We will spend about 2 months on each book. We will read lifelong learning, personal growth, novels, and other books that take an average of nine hours to read cover to cover. If you have between 1 and 2 hours a week to read, you can make it happen! 

No, the book club will be entirely online. You can participate anywhere you have internet access and on days and times that are convenient for you. 

Participation in the book club is FREE! Sign up here.

Participants can get books in their preferred format at their local library or purchase them from their preferred retailer. 

The book club will be moderated by a PBC Guru moderator who manages the forum and provides additional content related to the book. The moderator will pose questions to the group, share relevant articles and facilitate conversation about topics in the book. 

Members will be encouraged to post and share as well. This format allows for ongoing conversation and makes it easy for readers to connect with each other through the forum.

You can! It's recommended that you start with the beginning of each new book, but feel free to catch up and follow along with the discussion on the book in progress.

You can also choose to dip in and out of the club if you like this book, but the next isn't your cup of tea. You're always welcome to follow along or rejoin the discussion at any time. 

Sign up here.

We're using a private forum to host the virtual book club so it's easy to connect with fellow alumni. During our sign-up process, you will enter the information to auto-generate your free profile. After you complete the sign up, we'll send you a link to the forum and you can begin to post right away! To help us create a welcoming and connected community, add your photo to your profile and introduce yourself in the 'Introductions' thread.

Create your online forum profile by clicking on the circle icon in the top right corner of the page, then clicking on the gear. Add your photo and names. Introduce yourself in the comments of the Introductions thread. Tell us a bit about who you are, when you graduated, what kinds of books you like to read, and your hopes for our book club. Tell us a fun fact if you're up for it! 

Discussion leaders are book club members who help initiate and advance our weekly discussions. 

Each time we begin a new reading period, you will receive an email asking if you'd like to become/continue being a discussion leader for our new book club selection. If you are interested in being a discussion leader but do not have the time during a call for volunteers, you can always sign up to be a discussion leader for a future reading period. 

The time commitment for being a discussion leader is roughly 10-15 minutes per week. As a discussion leader, we ask that you aim to: 

• Post at least one comment a week in our discussion
• Reply to fellow book club members' posts
• Ask follow up questions to fellow book club members' posts
• Connect different threads of discussion together, in order to create a more cohesive conversation

Click on the picture of the topic or post you'd like to comment on. Click on the Reply button, type in your response, and hit reply to send. 

Professional Book Club (PBC) Guru is a book club management company that partners with businesses, alumni associations, libraries, and professional societies. Check out their website, http://www.pbc.guru, to learn more.