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This was a great addition to the book and I think our book club will really like the additional material.

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I have not yet read ‘If the Shoe Fits’, as it is a scheduled book group book for later on the year. This resource will really help me to plan a fun book group event, plus enabling me to share additional info about the book and the author with my bookshop customers. I’m also planning to try out the cocktail recipe too :-)

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I have not read "If the Show Fits" but after reading this bookclub kit my curiosity is overflowing.

These bookclub kits are simply fantastic! The theme and design of these kits are always spot on to match the books. I absolutely love reading about the authors inspiration and this kit provides multiple pages of author responses and thoughts. Its so great!

Content warnings are so important for me as a reader. I love how they are included and also explained in this kit. It mentioned "death of a parent" and then provides how the parent dies. This is great for sensitive readers.

The questions the guide poses dive deep into the themes of the book while also posing some light and fluffy questions. Its a good balance to keep conversation flowing.

The activities in this kit were so cute! The quiz on how far the reader would make it to midnight was so fun!! I got mostly C's on the quiz! Designing a shoe using a mix of different mediums is something I will be doing with my bookclub and Book Bingo is such hoot!!

As always I'm a huge fan of the recipe inclusions and book recommendations in these bookclub kits. They are perfect for bookclub snacks or a baking bookclub activity.
Its always a challenge to find your next read (at least for me) and this guide is a huge help by providing recommendations and other books the author has written.

I love these guides and can't wait to review more!

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This book is great and entertaining! Including interview with author that helps me to understand "why she wrote this book". It also contains question for discussion in book club, also has fun Bingo and cute bookmark.


This book tool kit is adorable!

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We had so much fun with this during out book club. Great questions and we loves the bingo. We had a really good discussion and this definately helped.

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Book clubs are always daunting to me because I don't know what to do with the members other than eat and talk about the book. The guide not only has amazing questions and author interview questions, but has incredible activities! I am looking forward to using more of the book cub kits from net galley!

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The book club kit for If the Shoe Fits was chock full of so many great supplements for your reading! I appreciated the content warnings. The author interview and discussion questions were very thoughtful. The bookmarks and quiz were very fun. I really loved the recipes and the bingo is not something I see often in book club kits. The "what to read next" section contained some really 5 star reads!

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This is a great little kit and really adds to the experience of reading the book My friends and I really enjoyed using these and we're hopeful there will be plenty more made available in the future.

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This book club kit is SO cute! Great questions and I love that they put a trigger warning before hand! This is such great idea!

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This is such a cute Book Club Pack! There are so many great items in here that contribute to a fun evening with the crew! First of all I really liked having the interview with the author and the prompt questions (because no work for me) because we have some insight into how the book came to be in the end.
The recipes are spot on because you always need a little bevy and some good food to spark conversation and to keep any hangry people focused.
The Disney Bounding section offered such a fun idea and I truly had no idea what it was until I read this kit! So much fun and I never thought to incorporate something like this into one of our book club chats!
Bingo and designing shoes just added something extra and fun!
Thank you so much for allowing me to have a copy of this PDF file free of charge to boost my book club experience!
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There is a slight spoiler that the dad dies in the content warnings but you find out on like the third page so I don't really mind. The questions really helped keep our discussion flowing. Bingo was really fun. I can't wait to try out the recipes.

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I think this is an excellent book club kit. It includes a great interview with the author that helps the reader understand the author's motivations for the choices in the book. I love the added fun value of the bingo and the bookmarks for readers to print. It also has some very deep discussion questions that would help drive the conversation during the book club meeting. I would highly recommend it!

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This is such an entertaining book club kit. I definitely see everyone enjoying this and coming together in different ways! The title is also very catchy and the cover gives a hint of what to expect in the book which is what some people look for. I already want to read it all and piece their journey together!

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Necessity for ANY bookclub! Not only does this give you discussion questions, recommendations on what to read next and interview with the author it's also packed with fun things to make the vibe perfect! From a recipe to Playlist everyone will be having fun and enjoying their bookclub meeting without a doubt! Loved the bookmarks as fun gifts for members of the bookclub to keep as a medal for the book we read and achieved. I love every bit of this book club kit!

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This kit was very cute! I love the different ideas in it to keep you engaged in the book and also to build the hype around it.

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As someone who has tried and failed to create or be apart of MANY book clubs, I absolutely love this kit! This book is one of my top books on my TBR along with a few friends, after showing this to them we have decided to read and discuss together and use this kit to guide us! And all the extra goodies are so cool!

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The book club kit for If the shoe fits by Julie Murphy is a great tool for your book club meetings.

What is If the shoe fits about?
In the book if the shoe fits we meet Cindy who has just graduated and gained her degree in becoming a shoe designer. Cindy us trying to find her way in the world and trying to find out what she wants to do next with her degree. At the start of the book Cindy is working for her stepmother who is the executive producer of a reality TV show called Before Midnight. When her stepmother needs a spot filling on the show Cindy jumps at the chance to get involved. Hoping that this is the platform that she needs in order to kick start her career in fashion. But Cindy is noticed for her plus sized frame perhaps not something that she really thought would be the thing that she would be noticed for. But becoming a body positive icon for all women everywhere is just the push and platform that she needs and helps her find her way in the world and to find out exactly what she should be doing with the hard earned degree.

This is a really great book. It is joyous, uplifting, funny, fun and I loved it. If you haven't read it I highly recommend that you do and after you have read it then this guide has you covered with pinpoints and tricks for your book club meeting.

What does this book contain?
Well in this book you will find:
A discussion with the amazing author.
Discuss questions to help you with your book club discussion
Bookmarks to use while you are reading your book
A fun quizz
A shoe design challenge
A Disney bounding challenge which is one of my favourite things to do
Book club bingo
A pizza and cocktail recipe
And tips of which books to read next.

It's a really fun guide

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This book club kit started with a content warning list, which I always think is a good, mindful idea. It also had a pretty extensive author interview that I thought might have been just a bit too long, considering it's a part of a book club kit, and thus, supposed to support discussion. The questions were interesting, but I did think question 1 ("If the Shoe Fits is the first book in a new multi-author series inspired by classic fairytale stories. What fairytale would you like to see a modern rom-com retelling of? Which author would you want to write it?") was a bit too broad/unrelated to the book itself. I feel like a question like this would take over a book club's discussion and maybe lead readers down a long tangent that is unrelated to the book.
One thing I really liked about this kit was that it also included three discussion questions from the author herself! It was a great addition that combined this idea of hearing from the author but also prompting discussion from a book club. There were also some great bonus things like crafts (designing your own shoe), ideas for Disney-bounding, printable bookmarks, Bingo, recipes, and readalike suggestions. All in all, a great jam-packed book club kit with many things beyond discussion questions.

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This was a wonderful accompanying guide to If The Shoe Fits. It starts with an author's q&a which gives some extra insight into the book, and then delves into discussion suggestions.

I really loved the added extras, especially the Before Midnight quiz ( make it to the final 2 haha) and the adorable bookmarks!

Definitely going to be looking at the others because this is such a brilliant idea;

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This is such a cute kit!

As the book club kits are new I really didn't know what to expect but with an author interview, discussion questions, a quiz, bingo and the cutest bookmarks you can really see how much work has gone into this!

I also really appreciated the kit opening with the trigger warnings. This particular book doesn't have too many TW but it's nice that the creators of the kit flag them up and don't make you go looking for them.

I will definitely grab another of these kits in the future 💜

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