First of all, I can attend wearing anything I want.
Everyone will have read the book.
No need to dress up.
Make-up not required.
Timing is flexible.
No commuting time.
Weather irrelevant.
No food to worry about, either preparing or eating
it.
No wasted chitchat.
No time constraints.
100% attendance guaranteed.
No complex coordination of schedules.
Compelling insights.
Brilliant analyses.
And lots of humor.
A
few days ago M and I discover, quite by accident, that not only are we both
reading the same book (The Headmaster’s
Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene) but that we were at the exact same place
in the book. Today we both finish it, so
we decide to discuss it tonight.
I
call M around 9, but she’s cleaning up from dinner. See, that’s the thing about this book
club. No problem. She calls me back a
little later. We have a solid, 45-minute discussion. At one point, M’s husband interrupts to ask
her a question. “Hey, I can’t talk
now. I’m at book club,” I hear her tell
him.
In
the end, we agree that-
The
book is worth the read, but flawed.
The
author should have focus-group tested the ending to make it less contrived.
Gone Girl was better.
Still,
it’s a good book for our first meeting.
We
chose Watching You by Michael
Robotham for our next book. Oh, that’s
another benefit. It’s easy picking
books. Only two people need to agree.
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