Find a book club or a group of friends to discuss books with.

Update 7/20/09:
The story we read was Fidelity, by Wendell Berry. It was a wonderful story, with lots of food for thought, and even though I didn’t get the chance to read all the way through it as thoroughly as I would have liked, I was prepared enough. It was a small group tonight, with lots of good discussion.

I absolutely LOVE reading. I have read every single Nicholas Sparks novel, and I love them. The only problem is, I don’t have anyone to discuss them with. I have looked for book clubs but they are too far away. I just moved to PA from SC, and everything here is downtown in the city. What a mess!
Katie

...to have found such a good group here in my city. I truly enjoy our discussions. :)

but did not really succeed, so let it go.

I think joining a book club would be great.
But, it’s something I just don’t have time for right now.
So perhaps I’ll revisit this goal later.

Meetup.com has book clubs in almost every city and if they don’t have one, you can start one!
Happy reading.

I joined a group of people who are reading and discussing feminist works, now it’s Living My Life by Emma Goldman – actually a nice read, almost a romance, you know, about a young girl and three different and passionate men who are in love with her ;). You can find the whole text online, just ask Google.
But I still want to start a group for discussing fiction.

Couldn’t this be a book club forum? Whoever is the next person to comment gets to pick the first book!

i read mostly fiction..novels, but historical fiction…what? sometimes u can learn something from historical fiction books!! i mean, u never know!! i love reading…

This was more important to me back before I started to let school and work get in the way. That’s how it is about many of my goals, I lose sight of them in day-to-day life. Especially when there are new pressures and I’m tiredly wishing I was in a different situation.

My idea has long been to sample western culture, to read not only the Great Books of literature, but also the classics of science and philosophy. To consider them as much as possible, on their own without leading commentary.

I’ve kept a musty set of the Great Books I found in storage that my parents had bought, but in my last move I finally left the dirty things in the dumpster. Most of the books should be available though, from Gutenberg E-texts and other editions. I also keep hoping to run into a deal on a new set at the used book store… when I have the money.

I once tried to set up a web bulletin-board for the purpose but never attracted much interest. Today, I have to wonder how many of the titles that others might want to read would I be able to keep up with.