Provide directions and your contact information to parents one week before the book club meeting. Make sure that the parents know how to get to your home to avoid late arrivals or prolonged meetings.
Stick to the book club's schedule. Many book clubs have set days during the week to host their meetings. These dates are selected while considering book club members' schedules.
Find an area where you can comfortably hold the book club meeting. Hosting a book club meeting in an informal area of your home can encourage lively and enthusiastic discussion of the material. However, try to host the book club meeting in rooms that offer little to no distractions like television sets or computers.
Gather snacks for the book club members. Healthy snacks like nuts, yogurt, trail mix, granola bars, fruit and low-fat cheese sticks can hold off hunger pangs. For more substantial eats, make easy sandwiches.
Start the meeting at the designated time. Initiate the meeting by posing discussion questions.
Consider including a complementary after-meeting activity. Follow up book club meeting discussions with fun activities that are related to the book. For example, you may want to screen the film adaptation of the book in your living room.
Mingle with other parents while the children are involved in the after-meeting activity. Discuss ways to improve the book club meetings and plan for future ones.