Posted by partlycloudy on June 15, 2004, at 16:59:23
In reply to Re: Book Club IRL Followup » partlycloudy, posted by Susan J on June 15, 2004, at 12:27:42
I hope you like your book club. Mine is reknown for being "serious" about books. The snooty girls poo-poo the other groups who just get together to socialize and drink too much wine (sounds fine to me!).
But this one requires homework. The person who picks the book (only prequisite is that it be available in paperback) has to do research on the author and tell the group about her/him. That same person hosts the book club meeting for that month. Usually the menu will have something to do with the book. For example, this month the book was "Three Junes" and we had Greek food - absolutely delicious!
Last year before I dropped out I chose "Life of Pi" and served Indian cuisine.
For me, what gets me past the snooty noses, was the time I posed the question to the group, "what book in your home do you go back and read over and over?" Out of the 12 women, 9 of them reread the same books as I. You just can't find that kind of connection elsewhere. (We are about the same age, I'm sure that helps.)
And I try to find out what books are going to be chosen so I give myself enough time to plow through it. Most people make up their minds months in advance of it being their turn to pick.
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