I am in a book club. Before you pass judgment, let me explain. Prior to my involvement in book club, I was weary too. I thought book club was a group of stuffy women getting together to discuss boring books over tea or some other dull beverage. After joining my first book club in Denver, I couldn't have been farther from the truth.
My first book club experience began on craigslist. After responding to the post and reading the book the organizer listed, I headed to downtown Denver to meet with someone supposedly named Angela in her high-rise apartment. Honestly, I didn't know if Angela really existed or if I was going to end up stuffed in a trunk, but I was ready for anything
Turned out, there were other girls my age, with fun cheese platters and glasses of wine. Phew!
My Denver book club was hilarious. We read books, talked about life, laughed and became close friends. Sometimes we only discussed the book for the first 20 minutes and the rest of the time we talked about the facts of life, but it didn't matter.
Another neat thing about book club is the opportunity to read books that you would have never picked up on your own.
For instance, I was part of another book club in Denver for a short time and the organizer said the club was going to read, "The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night Time." I know for a fact that I would have NEVER picked up the oddly-titled book at the local library. But I did pick it up, read it and truly enjoyed it. Who knew?
After moving to Arkansas, I thought starting a book club would be a great way to meet people. Following the success of craigslist in Denver, I posted an ad for people interested in a local book club to contact me. Only two girls responded, but I was excited to start reading and discussing again, so we set up our first meeting. That was about nine months ago and we are still reading strong. It is such a fun experience to read a book and then discuss it with people. Everyone has different opinion and view of the author and story.
I'm looking forward to the next nine months of book club. I also encourage anyone, at any age to get involved with a local book club. At least pick up a copy of "The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night Time." Let me know what you think.
Happy reading!
1 comment:
I read that book because the library gave it to me instead of another book with a similar tittle that I had ordered, so glad they did. I hightly recommened Suite Francoise
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