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Book Club Kit: The Midnight Library

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This is a story of a young depressed girl whom has just taken her life. She enters a library before heaven and has been given the choice to live again. And choose any life she would like to live. The whole book is this young girl in all the different scenarios of her life and how Greg could have panned outs Story of many lives with a moral at the end.

I just felt the book dragged on. I don’t know what the hype about this book was all about. Easy boring read in my opinion. But yes, the moral of the story is… you choose the life you want to live.

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This is a good book club kit for Haig’s book. It begins with 8 discussions that will let the readers in the book club dig deeper in the book. It also includes an interview with the author. The questions and his answers will allow the readers to have insight into his thinking as he was writing but will also allow them to personally connect to the novel by considering their own experiences and answers to some of the questions.

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This companion to The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a great resource. I enjoyed diving deeper into the text and applying its lessons to my own life. My favorite question asked me to ponder what my library would look like. It would most certainly be cared for by Deborah MacInnis, Edgartown children's librarian!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my egalley!

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This was additional material one would use alongside the book The Midnight Librarian. I have not read the book before, but just looking at the discussion questions, one gets the idea and a lot of questions had to deal with looking at your own life like the character did and analyzing decisions made and regrets had. I enjoyed the section that was "In Conversation with Matt Haig". I love learning about back story, what happened in his life that he added to this work and his reasoning behind the context and characters in the book.
This has definitely made me interested in finding the book, The Midnight Librarian, and giving it a try.

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I'm really glad that I came across this book club resource. The original book for the Midnight Library is amazing and this kit will be the perfect resource for those wanting some extra guidance as they discuss the storyline within a book club. Visually its very appealing and the information is short and concise. I highly recommend!

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really really cute.
The Midnight Library book club kit includes the discussion questions about the book and an interesting “conversation with Matt Haig”. it was so interesting, really love it

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I haven’t used this in a book club setting yet but I love having the questions and guides for when/if I’m ever able to. It really helps make reading and a love of a more communal thing when it’s otherwise very solitary. I want more to include things like this as an appendix or come with a companion guide.

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“Between life and death there is a library.”

The Midnight Library book club kit includes the discussion questions about the book and an interesting “conversation with Matt Haig”.
I found this last part very interesting as it allows you to understand where the idea of the book comes from.
Plus the graphic is beautiful.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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This Book Club Kit was great! I particularly enjoyed the conversation with Matt Haig, because I think it's great for the reader to learn more about the author behind the book since it might give you another perspective on the book itself.

One thing that I think could be improved, is for there to be one or two more personal questions, where the reader can reflect on their own life, in comparison to the book. I think this could help the reader relate more to the main character, and it shifts the focus from simply the novel to a broader spectrum.

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This is a book club kit which I didn’t realize when I agreed to read it so I’m giving a neutral rating. Other than that, the kit was quite helpful to be honest.

I won’t share my review anywhere rather than the NetGalley's official site since it’s a book club kit.

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Amazing resource for book clubs and groups , really enjoy how well thru is done this guide, totally worth it , love this

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This is a book club thing which I didn’t realize when I clicked it so I’m giving a neutral rating.

I won’t share my review anywhere either since it’s a book club kit.

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I really enjoyed this Book Club kit.
I read the book a few months ago and when I was done, I was definitely asking myself some of the questions that were in this kit! The questions are varied and very reflective. It was also nice to read more about Matt Haig’s thought process for the book. I would have loved a few more questions, though!

Thank you to Net Galley and Penguin Random House Library for making an E-ARC available for this kit!

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Note that this review is for the Book Club Kit not the full book. That having been said, after reading this kit, I immediately requested the book from my library. It looks quite intriguing.

This guide is helpful for any reader including those who are not in book clubs. There is information about the book and author, an interview and many good questions to ponder.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Library Resources for this title. All opinions are my own.

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The discussion questions were excellent and insightful. They helped us to dive deeper into the novel. I loved the interview with Matt Haig. Getting to see where he came up with the idea for this great story and how he related to his own story and characters

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Thought provoking, heart breaking but beautiful and a reminder to never give up hope!
Not what I was expecting but a whirlwind all the same.

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Life is gray and full of regrets for Nora Seed when she stumbles into the Midnight Library: a place on the edge of consciousness where you can check out books about your life, or rather variations of it. As Nora samples alternate realities, she is faced with the truth about what her life could have been and a decision to be made about what it should be now.
The Midnight Library is the perfect night time read to get your imagination primed for sweet dreams while still leaving you wanting to find out what happens on the next page.

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Really enjoyed the questions that are included at the end of the book as well as the interview. I am in a book club currently and I think I will mention this book and see if anyone is interested. I think the questions and other info could lead to some good discussion. The story is also fun and engaging, I think those in my book club may enjoy it.

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I ran a small book club for a while and having these kits is so helpful! We did weekly discussions so I could definitely use some more ideas for questions for those discussions. Although I did thoroughly enjoy the behind the scenes with the author!

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Very enjoyable read! I absolutely loved the idea of the Midnight Library and the librarian herself. So much so that I just had to reach out to my childhood librarian.. and now I work at a library!

Anyways, the idea of the Midnight Library and each of the books (no spoilers) is fantastic. I love the different avenues the main character takes. The main character was a bit annoying at times, I'm not sure exactly why I disliked her. She wasn't awful, just not enjoyable. I did like where she ended up in the end, it gave closure.

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