The shift in my book club's reading choices over 2 years really bugged me

Back in 2021, my book club in Austin picked mostly literary fiction and classics. We'd argue about themes and characters for hours. Then about 18 months ago, someone suggested a popular thriller and it got 3 new members. Now we're reading nothing but fast-paced bestsellers and it feels like we're just checking boxes. I miss the deep dives into why a character made a certain choice. Has anyone else seen their group slowly change what they read without talking about it first?

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sam_murphy395d ago

Wow, that is such a bummer! It's really tough when a group you loved doing something specific with just slowly morphs into something else without anyone even stopping to talk about it (like a sneaky identity crisis for the whole club). I totally get missing those deep dives, that's the whole point of a book club for me too, not just a reading checklist. It sounds like the new people just want a different vibe, and nobody wanted to be the one to say "hey, are we okay with this?

the_charlie5d ago

Yeah, I heard a podcast call that "mission drift." Sucks when nobody stops to check the map.