What is the point of book clubs?

As others have said, a book club, not the mail order ones, is for people to come together and discuss different books. What you like about them, disliked, or what you didn't understand. There are times when you might read a book and after finishing it, you want to discuss it with someone, and this might be the perfect opportunity to do it. Mail order book clubs are basically another means of getting books outside of having to go to stores and such.What is the point of book clubs?
Never been a part of one, but my guess would be to motivate others within the group to read, and to understand the book from another reader's perspective.
so people who enjoy books can get together and discuss their favorite parts of the book and stuff. It also is an opritunity for a group of friends to enjoy a book together and such.What is the point of book clubs?
if you mean the mail-order type, it's to sell a product. face meetings are about people sharing a common interest. we are social animals. always have been.
To read (and then discuss) books.What is the point of book clubs?
The mail order book clubs are a real boon to people who are shut in or those who live in areas where there are no bookstores.



I know it's hard to conceive of any place in the US where there are no bookstores, but you haven't been to Wyoming.
To make unimportant people sound important.