It's The Simple Show. You've got episode 33.

Hey, I'm Tish Oxen Rider. I'm a family-oriented writer, traveler, and entrepreneur, and you can follow me on Twitter at Tish. That's TSH on Instagram at TishOxon Rider or find the blog at the art of simple.net.

In this episode, I am talking to Nicole Bennett. She is a longtime friend

of the Art of Simple on the Simple show. She's actually a current contributor on the blog,

and she's even a former editor. A while back, she wrote about how she does book clubs

with her local friends in the San Diego area, and I thought it would be fun to have her on the show

to talk about the ends and outs of how that works. Some of you might be intrigued by the idea

of starting a book club, but aren't really sure where to start. Well, consider this episode your

primer. Nicole shares how she picked the right people to join, how they choose their books, how often they meet,

what they do in their meetings, and why the right food makes it even more fun.

Pair this with Friend of the Show Ann Bogle's reading guide from the recent Simple Show episode

29, and hopefully you'll have what you need to start your own local book clip.

And as always, we end with what's making us happy.

Before we get started, I want to remind you about a page on the Art of Simple, the Art of Simple.net

slash reads.

This is where I put all my favorite recommended books on simplifying your life.

It's not directly on Simple Living, although some of them are.

Some of them are about things like being outside more, maybe how to incorporate more

reading in your kids' lives, what spirituality and some of the ancient practices have to do

with simplifying and, of course, essentialism.

Head to the art of simple.net slash reads for my top picks on how to

simplify your life. Hi, Nicole. How are you? Good. Hi, Tish. Good. So you've been on the show

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