One of the highlights of my month is meeting up with the lovely ladies in my book group. Now, I think book groups have had bad press in the past but there does seem to be a bit of a revival and I am all for it! The idea behind it is that you meet up, all having read the same book (this is where the 'fail' bit starts) and swap thoughts about said book. We do the meeting up bit and we chat about lots of things (the book included) but I have been failing badly on the reading front.
My main reason for joining a book group is to make me read (fail) but it has introduced me to some really lovely people too (not fail). I totally recommend it. My recent choices have almost seen me ejected from the club they've been so rubbish. Saying that, they've all been a bit crap apart from The Help which we all liked - brilliant book club read. I am currently reading the third Chocolat book Peaches for monsieur le cure. by Joanne Harris - I shall report back on the verdict. I am a fan of the first two though (Chocolat and The Lollipop Shoes) so it's a good start.
There is always a bit of debate about what books are good book group reads. I'm up for reading anything new but we often discuss whether books are too 'challenging' for our book group or sometimes not challenging enough. I have to admit though, my choice of a good read has changed from my French literature days of university, Flaubert would NOT cut it in my book club these days, I need a much easier read! Rubbish I know. Any thoughts on good reads?
LKx
My main reason for joining a book group is to make me read (fail) but it has introduced me to some really lovely people too (not fail). I totally recommend it. My recent choices have almost seen me ejected from the club they've been so rubbish. Saying that, they've all been a bit crap apart from The Help which we all liked - brilliant book club read. I am currently reading the third Chocolat book Peaches for monsieur le cure. by Joanne Harris - I shall report back on the verdict. I am a fan of the first two though (Chocolat and The Lollipop Shoes) so it's a good start.
There is always a bit of debate about what books are good book group reads. I'm up for reading anything new but we often discuss whether books are too 'challenging' for our book group or sometimes not challenging enough. I have to admit though, my choice of a good read has changed from my French literature days of university, Flaubert would NOT cut it in my book club these days, I need a much easier read! Rubbish I know. Any thoughts on good reads?
LKx
