Comments on: More Than a Book Club

By: Necee

Necee — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:18 +0000

I’d love to be in a book club .I am a journal designer 36 years. I’m so busy all the time I don’t take time for myself ,not to even make friends .I do make friends with a lot of my customers but , there’s always room for more.
Necee

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:18 +0000

We’ve taught together, talked over our coffees,
and brought books to share. We were new English
teachers who became the AP teachers who became the retirees. Over the 30 years we’ve met, the group has shifted as old ones left or new ones entered, but we have remained the core three. Bookclub is an integral guiding force, our focal point even during a pandemic. Cherished friends, cherished thoughts, cherished times.

By: MaryAnn Smith

MaryAnn Smith — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:18 +0000

I love reading and creating! I love sharing books too.

By: Lacie Megan Fitts

Lacie Megan Fitts — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:18 +0000

I am an introvert (despite being a teacher) and three years ago I lost my best friend of 15 years (we had been friends since 6th grade), and I also lost my father two months prior to my friend. I have really struggled since that. I have a wonderful family, and an incredible husband, but there is a part of my social circle that is meaning and it is friends.

When I was in high school I was active in my high school’s book club, and the trivia team (based solely on the books we read!). I even worked in the library for my high school as an aide, and was even invited to be the student representative on the media center committee. Books are my love language. My husband is a book lover as well, and while I could spend all my time talking to him about books, and education (he is a teacher as well), I still get feelings of isolation, of loneliness, because I am missing having friends to talk with about books, and other things.

Your post gives me hope though that one day I will find my way back to my bookish community.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:18 +0000

I’ve always wanted to be in a book club, but no one ever invited me. I’m experiencing a joy of connectedness just at the thought!

By: Naomi Shelton

Naomi Shelton — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:18 +0000

Interested to see how this works for me.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:15 +0000

I’m not in a book club, but I am in an online Women’s Circle and it’s so nourishing. It makes me think that a book club would also be wonderful to be part of – it’s just that I don’t like being told what to read I will absolutely consider it though!

By: Ella Wilson

Ella Wilson — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:26:15 +0000

I am reading books with friends online and discussing them. I would prefer the cozy gathering of kindred souls. I love this idea, it offers you the chance to see the book’s story with fresh eyes. I, too am an introvert, but someone who is extroverted may see the MC’s perspective differently.

I’m currently reading, The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman. It’s based on a true story about an apartment in France, which was abandoned for 70 years. Can you imagine….well, here is a glimpse.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-parisian-belle-epoque-time-capsule