The worst thing about reading a great book is when you’re dying to discuss it with someone but no one you know has read it. I know, #BookNerdProblems, but I promise it happens to the best of us sometimes. So to avoid being in that […]
At this time last year, I wrote a post in favor of book clubs moving online due to COVID. I heard from a few folks who didn’t like that format for various reasons like members talking over each other or technology glitches. I get it, […]
When I started my book club, our first title was a new release (Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller) and I couldn’t find discussion questions online. On the author’s website, I found an email address given to contact the author. I expected to hear back from […]
Social distancing has put our lives on hold. Several events I was looking forward to have already been cancelled and I suspect I’ll learn about more in the next few weeks. Despite the chaos, I’m trying to hold on to any bit of “normalcy” I […]
I was texting with a friend about the box of books I sent him last week. He said they are motivating him to finally finish the novel he’s been reading for…well I’ll just say it’s been quite a while now. I said, “You’re still slogging […]
Last weekend, my local book club met for our September meeting to discuss The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner. I struggled with the bleak nature of this novel and was eager to find thought provoking discussion questions. I searched online and found questions posted on […]
I mention my bookish bestie Lea a lot in my posts. She’s one of the few humans I communicate with on a daily basis and over the years has become one of my closest confidantes and biggest cheerleaders. But when we first met, we […]
A few years back, I joined friends in a local book club that had already been in existence for a while. Each month we’d meet to discuss what we’d read. At the end of the meeting, we’d pick our next book and decide who would […]
Sometimes my favorite part of finishing a great book is being able to discuss it with a friend. In my local book club, we have age and life experiences variances that bring different perspectives to the table, and we all feel pretty comfortable being honest […]
Last week in Barnes & Noble, I tapped this lovely cover with my finger and announced “This book is a piece of garbage.” “Really?” my husband asked, “I just saw it on a list as one of this year’s best books.” I rolled my eyes […]
