Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Good Reading At The Book Club

We had our regular monthly book club meeting last night with our regular eight members. That's a nice number. We usually meet for an hour, but sometimes it's a little longer. Leaves time for everyone to talk about what they've been reading. And we had some good discussions last night.
It was interesting to note there were quite a few "deep"reads in the group. Of course, there are a few like me who had a lighter read, but look at what the group was reading:
**The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian McLaren
**Self Matters by Phil McGraw
**The Last Juror by John Grisham
**Lee and Grant by Gene Smith
**Truman by David McCullough
**The Washington Century by Burt Solomon
**The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, and
**Nine Women by Shirley Ann Grau.
If you have a book club, is it one where everyone reads the same book? Or do they read different books to report about? Do you meet in the homes of your members or in a community room of a bank or restaurant? Do you limit your membership or have it open to as many who want to attend? If you don't have a book club, would you like to start one? Or would you like to be part of one?
I'm a firm believer that books will never go away and that people will always want to talk about what they're reading. That might be one of the things we start here at the library. It's certainly something to think about. Right?

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