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Recipes and playlist was a fun touch! Author interview was a little long. Overall I loved the look of the whole kit and it was so fun to read through.

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I feel like this is a good add-on for the book, but some stuff like the content warning and playlist should have been added to the book.

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I love this kit so much! It’s been awhile since I read One Last Stop and reading through this kit made me want to reread it and then get together with people to discuss it! I’m so glad I downloaded this. I love all the different components that are included - author interview, recipe, playlist, discussion questions, and even printable bookmarks. I also like the addition of book recommendations at the end. I loved the variety and depth in the discussion questions and felt like they did a good job of covering a wide range of topics and parts of the book. We are Bookish did an amazing job putting this kit together. It has all the makings for an amazing book club gathering and I can’t wait to put this to use. I will definitely be checking out more of these kits in the future.

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This book club kit was well thought out and put together. It not only included thoughtful questions, but also bookmarks, a recipe, and a playlistt! I appreciated that it included information on the author, other books by her/the publisher, and suggestions for books to read if you enjoyed this one. This would be a great kit for someone wanting to add a little extra to their book club meeting. The only thing I would change is maybe making the text bigger because some pages felt like they were filled with small text.

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Omg! This Book Club Kit was such a fun resource to use! This is amazing for any bookclub to use.

Thank you Netgalley for providing this Book Club Kit for One Last Stop by Casey Mcquiston

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"One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston asks readers a range of thought-provoking questions that delve into themes of love, identity, destiny, and the impact of our actions. This book club kit helps to reveal and give form to some of its key questions and themes:

What does it mean to find and hold onto love? The story explores the concept of love and its complexities. It prompts readers to reflect on the different forms love can take and the lengths one might go to in order to protect and preserve it. As well as how our past shapes our present? The novel explores the idea of personal history and its impact on individual experiences and relationships. It delves into the ways in which our past can both haunt and shape our present selves, and the challenges we face in reconciling our past with who we want to become.

The structure and accesibility of this kit is a brilliant way of exploring readers' own beliefs and experiences through the lens of the characters and their journeys.

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These are very good questions to get a discussion facilitated! I also love the playlist and the author questions included. The bookmarks were cute but I don't think they are a necessary addition. Would love to See more of these!!

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This is honestly such a cute idea, I love the inclusion of discussion questions, a recipe, and the trigger warnings. This is such a great way to introduce to people what bookclubs are about, and can really teach them how to run one successfully. We will definitely be using this in the future.

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Genuinely the cutest lil extra to flick through when you’ve read One Last Stop. And the printable bookmarks are the most adorable things! It even comes with a playlist too!!

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This is a REVIEW ONLY of The BOOK CLUB KIT for “One Last Stop,” a sapphic romantic comedy fiction by Casey McQuiston about a New York subway love connection. This fabulously created colorful 16-page e-book is with loaded with everything to make your Book Club meeting memorable. Featuring lots of discussion questions to stimulate insightful two-way conversations among reading groups, it’s also full of visual appeal because of the bright art and bold, eye-catching graphics. The Q & As are excellent and will be useful for Book Club Leaders, Librarians, as well as readers themselves who want extra insight into the background of the book and author. 💕 As all compelling Book Kits do, by adding additional graphics and fun elements, this one truly rocks! It provides content warnings; a recipe; musical playlists; bookmarks to print and cut out; an author interview; discussion questions; additional suggested readings, and so much more. This is a truly exciting Book Kit worthy of it’s designation. 💕

TheBookMaven graciously thanks NetGalley, Author Casey McQuiston, and Publisher Penguin Random House Library Resources for this Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) for review.

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I'm really excited to utilize this for my book club in the future. I've heard great things about this book and have read Red, White, and Royal Blue by the same author.

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I am a totally visual person which is kinda funny for a reader but the instant I finish a books it’s essential to watch a million TikTok videos. Aesthetic videos, fan cast videos, find the playlists people make. Having this made by the actual author is amazing and this is my formal petition to make this a thing with every book moving forward. I haven’t read the book yet but having all these little added bits makes me want to download it right now and add it to the top of my queue. I especially L O V E the recipe & book club questions

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I used this recently for my in person bookclub pick and it was a wonderful tool for what it is made for, we where able to discuss the book and have visuals at the meeting and it was fantastic.

4 stars

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I greatly enjoyed seeing the details in this Book Club Kit and would have loved something like this when I first read the book.
I found the interview with the author particularly fascinating and feel that this would be a great addition to any book club.

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This book club kit are really amazing.
They are my new favourite things of netgalley.
They're really good if you have a book club but even if you just want more content about a book you're interested in.
And they are free.

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A great resource for our current bookclub. I contains a wide variety of discussion questions in order to keep our catch ups on the right path and actually discuss the book.

It is beautifully presented and very well set out, not too complex to grasp. There are a few additional features in this kit which I find really contribute to how much we enjoyed it as it was more than just simple discussion questions.

Helps you gain a deeper connection to the book which I thoroughly enjoyed.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in response for n honest review

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This is a high-quality, thoughtful compilation of engaging, book club content. I loved the authors note in the beginning with the origin story for the book and the Author Q&A which dove deeper into the thought processes behind the storyline and themes. The prompts were excellent at sparking conversation and the recipe was a fun, unexpected addition! As a suggestion for improvement, it'd be very cool if there was a QR code to open the playlist on different streaming platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, etc). Overall, I'd recommend this book club kit for new and established book clubs alike!

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This is a small book of few pages that contains some ways to dive further in the world and making of "One Last Stop".
I read One Last Stop a while ago and liked it a lot. It is a very credible story with characters that suffer for many reasons and together find their way out of it.
So I was very curious to hear the author's point of view on how she managed to write such an incredible book.

I felt the first question of the interview very closely. As a reader of the book, I know what she's talking about and it's incredible to know that, after setting herself these aims she managed to reach them in a beautiful way.
The plot of "One Last Stop" is fairly simple but it contains many elements that enrich it and make it unique. These elements have been spoken about in this small book.
I very much look forward to her next work quoted here!!! I'm so excited!
The Discussion Questions are extremely useful, and I'm curious about the books advised in What To Read Next, I'm definitely checking them out!
The Printable bookmarks are so lovely; I'm going to try the recipe the recipe out someday. Also I don't know any of the songs mentioned in the Playlist so I'm going to listen to them!
I enjoyed this short book a lot, I'm going to search if there are more installments about other books I've loved!

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This kit asks deep, complex, and analytical questions that get to the heart of the story. I appreciate the commentary by the author and the fact that they are making discussions on books that represent LGBTQIA love stories

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Thank you NetGalley and We Are Bookish!

We Are Bookish creates the best book club kits -- from the author interviews, questions and topics, and bookmarks! What I love the most is the personal touch of adding recipes, what to read next, and a playlist!!! Overall, a must for those who loved One Last Stop <3

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