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Laurie Hertzel

10 tips for discussion at your book club, especially if you didn't like the book

Even for Twitter, this was shocking.

An author was invited to a book club to talk about her new novel. At the meeting, one of the members spoke up to note how vehemently she had disliked the book.

"When invited to a book club I don't expect only positive feedback," the author tweeted, "but hearing 'I hated your book. HATED it. It was full of stupid characters doing stupid things. I only read it for the meeting,' felt a little harsh."

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