Going to book club is something that I look forward to each month. I have always been a bookworm but I wasn't in a book club until about a year ago, and now I hope that I never have to go without again. It is so fun! One of my favorite things about book club is that I read books that I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole otherwise. And surprisingly...sometimes I actually like them!
Last year I was chatting with one of my best girlfriends and she mentioned how she used to be in a book club with co-workers (before she became a SAHM), and how much she loved it. I was so jealous; I wanted to be in a book club! Well, a couple of friendly emails to gal pals later, we had started a book club! April 2012 we met and discussed "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. The HG series was all the rage at that point, so we figured we couldn't just let the band wagon pass us up! "The Hunger Games" is a prime example of a book I would never read if it weren't for book club. I never read Harry Potter or Twilight either...I am just not into cult, teenie bopper books. Science fiction and fantasy really aren't my style either. I am more of a Jodi Picoult, Kristin Hannah, Emily Giffin fan. I like books about dogs, best friends, murder trials, controversy, and/or love. I also like a good non-fiction book every now and then about a topic, issue, or person that I am interested in. You can check out books I have read, want to read, and am currently reading by being my friend on Goodreads.
Sidenote on Goodreads - I love this website! It is like Facebook, only it is for ultra-nerdy bookworms...like me! And instead of it being all about me, this is my little soapbox like Facebook, Goodreads is all about the books! You can see what books your friends have on their bookshelves, you can rate and review books you have read, and once you have reviewed enough books, the website will start generating book suggestions for you!
Anyways, back to book club. I love it! We meet once a month and discuss one book each time we meet. The girls in our group have a variety of favorite genres, so we read all different kind of stuff. We use a rolling Google Drive document to choose our book each month. All the girls in the club can add books to the 'Best Book Club Ever Booklist', yes that is really what it is called. And then we each vote...3 points for the book we want to read the most the next month, 2 for second most, and 1for your third choice. Whichever book has the most points is the book that we all read for the upcoming month, and whoever put that book on the list has to lead discussion. We always meet for two hours. We usually spend a little over one hour talking about the book, and the remaining time talking about other girly things...such as husbands, houses, clothes, hair, kids, work, etc!
In March we read "Defending Jacob" by William Landay and this month we are reading "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards.
If you love to read but aren't currently in a book club, then you should join one! Check out your local library as they usually sponsor them. Or better yet...send some emails, make some phone calls, and start your own!
Happy reading!
Last year I was chatting with one of my best girlfriends and she mentioned how she used to be in a book club with co-workers (before she became a SAHM), and how much she loved it. I was so jealous; I wanted to be in a book club! Well, a couple of friendly emails to gal pals later, we had started a book club! April 2012 we met and discussed "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. The HG series was all the rage at that point, so we figured we couldn't just let the band wagon pass us up! "The Hunger Games" is a prime example of a book I would never read if it weren't for book club. I never read Harry Potter or Twilight either...I am just not into cult, teenie bopper books. Science fiction and fantasy really aren't my style either. I am more of a Jodi Picoult, Kristin Hannah, Emily Giffin fan. I like books about dogs, best friends, murder trials, controversy, and/or love. I also like a good non-fiction book every now and then about a topic, issue, or person that I am interested in. You can check out books I have read, want to read, and am currently reading by being my friend on Goodreads.
Sidenote on Goodreads - I love this website! It is like Facebook, only it is for ultra-nerdy bookworms...like me! And instead of it being all about me, this is my little soapbox like Facebook, Goodreads is all about the books! You can see what books your friends have on their bookshelves, you can rate and review books you have read, and once you have reviewed enough books, the website will start generating book suggestions for you!
Anyways, back to book club. I love it! We meet once a month and discuss one book each time we meet. The girls in our group have a variety of favorite genres, so we read all different kind of stuff. We use a rolling Google Drive document to choose our book each month. All the girls in the club can add books to the 'Best Book Club Ever Booklist', yes that is really what it is called. And then we each vote...3 points for the book we want to read the most the next month, 2 for second most, and 1for your third choice. Whichever book has the most points is the book that we all read for the upcoming month, and whoever put that book on the list has to lead discussion. We always meet for two hours. We usually spend a little over one hour talking about the book, and the remaining time talking about other girly things...such as husbands, houses, clothes, hair, kids, work, etc!
In March we read "Defending Jacob" by William Landay and this month we are reading "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards.
If you love to read but aren't currently in a book club, then you should join one! Check out your local library as they usually sponsor them. Or better yet...send some emails, make some phone calls, and start your own!
Happy reading!
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