Kinx's Book Nook: Why I Love to Read: Book Club

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Why I Love to Read: Book Club



Why I love To Read
 
Book Club


I love my book club! Three years ago, nine other ladies and I, who I now call my close friends, decided to get together once a month to talk about books.  We call ourselves Books, Babes and Booze and we had no idea how long it would last or what great conversations we would have. Rules of book club is that the hostess for that month gets to choose whatever book she wants and everyone must read at least 100 pages.

As we are about to finish our third year together, we will have read over 30 books. We have read books from so many different genres. I have read books that I know I would have never chosen for myself. We read books about World War II, cancer, Nigeria, witches and vampires, other planets, carnivals, dystopian worlds and the list goes on and on. We've covered fiction and nonfiction alike. Some books we agree on and others we don’t; and, that’s the best part about book club.


Each person in our group has her own strong opinions about what we are reading at any given time. It is so much fun to listen to another person’s thoughts on a book that you either loved or hated. We are never mean to each other because we respect every other too much to do that. We just love to debate and enjoy the differing opinions. I really love when a book totally polarizes the group. For example, one month I picked The Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. For the group, you either loved it or hated it. We had such a loud and heated debate on why Diana and Matthew never had sex in the book. We argued and laughed. It was such fun!!

Of course, with any good book club we have wonderful food and beverage. Each hostess puts together a wonderful spread of yummy snacks and great wine. For an hour and a half, we are able to let our hair down and talk about our lives and get whatever support we might need. Because after we have exhausted the book talk, we switch to whatever is happening in our lives at the time. It’s like a good old-fashioned quilting bee but with books instead of thread and needles. It’s fun talking to other like-minded women to get their take on the world’s problems.

So, that’s why I love to read this week. Good books, good friends and good conversations!


5 comments:

  1. I think I need to join/start a book club :)

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    1. Jennifer,

      I highly recommend it! It is so much fun! We have read some really great books and some stinkers as well.

      Kendal

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  2. I so need to find a book club. I love the name of yours by the way. Books, Babes and Booze is brilliant!

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    1. It's the best the thing I've done in a while. We have so much fun!

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  3. Years ago I was in an amazing book club. I moved and miss them. I enjoyed every meeting and had such fun reading books I might not have chosen for myself. Plus, the food and company was always wonderful. I like the wine idea. Maybe if I ever join another book club, we'll have wine.

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