Barring my dry spell, I have always belonged to a book club, sometimes several at the same time. I find them fascinating. When it comes down to it, a book club is an excuse to get together with other adults and talk about something other than children. Have I sold you yet?
They come in all shapes and sizes. My first one was really high brow. We read novels like Pride and Prejudice, Atlas Shrugged and Beijing Comma. Each member championed a book, and the meetings had a university lecture feel to them. I was kicked out for making everyone read We Need To Talk About Kevin. It turned out no one really wanted to talk about Kevin.
I've done
online book clubs,
serial book clubs, and
children's book clubs. My latest one is more my kind of book club. When we met last week, we spent the first ten minutes talking about the book (which no one read) and then the other two hours chatting and eating cake! Did I mention wine? Fabulous. We've promised to be more diligent next time.
Any whos, after a long discussion, we finally settled on the Guernsey Potato Peel Pie and Literary Society -- I'll let you know how I get on.
Do you belong to a book club?
