That's one reason why my f2f, library book groups get along so well, and are still going after several years. We read the book, the moderator (who volunteers to lead the discussion) gives info about the author, specifically, perhaps the physical setting, other pertinent info. Then whoever wants to "go first" comments on what they liked, disliked, or on any other part of the book, or characters. The discussion always seems to pass around the table evenly, and has often spurred input about other books on same subject, other books by same author, maybe even a movie relating to the book, subject, setting. It is never contentious, and everyone is encouraged/allowed to speak their piece. We just have a darn good time, we learn a lot and segue into other books, topics. We have picked up a few new members, over the last couple of months, and they have been welcome additions to our group. In the past, folks would come to ONE meeting and we'd never see them again. Perhaps it was our loose interpretation of "book club" that ran them off. We have never pretended to be a "book review group", nor have we had just one person be the leader/moderator where his/her ideas were absolute. This is probably more information than any of this group needed, but kind of goes along with comments by MaryPage and Marjifay. Every comma, semi-colon, etc. does not need to be analyzed for our enjoyment of a book!
