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Pro tip: check what book your club actually picked before you prep the whole discussion
Our club voted on the next pick back in August, and I was so sure we landed on the Southern Gothic anthology that I spent 2 full weeks underlining every ghost story and mapping out how they connect. Then at the meeting last Tuesday, the host asks me what I thought about the opening farm scene in the Steinbeck novel. Turns out the final tally was 7 to 5 for the other book and nobody texted me the update. Has anyone else prepped for the wrong title and had to fake your way through a whole hour of literary debate?
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jamesfox13d ago
Been there. Showed up ready to talk about a mystery novel and turns out everyone read a memoir instead. What saved me was asking the person next to me to pass their copy during a bathroom break, then I skimmed the first chapter and grabbed two quotes that sounded deep. Nobody caught on the whole night. Now I screenshot the vote results and text them to myself the second the meeting ends.
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