Book Clubbing

In an attempt to meet new people, be introduced to new books and unlock the secrets of what I'm thinking about a book through discussion, I've joined not one, but two book clubs.

So far we've read The Icarus Girl and The Kite Runner in one book club (with The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as our "pre-holiday, not as traumatizing as the others" next choice). The discussions have been pretty good, intense and unfocused at times but hitting on most of the points that people have wanted to bring up and, I think (hope), everyone leaves with some new food for thought.

In the second book club, until now, there have only been a couple of us reading the book (myself included, I'm proud to say). We've read Ghost World and Fight Club, and watched the films of both. It's been a nice social experience, having dinner together and watching a movie, but with little or no discussion of the actual book. Last night's meeting was really nice - a small group who all read The Time Traveler's Wife and came to book club with things to say, a great dinner (no movie) and discussion. Hurrah!