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Hit 50 book club meetings before realizing we never actually finish books
I just counted back through my calendar and realized my book club has met 50 times over the last 4 years. That's a shocking number because I can only name maybe 12 books we actually finished. We always get sidetracked debating the first few chapters and then someone brings up a movie adaptation or a random author scandal. Last month we spent the whole hour arguing about whether the main character was a villain or just misunderstood, and nobody had read past page 30. Has anyone else's club become more about the debate than the book itself?
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emery_young1317d ago
Wait, isn't finishing the book kind of the whole point?
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rileyp4927d ago
Thats the most relatable book club confession I've ever heard.
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derek99427d ago
@rileyp49 I had the same problem for years until I started picking books I already wanted to read instead of what everyone else was pushing. Turns out that makes a huge difference. Now I just show up and talk about the parts that actually stuck with me, even if it's just one scene or a character I liked. Nobody cares if you finish the whole thing as long as you got something out of it. Most folks in my group admitted they skim the last couple chapters anyway. That little shift made book club way more fun and less like homework.
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