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Sally Rooney fans would love to have this kit. It has great questions to use as starting points for discussions.

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I read Beautiful World: Where Are You for a Literary Fiction book club so I was really happy to acquire this book club kit. I found that I was interested in the comments and reviews that were posted, as well as the questions which helped to focus the discussion.
Interestingly, no one in my book club enjoyed the book, so this kit helped us to have a good conversation about a book that we didn't like.
I also enjoyed all the additional things that were included in the kit, e.g. the recipe, the other titles, the trivia.
I will look for additional book club kits to use with my book clubs.
Thanks to NetGalley for this publication.

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i didn’t read that book yet but i love those bookish kits, making me really exited to start !!! it’s really useful (the bookmarks are just so cute) and really well thought :)

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I requested the book club kit because I was sure I would love this book and use it for a discussion group..
I absolutely loved Sally Rooney's previous work, "Normal People" and "Conversations with Friends", but I was disappointed in "Beautiful World, Where Are You?"
The characters seemed odd and flat. (In fact, I kept mixing up Eileen and Alice). I found the 3rd person narrative annoying and the story, if there was any, boring.
However, the reading group questions are very detailed & thought provoking, which would provide a good conversation. Not sure we would get through all of them, though.
The bookmarks are nice and I want to make the Fruit Crumble recipe when my friends meet to discuss this book.

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I enjoyed reading this Book Club Kit, for Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney. Now I want to go read the whole book! Thanks to Netgalley for letting me read and review this.

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I accidentaly got this kit thinking that this was the full book but thanks for providing me this kit.

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This is a great guide for Book Club members and their Admins. The questions and topics for discussion are perfect and the gifts of the bookmark would be fun to pass out to everyone. And it would also be so fun to cook the recipe and serve at the last meeting. This is a perfect book club kit for this book
Thank You for sharing

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The questions and topics for discussion were great and gave opportunity for plenty of different opinions to be both discussed and looked at!
the bookmarks were of course adorable and will be well used! the recipe was such a delightful find; and was a tasty treat!

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A helpful guide when leading a book group discussion complete with background information, possible discussion questions, a fruit crumble recipe and suggestions for future books to read.

Book Club Kit: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney by We Are Bookish. #BeautifulWorldWhereAreYouBookClubKit #NetGalley

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3,7

Mega util para una lectura conjunta.
Una historia muy real y cercana sobre los conflictos en el paso de la adultez-joven a la adultez propiamente tal, los cuestionamientos sobre la vida y las relaciones que hemos ido estableciendo a nuestro alrededor, expectativas laborales, relacionales, salud mental, con qué nos quedamos, qué dejamos atrás y en qué nos arriesgamos.

"Sigue siendo mejor amar algo que no amar nada, mejor amar a alguien que no amar a nadie, y aquí estoy, viviendo en el mundo, sin desear ni por un momento que no fuera así".

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Great Book Club Kit,
Fun guide with trivia about the author and a recipe fun to make.
Great recommendations.

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I absolutely love this Book Club Kit and think they are an amazing idea.

I particularly loved the bookmarks and recipe - they were a lovely edition.

I also really enjoyed the interview with the publisher, it was a great insight into the industry.

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If you have never started a book club and needed guidance on what questions to ask or where to stir the topic, look no further.. This book club kit had great discussion questions which helps reader further explore the novel and characters, and photos.

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Such a great guide to a great book! Highly recommend anyone who is interested in or already in an existing book clue to look into this!

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As a book club, we read the book and used this Book Club Kit.

As a group, we loved the recipe that was included! We thought that was a great touch. We've been adding drinks and drink glitter and other fun things to our reading group so a recipe was perfect. We all absolutely loved the printable book marks, I forwarded both things out to the group.

We did stumble on the questions, though. As a group, the thought the discussion questions were too wordy and with too many questions for each point. I find that quick oneliners give the readers the opportunity to share their POV and leads to more discussion.

We did love the kit! As the group leader, I appreciated all the fun details. And it was nice to have a set of questions to ask instead of me having to come up with them.

Thank you for this book kit! My book club and I will keep an eye out for the next one!

Reviews on the book are below. 1 person didn't want to finish (stopped at 100 pages) and another isn't on Goodreads.

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I absolutely love the Book Club Kits! Great idea! I learned a lot about extra things we can do as a book club!

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This book club kit was helpful! The publisher interview was a nice little peak into how a publisher looks at books and the author, and everyone thought the bookmarks were cute. A few of my book club buddies went on to read the suggested books to read next and had some positive things to say about that. We really enjoyed the questions, though, which is of course the most important part of the kit! Great discussions had by all.

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These Book Club Kits are super helpful and full of good resources for readers. I highly recommend them and think the publishers should consider making them publicly available via the publisher's website or via the author's website. Thank you NetGalley.

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This book was so good! I want to see more from this author in the future!! I couldn't put this book down. What a page turner!!!

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beautiful world is one my favourite books and this was a perfect guide to it and I loved the what to read next section !

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