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Book Club Kit: Transcendent Kingdom

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Great Book Club Kit! I love downloading the book club kit companions for my books, being head of a book club, it makes my job easier to have this instead of typing and printing out pages. I hope more of these kits become available to download on Netgalley.

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Very useful book club kit! It can be of great help for book club organizers and for people who need some challenging questions to help them think "deeper" about the book.
I appreciate a lot that there is a "further reading" list at the end!

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This is an excellent book club kit that I would recommend for any book club. The discussion questions are great, and any group would benefit from them.

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Ultimately this “book kit” had a page of praise for the book, a page with a couple questions the author answered, and a page with 12 questions. It’s pretty short, but I suppose it could help if you were leading a book club for Transcendent Kingdom (an incredible book, btw).

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Some good insights and questions for a book club I was a part of. This kit presents some foundation to build a good discussion.

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I downloaded this just a couple days before my large book club met virtually to discuss Transcendent Kingdom, and it was immensely helpful! The book itself was such a treasure trove of discussion topics, but this kit really helped identify some interesting conversation starters and ways to delve deeper below the surface of the story. It was great to hear some perspectives from Yaa Gyasi re: her narrative choices and put the book into better context for our understanding. Thank you NetGalley!

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This is a really great book club kit! The discussion questions are very well written and would definitely facilitate an insightful conversation about the themes in the book. I also really love how the kit includes suggestions for further readings! Would definitely recommend this resource to anyone looking to read this book for a book club.

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This is a useful document for books clubs to dig deeper into the novel, Transcendent Kingdom. Thought-provoking questions, author interview, and I especially loved the suggested reading list. Each book club kit is a little bit different and geared toward a specific book. Love it!

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As the subtitle tells us, this book is about “innovations that changed the world” and they all happened in Boston, USA. The author profiles 50 world-changing innovations from telephones to transplants and informs us that Boston and area inventors have contributed to more than 400 social, scientific and commercial innovations, a figure that will no doubt ignite a warm glow in the hearts of Bostonians. A fun read.

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My bookclub read Homegoing for our February pick and I decided to jump into Transcendent kingdom next. These kit was the perfect addition to our bookclub chat, and offered thoughts I may have missed on my own.

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This Book Club Kit is well prepared, graphically beautiful and interesting in terms of content which was great for my book club meeting

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Another great Book Club Kit, this time for Transcendent Kingdom. What I really like about the kit for this book is the added suggested reading at the end. There are discussion questions and group guides, but I think the added further reading at the end solidifies the understanding of the content. It's a way for readers to continue their education and understanding beyond just this book. This will be absolutely perfect for any book club.

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Awesome specific discussion questions provided that would be very useful for a book club meeting. There are even page numbers referenced so users can refer back and interact more with the book. This kit is simple but works great for its intended purpose.

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I'm obviously stupid and didn't know what a book club kit was. All the same, this was fantastic. Amazing ideas and questions for discussion.

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This is a great kit to have for book club discussions and to have while reading this book. Thank you to NetGalley, publisher, and author for a gifted copy. This is my honest review.

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This was a beautiful book club kit. My book club picked Transcendent Kingdom as our February 2021 read and we used this kit at our zoom meeting.

First off, it was lovely to look at: Great graphic design. The questions were great to get discussion going.

We also spent a good deal of time talking through the Suggested Reading list. A number of us had read some of the books on the list and I know many of us added some of the suggested books to our to read list.

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Great questions was asked to lead group discussions. I was hoping to have the book too, but since I don’t I can’t judge off of if the questions are the “juicy” part within the book.

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Interesting idea to have a book club kit - its a great book for a book club. Cant really review the kit as such but no complains.

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This is one of my favorite books ever, and this book club kit really gave a ton of great ideas for discussing with friends. Loved it!

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This review is for the Book Club Kit for Transcendent Kingdom. This kit includes a collection of reviews, a short interview with the author, discussion questions about the book, and a list of books to read after Transcendent Kingdom. I found the elements, particularly the interview and discussion questions to be thoughtful. I believe reading the interview and using the discussion questions during a book club would add depth to the discussion.

I do wish there was some sort of description of the books recommended instead of just a list of books. Or a couple of words about why you might like this after Transcendent Kingdom.

I am unsure why reviews were included. Is it to entice people to use this book? I wouldn't think it would be helpful for people who read the book.

Overall, I would recommend using this Book Club Kit for Transcendent Kingdom!

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