. It literally has everything that you need. I love that this is available, it will totally take the stress off.

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This bookclub kit is amazing! It's perfect to use with my bookclub and has everything I need to help make my monthly bookclub even more fun! I loved this book so much. Thank you for this extra resource and activities! I love these!

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Not the actual book, but this is a cute guide for discussion during bookclub. It has Q&A with the author, recipes, bookmarks. I can’t really review on some of the Q&A section because it’s about the book and I haven’t read the actual book yet. But this is cute.

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This kit was extremely informative and insightful. I plan to read this book with my book club next month and I will be using this as a reference!

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This is a very helpful kit for book clubs! It really opens up more notes for conversation about the book. I love how it adds fun little things to enjoy with reading the book. Like the make your own bookmarks and for the 21+, it has a cocktail recipe which brings a part of the book to life!

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I need to disclose, I have not read the book yet.

I am new to the Book Club Kits and wasn't quite sure what to expect. However, I found this kit diverse in ideas and opportunities to enhance any club discussion.

I wish more books with come with something like this. It would be very helpful it providing a fuller reading experience whether in a book or club or classroom

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I was curious to see the book club kit! My favorite part is the discussion questions and I definitely plan to use some of them with friends I know who are reading this title. Also loved the drink recipe at the end! What a fun addition.

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I am so excited about this book! This was one of my most anticipated releases of 2022…This Book Club Kit will definitely elevate the experience and I love everything included in here, especially the bookmarks!

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I honestly wish more books came with bookclub options like this! I have been running a bookclub for almost a year now and it’s been amazing but some months it’s just hard coming up with discussion questions of how to start talking about the book so having a kit like this would have made it so much more helpful! It’s clear that a lot of care and effort came into putting this together and I think it really shows with all the details and all the different components here. I’m definitely gonna be keeping an eye out for book of these bookclub kits!

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Going into this Book Club Kit, I was a bit clueless. I have never heard of a kit before but after finishing this short-but-sweet kit I feel it added to the reading experience and provided lots of topics for discussion among readers.

The author interview as really great. Jasmine Guillory came across as down to earth and relatable in her answers and I loved the insight into her writing process.

Reading the cover design Q&A was really interesting. They provided insight into the artistic process that I previously had no knowledge on. Seeing the subtle hints in the cover that relate to Beauty and the Beast is something I would not have known without this reading kit.

The other elements in the book club kit such as reader questions, the pen name quiz, further book recommendations relating to different tropes and recipes for drinks which would be perfect for an in-person book club.

The only thing that may not be successful is presuming people are attending in-person book clubs when in reality, social media and virtual book clubs are more popular and prevalent in the book community, especially since Covid-19.

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Very creative with a variety of different activities and things to do as part of a book club reading By the Book. Loved the bookmarks. Found the recipes to be really creative and fun. I also appreciated the recommendations for other books with similar tropes. All in all very fun and creative.

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This book club guide is the perfect addition to By the Book by Jasmine Guillory. I love the interview with Jasmine about the book and her thoughts, feelings, inspirations. The questions for a book club are awesome. I really enjoy the books to read next pages also!

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This book club kit by Jasmine Guillory was a cute and short read. There was a margarita recipe, an author interview, charcuterie board ideas, writing exercises, and some more fun stuff.

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This is an awesome kit! I especially love that the recipes are included. I am excited to read through the interview and questions once I read the book!

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