Arroyo Book Club Goes Virtual

(for now)

Under our current trying circumstances I wanted to find a way to take our book club virtual.  After a little exploring I settled on a chat-like, threaded response tool.  It will allow each of us to post questions to the group and to reply to the posted questions of others.  It seems fairly straightforward to use, hopefully time will bear me out on this.

You’ll get started by clicking the link below.  It will prompt you for your email address and to create a password and will then allow you into the site.
https://join.slack.com/t/arroyobookclub/shared_invite/zt-csjbj4wy-CYEEi3xyenOHFO_vlrHnLg

Once logged in, look down the left hand menu bar for the #poisonwood-bible link. Click on this to pull up this month’s book’s discussion area.

You can post questions of your own by just entering them in the message box.  You can reply to questions & responses of others by floating your mouse over the question you want to respond to and then clicking on the “reply to thread” icon on the menu bar that will appear on the right side of the screen. 

If you wish to view others’ responses to the question click on the little reply icon at the bottom of the message.

Returning to use the tool subsequently, i.e. after you have enrolled is accomplished by going to the web address: https://arroyobookclub.slack.com/.  Once there you will be prompted for your email and password.

I have already posted some questions for the book Poisonwood Bible by Barabara Kingsolver.  You may begin answering as well as posting your own questions immediately.  We will make normal book club meeting time --- Saturday, March 28 at 3:00 --- a time for everyone to log on to simultaneously share our last thoughts on the book.