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I have bought this book for a few friends and a couple more have requested it from the library. These questions are great and will be highly useful! Thank you so much for this!

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I'm excited for the Book Club kit. My book club is reading The Midnight Library this month so having these questions and more information about the author will be perfect for our discussion!

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Really love this Book Club Kit as a supplement to The Midnight Library. I really enjoyed the book and it was nice to have a chance to reflect on it through the questions in this kit. The interview with Matt Haig was super insightful as well. Would definitely recommend for Book Clubs or anyone who wants to reflect the book alone!

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I love the idea of these book club kits! I always love when I see book club discussion topics in my books. I haven’t read The Midnight Library but I thought the questions posed in this kit were really insightful. In particular, the question about achieving success in more than one area vs one success at the cost of others got me thinking: what would be the one success I would trade everything else for? Is there anything worth it?

I don’t plan to read The Midnight Library but I’m grateful for the opportunity to get some perspective on the book. Thank you for the free kit NetGalley and Penguin Random House!

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If I see Matt Haig's name attached to anything, I'm going to read it. He's one of my all-time favorite authors, and The Midnight Library was my favorite fiction read of 2020. I sum it up as "the perfect prescription for the malady of regret."

This Book Club Kit is as beautifully designed as the book itself. Its five pages of content include:
- A blurb about the book, by Matt Haig
- Eight discussion questions
- Three pages of "In conversation with Matt Haig," which is a Q&A with the author

The discussion questions primarily prompt self reflection. Example:
- In the library, Nora learns that the life she gave her cat was one of the best he could have experienced. Are there any parts of your life that you feel could not be improved by living it differently?

The author Q&A covers topics like Haig's inspiration for the idea of The Midnight Library and how he dealt with writing a novel told from a woman's point of view.

All this adds up to the perfect book club discussion guide. It's exactly the type of material I'd look for in preparation for leading a conversation around the novel. Well done!

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This book club kit was really interesting to read through. As The Midnight Library was my favorite book of 2020, I loved reflecting back on it with the questions the book provides. I also loved reading the interview with Haig and why he wrote this book and where he got his inspiration from.
This is a really good book club kit!

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I read and immensely enjoyed The Midnight Library a couple of months ago so I was curious to see what the Book Club Kit would contain. I really liked the questions and conversation with the author. The questions make you reflect on your own life, which could spur some pretty interesting discussions. I liked learning the author's background and what inspired Matt Haig to write The Midnight Library. The format was a little tricky. The text is in a very light color so I had to change the background color on the Kindle app and there were photos that didn't match up correctly. Overall, the content in this is a fantastic starting point for a book club.

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I saw the title and was expecting this to be the actual book not discussion questions however it does say book club kit.. so that’s my bad.

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Unfortunately the kindle download was difficult to read as the print was very pale and contained mainly parts of a photograph. So unable to give a review.

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Its a very helpful kit. It was amazing to read about how the author came up with the idea for the story of this wonderful book

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I really thought this was the whole book to be read but learned that it was The Book Club Kit which is meant to be used as a discussion for a book club. I did read it and least I have an understanding of this book that everyone is talking about and that I still want to read. It was a good insight into the book.

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This is an excellent tool for any book discussion group looking to delve deeper into this best-selling title.
The questions certainly make you think about the book in different ways, and you can relate to the stories of the characters within your own life.

There are eight questions, all quite in-depth with enough material to spread discussions over a few sessions. The inclusion of an “In conversation with Matt Haig” was an excellent addition, where he explains more about the ideas behind the novel.

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This is such a cool guide for book clubs when reading The Midnight Library.

Beautiful illustration and great interview / questions for any book club!

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I read this whole book and absolutely loved it. I thought the whole concept was such a great idea and so creative! It got me thinking about how I wish my life could be different, but just because it could be different does not mean that it would be better! Sometimes it is really hard to remember that. I definitely would recommend this book to my friends and family.

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This was a really useful tool to help plan a book club discussion for this book, which I read a few weeks ago. IF you are looking for interviews / discussion questions, this is a great resource!

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