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We Are Bookish creates the best book club kits -- from the author interviews, questions and topics, trivias, and bookmarks! What I love the most is the personal touch of adding recipes, what to read next, and resources for mental health. Overall, a must for those who loved Beautiful World, Where Are You <3

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My book club loved this kit! I've read Normal People by Sally Rooney and did not enjoy it, but after seeing this well-thought-out kit, I decided to give this author a second chance.

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This is a cute little bookclub kit. Very well presented and the bookmarks are super cute. This book touches on your thinking. Raised some very good questions about the book and helps raise discussion. Very good at showing difficult Opinions through each character.

Thank you Net Galley for this copy

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I loved how fun this book club book was! There’s recipes and even a book mark that you can make! I’m glad that is not too short either!

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I made a mistake when I requested this. I thought it was the actual book. Sorry. I have since purchased the book and will read it asap

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This is a great overview of the author. I haven't actually read any of her books (yet) and this highlights/gives an overview of some of her stories but also others which could be recommended to be read next - after a very indepth interview with the publisher and lots of trivia reading group questions! I will come back to this once I've read the novel!

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I am one of the leaders of a bookclub and we will be reading Beautiful World. Where Are You soon.
This is an amazing book club kit for anyone with a bookclub! I definitely recommend getting this bookclub kit.

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This is a great book club guide to reflect on all the different topics that this book touches and make you think off. The questions inside creates a lot of moments to reflect on the plot, their meaning, their characters and other details that otherwise I would have missed or not necessarily stopped to consider. I will be coming for more book club kits in the future!

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This book club kit was very good, raising some good questions about the book. This would form a great discussion started for book clubs who had read the Beautiful World, Where Are You. I also liked the what to read next section.

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This has been a great kit for our book club, really useful to have access to these and we are hoping to choose some future books based on the kits we can access - helped bring structure to our discussion

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This book has a very interesting way of showing different characters opinions on tough matters. Though a bit slow at times, I think the emails between the two friends were very interesting.

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This Book Club Kit provided by Picador and We Are Bookish is amazing. This is my first time to go through a book club kit and I can’t believe I have missed out a lot before.

It is full of contents which make the whole reading journey much more fun. From various discussion topics to fruit crumble recipe (how incredible)!

I love the idea of the book club kit and it’s again to remind me about the lovely book by Sally Rooney. I will definitely join the Picador and We Are Bookish Book club kit again very soon.

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This is a great idea! It's my first book club kit, so it's a fun resource for any book club discussions and for fans of Sally Rooney. I haven't used the recipe yet, but that's an added element that brings originality and more to do than simple Q&A book discussions.

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This book club kit contains a note to readers, publisher interview, discussion questions, printable bookmarks, fruit crumble recipe, book recommendations, and trivia questions. Great for book clubs and discussion groups.

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This book club kit on “Beautiful World, Where Are You” by Sally Rooney is very beautiful. I love these book club kits by We Are Bookish. They are beautiful and well created.

There are content warnings in this kit. Also, there are discussion questions and topic discussions to go along with the book. Therefore, it is perfect for your book club, if you are reading “Beautiful World, Where Are You” or if you just want to reflect on the book you are reading.

There is even a Sally Rooney trivia. How fun is that? Very creative! Also, I love the bookmarks created perfectly for the story and the book cover. And a recipe for fruit crumble. A beautiful book kit.

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I love these little Book Club kits and think they are so helpful! The bookmarks in this one are so cute! I feel like there are normally some more ~fun things included in these, but I like the addition of the recipe and the recommended books. The questions were good and will be helpful to guide discussion about this book for sure.

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This is a great resource for a book club. I especially liked the interview with the publisher. It's a step beyond the typical questions you might find in the back of the book. The best additions were the interview, a printable bookmark, Sally Rooney trivia, and recommendations for what to read next. I would definitely like to read another book club kit.

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I Really enjoy these kits to help kick start conversations about the book. Sometimes it can be overwhelming of where to start so I find this really useful.

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4/5

This is a solid book club kit. They include trivia, a recipe and lots of questions. I got a lot of use out of this kit with the interview and discussion questions

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Concise but thorough, this would make an excellent starting point for a book club discussion on "Beautiful World, Where Are You." I went in without real expectations of what these kits might contain, but this one has—among other things—and interview with the publisher, discussion questions, trivia questions, printable bookmarks (pro tip: you can buy laminating sheets at many office supply stores and use them to make your paper bookmarks last longer), and suggestions for other books to read.

My favorite bit of this by far was the interview with Mitzi Angel, the publisher, I think largely because I didn't expect it—and, although many of the questions asked of Angel could also be used as book club discussion questions, she's truly in a unique position to answer those questions, and of course she's done a great deal of thinking about Rooney's books in general and "Beautiful World" specifically. This makes me think that I'd cheerfully read a book of interviews of editors and publishers of well-known books, talking about the "making of," so to speak.

Use for book clubs aside, the discussion questions in particular could be useful for students writing papers and looking for inspiration (but folks, always cite your sources) and to readers more generally who just—ahem—like thinking too much about books they've read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a free copy of this book club kit.

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