join a book club

I have joined a book club now. Sarah, the nice mom of one of the chum’s buddies, invited me to join so I did. I’ve made one meeting and have all intention of continuing.

They read only “award-winning” books – a significant push for my lacking mental faculties but it’s exciting too.

My school actually has a book club that meets once a month. I planned on joining it, but the meeting was today, and I forgot about it and I didn’t read the book…
There’s always next month though. ;)

I love to read, I love to meet people- need to find a club where I actually like the people and the reading material.

The Book Thief. It has been sitting in my bedroom, with the last chapter unread for a week. Until today, I just felt that I could not bear the tears with the story’s ending and tears with finishing this beautiful book. I frequently cry at the end of books. It is grieving the ending of something I love.

It frustrates me a bit, that I have to work the weekend of the book club meeting. This is a book I would really enjoy discussing. It is lyrical and haunting. I felt the characters live in my being, even when I was not reading the book. I lent the book to Darling 1, knowing that I wanted to share it with someone.

My husband has been bugging me to find some groups on http://www.meetup.com/. I found a Woman’s book club in my area that looked pretty sweet, and I signed up as a ‘maybe’ for their next meeting. But sadly the book didn’t show up till today and they met this Sunday… It’s quite a honkin’ book, and I do have 10 month old twins. I may not make it this time. Maybe next time. I will still read the book tho.

It would be a good incentive to read and hopefully some great book selections.

one of the best new things I have done this year. I love adventuring in reading directions that I have never been before. Being in a book club fills out the reading with interesting, diverse opinions. For June we read Three Cups of Tea, which was interesting because it stretched some of the other reader’s typical reading genres. For July we are reading The Thirteenth Tale which is different from what I am used to reading, but so far I am finding it juicey.

For awhile I was a bit lost as to how to go about finding a book club to join and now, suddenly, I have a few leads.

When I was at the library the other day I happened to notice an advert for a local book club. I just called the contact listed then and they meet on the third Wednesday every month. The group consists of mostly women and there are about 12 members. I have organised to go along next month to see what it’s like.

There’s also a book club that meets at my local Borders – I noticed a flyer the other day. So I need to email the contact there and find out about that one too.

the book club is reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. For now, I can’t seem to get into it. So for this month, I think I’ll go back and read some of the books I was going to read for Lent. I’m sure I will be back to the book club in June.

I discovered a listing for a none bookstore group which meets once a month. I think this might suit me better, althought there wasn’t really details of where the meet was held etc.

Anyway I have emailed them to see and so will wait fingers crossed now.