Links to related sites
General info from Penguin books on what national book groups are reading:
http://readers.penguin.co.uk/
A stylish looking site, helpfully listing book groups across the UK (including us). Has a "book group of the month" listing as well as other information:
http://www.bookgroup.info
The information on this site is helpful in setting up a book group,
http://www.book-clubs-resource.com/
and this page in particular has some helpful pointers for guiding discussion on fiction:http://www.book-clubs-resource.com/running/discussion-questions.php
More general info on book groups, suggested reading and discussion guides from Harper Collins:
http://www.readinggroups.co.uk/
From Hazel: Online book group with lots of reading related discussion in a wide-ranging forum:
http://www.bookgrouponline.com/forum/
From Eleanor: An online "library catalogue" (and more) for people interested in books and book groups to record reviews:
http://www.librarything.com
From Hazel: Greenmetropolis promotes recycling of books by selling second hand books at £3.75 and donating to the Woodland Trust. Have a look:
http://www.greenmetropolis.com
From Martin: For facebook fans there are a variety of book related apps. If you go to www.facebook.com/apps and then look at the Education category there are a few there.
From Joan: an inexpensive and environmentally friendly way to read more without buying more and without stockpiling more books at home:
http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/TheLibrary.aspx
Contact me if you would like me to add any other sites to this page.