I didn't realize this was not a reader's guide. I haven't read the book so I skimmed this without spoilers. I really like the recipes in the back to make a fun book club

Five star kit.
This is a great and thorough book club kit. There are several interesting discussion questions. Thank you!

This is so fun! Definitely recommending the book to our book club, so this book club kit will come in handy! Especially love the bookmark!

This kit has all you for the perfect book club meeting. There is background information about the author as well as her sharing inspiration for this novel. Lots of insightful discussion questions are included. Even recipes for a beverage and snack are there to make for a perfect meeting. All you need to do is invite her favorite bookish peeps.

A perfect compliment to Jasmine Guillory’s by By the Book. It provides everything you need for a successful book club: snack and cocktail ideas, discussion questions, writing prompts, and even book picks for the different tropes found in the book.

This made me very excited to purchase this book. I think that creating book club kits is such a brilliant idea because many people picked up reading during the pandemic while quarantining alone at home. These will allow us to get more involved with the book community and enhance our experience.

Great kit for book clubs. I cannot wait to read the books! I’ve loved all this Authors books. When I downloaded this I thought it was the book. But this is great information to have. Love the discussion questions.

This is a very good book club and cant wait to read Jasmine books. This will be my first time reading her book.

Things I really enjoyed about this Book Club Kit:
- Content warnings for the book! something really looked over still but important for readers
- Author interview!! It's always interesting to read interviews about the book/Q&A's when you've finished the book.
- Custom bookmarks! omg, I want those in my hands right now,
- The recommendations!!!! Christina Lauren and Emily Henry mention? I'm sold.

Things I didn't really like/could change.
- The writing exercise, is this a common thing in book clubs? idk I wouldn't want to do a writing exercise I'd rather just have a discussion about the prompts
- Cocktail how-to, I don't drink so I just doesn't apply to me but also I think a how-to of a mocktail too would be interesting? it looked like it was only alcoholic

Overall I think this is a perfect book club kit and will be very beneficial to those who run book clubs.

The Book Club Kit By the Book by Jasmine Guillory is the perfect idea booklet for bookish parties. Filled with fun ideas to share with friends, it will encourage participants to open up to new experiences and see the perspective of the author. It is like the icing on the cake!

What I liked:
I loved the questions to open up a book discussion and was delighted to read how the cover of the book was created. The charcuterie boards and margaritas would be a huge hit for the group. The addition of the bookmarks are a nice surprise.

What I liked less:
I am not sure how the writing exercise would go over. The exercise gives only 13 minutes to fill out and share the questions. Ten questions in that length of time might be stressful to some members.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, We Are Bookish, and Jasmine Guillory. I look forward to reading By The Book. I believe all book clubs and reviewers would benefit from this kit. The perspective of the author and discussion questions helped me as the reader/reviewer get a peak inside the author's thought process behind each of the characters.

This is such an ADORABLE book kit! I can't wait to read this book and use this kit to its fullest. It is so adorably designed and includes a wide variety of topics relating to the book. I especially loved the section about the cover designer, which is a role readers rarely hear about but I am so glad was spotlighted in this kit. I also really loved the charcuterie board ideas! I can't wait to try them out for myself.

“Book Kit: By the Book”
by Jasmine Guillory

The Book Club Kit for Every Aspiring Writer

A fantabulous Book Club Kit is now available to accompany Jasmine Guillory’s romantic novel, “By the Book,” a spicy adult retelling of the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. In “By the Book,” Beauty is an editorial assistant, and her Beast is a cantankerous novelist past his deadline, and she’s determined to get him back on track.

The 24-page Book Club Kit is a charming and brilliantly executed accompaniment for every reader, book club facilitator, librarian—and aspiring writer. Featuring methods used by publishing house editors and illustrators, this Kit is jam-packed with helpful writing tips, creative writing exercises, and writing techniques for success. It includes a pen name generator, printable cut-out bookmarks, recipes for a sparkling margarita and various charcuterie boards, book discussion questions, an author interview, and much more!

The Kit is also beautiful to behold. The illustrations are reminiscent of those in ancient illuminated manuscripts with visually engaging yellow pages accented with trailing red roses, stylized gold flourishes, and a small picture of the book cover in each lower right corner.

Author George Eliot stated in her 19th Century novel, ‘The Mill on the Floss,’ “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Nonetheless, cover eye-candy and catchy titles seductively lure me to books. The “Book Kit: By the Book” drew me in, engaged me and left me satisfied and eager for more from Author Jasmine Guillory and Publishers We Are Bookish and Disney Publishing Worldwide.

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STAR RATING ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Title: “Book Club Kit: By the Book”

Author: Jasmine Guillory
Genre: Book Club Kit | Romance | Woman’s Fiction
Publication Date: 07 April 2022
Publisher: We Are Bookish and Disney Publishing Worldwide


My sincere thanks and appreciation go to NetGalley, Author Jasmine Guillory, Publishers We Are Bookish, and Disney Publishing Worldwide for this Advance Reader’s Copy (ARC) for review.

This is so cool! i wish more books had this especially the matching bookmarks i would love this in every book.

I always love receiving these kits for different books. It makes reading and discussing them so much more fun! I wish they came with every book!!

This is the perfect book club kit! I’m so excited to read this book and use all of these resources! Jasmine Guillory is an amazing writer and I can’t wait to read her latest book!

A thoroughly detailed book kit for group discussion about Jasmine Guillory’s upcoming book. The perfect guide to spur lively conversation, insights and general feedback from the group! If you decide to read the book for your book group, use this guide!

I can not wait to read this! I absolutely LOVE Jasmine Guillory and loved the Cinderella version in this series and can’t wait to see how Izzy’s story translates to modern day teens! I work with teens, host buddy reads online, and this book club kit is amazing- love the recipes (hello Jasmine’s books always have amazing food, plus the enchanted castle must have yummy food!), the journaling prompts- especially for the YA audience. Would love to know the audiobook narrators. Really unique to have the illustrator interview- I think that is appealing to YA romance too!

Thank YOU!

Such a cute kit! Thank you! I cannot wait to read this book! Jasmine Guillory is one of my favorite authors to discover last year!

Very nice kit. It includes interesting discussion question that definitely ignites readers cognitive thinking.

Are you part of a book club or thinking of starting one? Are you someone who just would enjoy further information on a title? Either way, book club guides can be a great resource.

I confess that this is the first time that I have downloaded a book club kit. It won’t be the last. There is a lot included here. There are discussion questions, an author interview, an interview about the cover design (interesting to me and something I haven’t read before), activities, recipes, suggestions for further reading and more. Truly an excellent and fun guide.

Many thanks for this guide. All opinions are mine.