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-*Our Book Club is currently meeting six times per year (every couple of months). We always have it on a Thursday or Tuesday at 7:00 pm Central time and it lasts one hour via conference call. We have a toll-free phone number so those of our patrons that want to participate can call in from anywhere in Texas at the time of the book club. They don't need to have a computer or any type of special technology. All they need is a phone.+*Our Book Club is currently meeting six times per year (every couple of months). We always have it on a Thursday or Tuesday at 7:00 pm Central time and it lasts one hour via conference call. We have a toll-free phone number so those of our patrons that want to participate can call in from anywhere in Texas. They don't need to have a computer or any type of special technology. All they need is a phone.
  
-*We send an email blast six weeks before the date of each book club and patrons contact us if they want to RSVP. We send them the book, or they download the title from BARD depending on their preference. One week before the book club, the patrons that RSVPd get a reminder via email or phone (or both if they wish).+*We send an email blast six weeks before the date of each book club. We also announce the book club dates and titles via our Newsletter and our blog. Patrons contact us if they want to RSVP. We send them the book on cartridge, or they download the title from BARD, depending on their preference. One week before the book club, the patrons that RSVPd get a reminder via email or phone (or both if they wish).
  
 *We try to pick varied titles: fiction, non-fiction, adventure, romance, classics, historical fiction, literary fiction, etc. Best sellers are a big one, too. We usually have a list of questions to generate discussion and we always have a lively, chatty crowd with stimulating conversation. Our patrons like it and we do too. *We try to pick varied titles: fiction, non-fiction, adventure, romance, classics, historical fiction, literary fiction, etc. Best sellers are a big one, too. We usually have a list of questions to generate discussion and we always have a lively, chatty crowd with stimulating conversation. Our patrons like it and we do too.
  
  
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