In February of 2006, Paul, Carlos, Wade, and I took a trip to Clearwater Bay Florida. During this trip Carlos and I both started reading the book "The Kite Runner." We enjoyed it so much that we encouraged several of our friends to read it as well. Thus, the seeds of our book club began to sprout.
For the past 28 months, we have enjoyed a long running book club. Some members have come and gone, but overall, it's the same original group that started back in 2006. During this time, we have had some real hits (Time Travelers Wife, Blindness, East of Eden), and some misses (Julie and Julia). I look forward to every book club gathering- there is usually an awesome meal involved, plenty of liquid encouragement, and often heated discussions/arguments.
In March of this year, the book "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" was selected. It is now May. No one (except for Jacob) has read the book. No date has been set for book club.
The final straw came a few days ago when we got an email from Carlos that began...
"The Book Club is dead..."
These were the fatal words written by Carlos following a lack of participation from our last book.
Book club may be waning. Book club may be struggling. But Book Club is NOT dead!
I am willing to allow for a summer hiatus- but I am NOT willing to say good-bye forever.
1 comment:
I am so excited to find out that you have a blog! I love to take a peek into other people's lives, particularly yours. There is nothing like an unreadable book to break a book club. Been there, done that.
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