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Book Club Kit: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

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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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This Book Club Kit has interesting questions to discuss when reading Beautiful World Where Are You and is highly recommended to book club leaders thar want to have some provoking and great debate when discussing the chapters or specific things about it.

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An excellent book club kit! Highly recommended for facilitating in depth discussion around the book and its themes. Looking forward to using this one with my book club soon.

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Wow I love this book club kit! Everything put together and we'll organized and set up to have interesting conversations about the book without going off course and getting bogged down. I also love the book mark. What a fantastic way to do a book club. It truly is a tool kit and I will be looking for me.

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Well i think this is the novel but not. The content was helpfull for discussion, have material for people who already read this book.

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WOW!!!!! Hooked from the first page and read this book in one sitting… Full of tension and suspense. A real page turner

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The discussion questions are thought-provoking. I found the "What To Read Next Section" to be good - of the books I'd read, I felt like they were a good fit. I didn't particularly care for the "Shelf Awareness Interviews" or the "Sally Rooney Trivia," but I'm sure a lot of readers would enjoy those sections.

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This bookclub kit was really good. Any person hosting a book club would absolutely love it. The questions are relevant to the story and spark discussion. There was also an interview with the author that gave a lot of insight to what she was thinking when writing the book. There was even a recipe from the book and Book recommendations for your next hosting. 5stars!

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These book club kits are amazing….great content and they make it so easy to encourage participation for a book club reading the book. I love this one has a recipe and book marks that can be printed and given out at a meet up to discuss the book.

I hope to see many more books get a kit for future meetings , I know I will be using them for any book clubs I host

I received this kit through NetGalley and all opinions are my own

I would recommend these for any book club reading the book

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These are excellent traditional book club materials. The allure of Sally Rooney is part non-traditional lifestyle, though, and I wonder whether non-trad materials might be useful. I understand, though, that book clubs are mostly traditional readers.

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MY book club read Beautiful World, Where Are You in March 2022. This book club kit would have been so helpful!

We all found the book difficult to follow, especially without the use of quotes throughout the book. Because of this it was hard formulate questions and have a proper conversation about the book. This book club kit's questions and topics for discussion is excellent! I specifically liked question 5, What transformations take place in the way both couples experience sex, eroticism, and love? What enables these two relationships to persist, despite frequent doubts and deep vulnerabilities? How do differences in age and wealth affect their power dynamics?

This was my book clubs first Sally Rooney novel so the section for Sally Rooney Trivia would not have been integral to our conversation but I can see how it would be very interesting for Rooney fans!

I also loved the little addition of the fruit crumble recipe! Will definitely need to give it a try!

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This kit is gorgeous and has a lot of wonderful information in it. I really enjoyed the publisher interview. I would have loved to have an author interview as well to get a bit of information on what they were thinking when they created this book. As it stands, this book kit feels more like someone guessing about what the author was possibly thinking when they created the book.

Possible Improvements:

1. An author interview. I really enjoyed the publisher interview. It would be greta if we also had an author interview.
2. Links to spotify playlists. Spotifly playlists were mentioned, but there was no link to automatically go to the playlists. It would be great if those were provided in updated editions (if the playlists are still online, if they are not then that can be mentioned a well).
3. Information about the setting of this book and what inspired each character.
4. More art and drawings. For instance, perhaps a depiction of what the characters look like or what their rooms or workspaces look like.

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Unable to use this book club kit, I thought it was the book. However looks great & Sally Rooney is a highly recommended author!

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