Book Club Tea Parties

A book club tea party is just one of the many ways to hostess your book club meeting. A tea party gives the hostess the opportunity to have everything prepared and laid out before your guests arrive, so there wont be a lot of 'to-do' stuff in the kitchen during your meeting.

In fact, you might only have to make an extra pot of tea after your guests arrive.

If you are looking to serve a dinner, which is called high tea, as a party theme for your book club meeting, more substantial food is provided.

For a low tea, also called an afternoon tea, lighter foods are served. This type of tea is supposed to be a 'light snack' although it is frequently used as a luncheon.

A cream tea, is one of the simplest afternoon tea parties there is. This involves scones, clotted cream, jam,(usually strawberry), and tea of course. Very quick to prepare, and is always a treat especially if you make the scones from scratch, or have a good quality bakery near-by.

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Unsure how to start a book club tea party group? Some ideas and questions to answer at your first meeting will include, finding answers to who, what, when and where. You and your friends can discuss these things to decide:

*who will hostess which months book club meeting
*what you will serve
*when each meeting will be
*where each meeting will be

You will find more ideas about frequency, food, books, and time frames plus lists of questions to ask and think about for different situations at Tea Party Guide.

At your first meeting, it is a good idea to go over a list of book club questions that will pertain to your books that you will read.

Some questions will apply, and some wont. You just want to have a good supply of questions to choose from. Some of these questions will help you think of other ones that will be more pertinent for the book you decide to read.

Afraid your questions will fizzle and your discussions will come to a halt? To avoid people giving yes/no answers, use some of these discussion questions to really encourage a great debate.

Also, keep in mind that it is sometimes a good thing when there are some who don't like the book. This can really make your discussions very interesting. Don't be surprised if the book hardly anyone likes, is the most discussed!

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Need to double check your tea party etiquette? Proper manners and etiquette are never out of style! There are many degrees of formality for your tea party book club, you just need to know what you want. A cozy casual tea? Or a more formal sit down meal? You can decide at your meeting to what extent everyone wants to go. Then share your knowledge of the ways to set the tea table, whether you will be using 'low' tea tables or a 'high' table.

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