Discussion: Do you read with other people? Are you in a book club?
The Colorado Cocktail and Literary Society met last night for the ~70th time. Nine of us, give or take, meet monthly to talk about books and sip cocktails. Regardless of the content, these books forever hold a special place in my reading memory. No matter everyone’s feelings on the book, the conversation is always delightful. Always.
The same goes for any reading experience I’ve shared with another person. Whether it’s a buddy read with my best pal in Iowa or an online discussion over at The Big Read, talking about books with other people is what reading was made for. This is quite literally true: the earliest rituals around reading involved groups of people who would take turns reading aloud (books were expensive and usually shared). Reading only evolved into a solo activity later on.
To get more out of your reading, join a group—or convince just one friend to read a book with you. You won’t regret it.
Alrighty, enough from me. I want to hear about your book clubs and buddy reads!
My husband and I are trying to read through the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer together. We always attempt to read something together so we can discuss our thoughts on it and spend time with each other. We are also doing a big Christmas gift of 'A year of Reading' where we each pick one book for a month for all 12 months that we have read, wrap them up, and give them to the other. We have one month to read the book and once we finish, we sit down and discuss the book.I can't wait to do this project with him! I'm also in a book club where we meet every month and discuss a book that is within the theme we have for the year.
I’m not in a book club at the moment because I have yet to find a book club where their book of the moment coincides with the books I want to read in the coming weeks or months 😂 I am looking forward to Simon Haisell hosting Things Fall Apart though by 2025 so I think I will be ready by then.