Meet KC Girlfriends Book Club
By APOOO • Sep 29th, 2008 • Category: APOOO Features, Head of the Class •
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We read memoirs, contemporary fiction, sci-fi, chick-lit, romance.
Name FIVE authors whose books your book club enjoys reading together.
We mostly read new authors so I don’t think we’ve repeatedly read any author that everyone enjoyed reading as a group. Our favorite new authors so far have been Ebony Farashuu, T.T. Bridgeman, L.Y. Marlow, Delores Phillips, and Millennia Black.
List the FOUR BEST books that your book club has read this year.
Color Me Butterfly by L.Y. Marlow (this is probably our favorite within all the years of the book club), Pound Cake for Sweet Pea by T.T. Bridgeman, Diary of a Mistress by Miasha, Sweet Georgia Brown by Cheryl Robinson.
List THREE books–the last book your club read, the current book your club is reading, the book your club plans to read next.
Last book: Color Me Butterfly by L.Y. Marlow
Current book: Black Rain by Vincent Alexandria
Next Book: A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Offer TWO things to consider before starting a book club.
The two tips that I would offer anyone that would like to start a book club are: Be committed to the entire process of beginning a book club. The more consistent you are, the better organized your book club will be.
Use your local AA event websites to attract diverse readers. It is actually better to have readers that are not relatives or friends involved in the book club in order to keep your book club on task and not end up with a social club instead.
If your group could have dinner with ONE author, who would be your group’s choice and why?
Probably Eric Jerome Dickey just because we’ve probably read more of his books than any other authors. I think we would like to know what does he be thinking of when writing his books. Especially the last three!
GOTTA RUN…BUT BEFORE WE DEPART:
What makes your book club unique and different from any other book club?
Our book club is unique because we’re trying to not only make a difference within our own community but also the literary community world-wide. We try to give new authors a platform by reading their books and also by turning around and exposing them to a broader audience on our radio show. We are moving in new directions all the time to make a difference some way literary-wise.
Is your group currently accepting membership?
Yes we accept new members in January, May, and September
If so, whom should we contact? www.kcgirlfriendsbookclub.com/kcgfrecruitmentpage fill out the application on the page
How can one reach your group on the Web?
www.kcgirlfriendsbookclub.com
www.myspace.com/kcgirlfriendsbookclub
APOOO thanks KC Girlfriends Book Club for stopping by and hanging out with us today. We wish each of them many years of fellow shipping via books.
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Congrats on the spotlight feature…
It is actually better to have readers that are not relatives or friends involved in the book club in order to keep your book club on task and not end up with a social club instead. So true, we’ve found that several of us that have invited friends or family it never seems to work out. Mainly because the invitee can’t be themselves anymore or like you said it becoming more of a social club.
Hello KC Girlfriends. Welcome to the spotlight here on APOOO! It’s great to see you ladies here. I often wondered if the KC was for Kansas City.
Does your book club review books? Yes we do. In fact we review as a team as well as individually.
If so, what genres? Truthfully, we have a person for almost everything. There of course are some restrictions when it comes to some publishing houses as we’ve chosen not to support certain companies.
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KC Girlfriends…. I still want to visit kansas … congratulations on the feature in APOOO. I am a EJD fan also. I think his writing has grown over the years. Praying for more success for your group.
Hey KC Girlfriends Book Club,
Nice to meet you, congratulations on your feature on APOOO. Love your website.
Does your book club review books? Yes my book club review books
If so, what genres? We don’t have a specific genre we welcome all genres that we are given, with restrictions.
Tangerine
Reader’s Paradise Book Club
Congrats ladies….I love EJD and have all of his books. I had the pleasure(pun intended)of being at his book signing in Jacksonville Fl for the release of Pleause…..he was a really nice person and you could see the passion he has for his work and he takes delight in the readers finding the common thread from book to book. I am on pins and needles waiting for his next book.
Hi KC Girlfriends Book club, congrats on being featured on the website. I like the idea of posting on AA website to attract a more diverse group. Sounds like you guys have great fun.!!!
Susan a.k.a. Suebhoney
Literary Divas Book Club- Detroit, MI
Dropping by to show a little MIDWEST LOVE from the other side of Missouri. Congrats on the feature.
Does your book club review books? See Nardsbaby’s comments.
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ENJOYED YOUR FEATURED INTERVIEW VERY,VERY,VERY MUCH!!!! KC GIRLFRIENDS BOOK CLUB IS AN INTERESTING NAME BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU BROUGHT IN YOUR LOCATION. I THINK THAT’S HOT!
YOUR BOOK LISTS OF CURRENT READS AND FAVORITE READS IS DEFINATELY IMPRESSIVE DUE TO THE FACT IT
INVOLVES AUTHORS MANY OF THE OTHER CLUBS HAVE NOT TOUCHED UPON YET! CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK OF A PIECE OF CAKE BY CUPCAKE BROWN. I SUGGEST AFTER YOU READ THE BOOKS, THAT YOU GUYS GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT VIA EMAIL. SHE IS A VERY NICE PERSON WHO ENJOYS RECEIVING MAIL FROM THOSE WHO READ HER BOOK AND OFTEN RESPONDS! I LOVED HER BOOK! MAI I SUGGEST FOR FUTURE READS,
GETTING HERS AND WICKED WAYS9THE SEQUEL!) BY DONNA HILL WHO HAS WRITTEN OVER 50 BOOKS.CHECK OUT HER WEBSITE AND JOIN IN THE FUN OF HER FAN CLUB. MAKE URE YOU REGISTER FOR THE 2009 NATIONAL BOOK CLUB CONFERENCE THE FIRST WEEKEND IN AUGUST IN ATLANTA GEORGIA. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE: http://www.nationalbookclubconference.org and join over 1000 avid book club members and some simply avid readers
wWITH ERIC JEROME DICKEY,WALTER MOSLEY,PAMELA SAMUELS, TTERRI MCMILLION,CARL WEBBER,TAVIS SMILEY, DONNA HILL, TINA MCELROY AND SO MANY OTHER TALENTED AUTHORS UNDER ONE ROOF! MAN, YOU
WILL LOVE IT! WELL GOT TO GO. NICE MEETING YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!BLESSINGS!
Congrats Ladies!!!!
I enjoy your show and talking with your president! She is Fantastic!!!
Kenae
Hi Ladies -
Wonderful picture.
I am a recent EJD fan and have read and enjoyed his last couple of books.
Take care
Beverly
Hi KC Girlfriends Book Club. I have a friend in your area so I’ll have to tell her about your book club.
My local book club doesn’t review books but I review books independently and then offer suggestions to my book club members.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you to KC Girlfriends Book Club for opening up the cyber doors and giving us a glimpse into your book world. Book clubs make the world go ‘round. Congratulations on the success of your book club.
Thanks so much everyone for the kind words! We really do appreciate it!
To answer some of the questions that were asked: Beginning next year we will be reviewing all genres…although we do not read every genre offered in the book club. I think after a while, you really learn the preference of the group as a whole, and some genres just don’t work in all book clubs! I know that most of you know exactly what I’m talking about!
Our book club actually does attend the National Book Club Conference each year, which started in 2006. I was the moderator for the “Maximizing Your Book Club Experience” panel discussion this year and will do so again, next year. So if you attend in 2009, please stop by and say hello!
If anyone’s interested in appearing on our radio show’s panel discussion on 11/10/08 about how to begin and maintain a successful book club, please email me at tlwebb@kcgirlfriendsbookclub.com
Happy Reading!
TaNisha Webb
KC Girlfriends Book Club President
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