Reading Groups Quotes

I was always a slow reader, from the very beginning. I remember in first grade our teacher divided us into groups, and I was definitely in the slow group. She didn't call it that, but everybody in the class knew. But I still loved reading. Being a slow reader affected my grades in school, but it didn't affect my love for reading. I still loved going to the library, and I still loved reading books.

Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.

Reading groups, readings, breakdowns of book sales all tell the same story: when women stop reading, the novel will be dead.

I have not been in a book club where there were any men, and I have not, in fact, heard of book groups that were mixed.

Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.

Book clubs, both online and in person, have become a large percentage of the reading public, and many of them won't consider reading books in hardcover.

I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry.

There's a remarkable power about reading together, reading collectively, that's brought out by reading groups.

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.

I'm hot on the Jewish book club circuit. How many black authors do you know who can say that?

Attending a book group is always a salutary experience for a writer. There's no guarantee that the people there will have enjoyed your book, and, as anyone who has taken part in a book group will know, half the fun is in ripping a book you haven't liked to shreds.

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.