Before all of the protests started, I was planning on writing an entry about being a part of a book club. I feel like events have calmed down enough now that I can speak, at least a little bit, about the joys (and frustrations) of being in a book club. Overall, I love being in the teacher book club that I joined and I feel like I've gotten a lot out of it.
Above is a graphic of some of the books we read during the school year. The only book on that list that I had read on my own was The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, but I'm glad I read all of them. For the most part, reading books that are atypical selections for me means that the first 40-100 pages feel slow while I wait for the story to build into something more interesting. Every sing time though, I have been glad that I stuck with the book.
The Bad:
*sometimes the group picks a weird book that I'm not interested in.
*sometimes the group changes meetings dates/times/expectations.
*the books are really random, even though we nominate and vote on them.
The Good:
*it's a fun, social activity for bonding with some of my fellow teachers.
*it's interesting to read different books that I wouldn't normally choose to read.
*it was fun to meet up at a restaurant and socialize (before the pandemic struck).
*the online voice-chatting during the pandemic has worked out well.
*it's interesting to hear different people's opinions about the characters/stories.
*when I joined the book club, I was reminded about the website GoodReads.com.
I could go on and on, but I think I'll cut myself short here. I need to do an entire post about the awesomeness of GoodReads.com sometime.
Bottom line, I think everyone should join a book club, though most people would probably prefer finding a book club that reads only books of a certain genre or theme.
Be safe out there (and I'll be safe in here)!
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