My relationship with my book club has been rocky recently. A few of us made a last ditch effort to get something that sounded more likely to be a hit voted in and make a move away from the stodgy…
On Reading for Book Clubs
I’ve always wanted to be part of a book club. Meeting with like-minded people over a drink or two to gabble about a book sounded ideal. The reality has been…disappointing. During the end of last year and the beginning of…
Book Club Chatter #3: ’20th Century Ghosts’ by Joe Hill
I was excited about this month’s book club. I missed the meeting for An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth because I didn’t manage to buy the book in time, never mind read it. I wasn’t devastated because I wasn’t overly…
Book Club Chatter #2: ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ by Agatha Christie
Since January, I’ve managed to miss two book club meetings. I missed the February meeting because I was too busy at work to finish “early” (at 5.15pm…) and go to the meeting. That was a shame, actually, because the book…
Book Club Chatter #1: ‘Bossypants’ by Tina Fey
For all that I love reading, I’ve never actually been in a real live book club so when a colleague asked if I wanted to join the work book club, I was keen. I also felt like I should make…
