Bookchains are for people who want to share their reading experiences, but don’t necessarily want to do this face-to-face with other readers. The anonymity offered by the bookchain allows you (as a reader) to let rip with your opinion and no-one knows it’s you.
Bookchains are great for
- keen readers looking for stimulus
- people who find it hard to choose what to read next
- people who want to tell others about the great books they have been reading
- people looking for something different but don’t know where to find it.
Bookchains include all kinds of readers. You don’t need a degree in literature or an inexhaustible appetite for books. An interest in trying something different and being open to sharing what you like, is more than enough.
However, in some libraries it’s the bookchain which kick starts a reading group as people experience the pleasure of exchanging opinions about books with other readers. It’s quite possible for readers to take part in both experiences, crossing over between the reading group and the bookchain: meeting and talking face-to-face in one and exchanging comments anonymously in the other.