The ever-entertaining slammerkinbabe pointed me at this piece on speed-book-dating. The idea being that you have your standard 5-minutes-with-each-person speed date, only you have, on the table in front of you, your 3 favourite books, to inspire conversation. Five minutes intensive conversation about their favourite books sounds like the kind of thing that people I know could get to grips with :->

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