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Few observations from my bookclub: A bookclub is not a class. For most people it’s an excuse to get together, have a drink and talk about a thing they like in
by redisman 6y ago
Few observations from my bookclub:
A bookclub is not a class. For most people it’s an excuse to get together, have a drink and talk about a thing they like in a lightly structured manner. What OP is describing sounds more like a study group.
If I don’t like the book I don’t want to read it for months and months.
- CydeWeys 6y agoAlso, we can generally only find an hour per month that the people in my book club can meet up (and then they individually need to find many hours in the preceding month to read the book). I like the idea of a weekly club with partial book assignments, but that's more time than a lot of people are able (or willing) to give it.
- redisman 6y agoI will say that a book like Infinite Jest is a terrible choice for the usual, more casual bookclub.
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- xyzzyz 6y agoI’m not sure about that: without that, how will anyone know that you’ve read Infinite Jest?
- redisman 6y agoProminent spot on the bookshelf? I love DFWs essays but never made it through the tome
- officemonkey 6y agoGoodreads. Duh.
- koheripbal 6y agoAn observation from my wife's book club. They spend 15 minutes talking about a book that perhaps 50% of them red, and the remaining two hours talking about other things. The 1-2 women that were actually serious about book analysis quit the book club.
- cableshaft 6y agoBefore the pandemic, I usually switched between attending 2 different book clubs. One is exactly how you said, and the other had a host who a list of prepared questions and trivia to discuss, and pretty much goes down her list each time, and everyone gets a chance to answer each if they have anything. I've found value in both types. I learn more from the latter, usually, but I enjoy the former, too.