Start a book club

“It started off with a group of a few friends. We were already recommending titles amongst ourselves, now we’d be reading the same books at the same time and then sharing our thoughts on them at a designated time. While drinking wine. I started with a book I’d just finished and had already passed around to my friends, Brain on Fire: my month of madness by Susannah Cahalan [...] We met at my house on a Tuesday evening. We stood in my kitchen and ate cheese and drank wine and talked about the book and various related subjects at length. The discussion flowed naturally and we stayed up way too late for a work night. And it was awesome.”

“For months, conversations about books in my bar led to, “You should start a book club” comments. Already feeling stretched thin, my response to those people was always, “You are welcome to start your own book club and meet here.” I didn’t want to do it – not only because I never really liked the idea of a being in a book club myself but also because my free time is so limited [...] After our first meetup, here’s what I realized. While readers are excited to talk about books, they’re hungry for real connection, community, and shared experiences. Face to face.”

“When I moved to Connecticut I brought up the idea of starting a book club to four friends and they all told me they do not read or they were already in a group. So I dropped the idea. Until recently when I was working on a clients home and we realized we knew a couple of the same people. I brought up the idea of book club, again, I just couldn’t let it die for me in Connecticut. Luckily they were all in! [...] Not to mention I could always use more friends, especially after moving to a new state, and an excuse to get together with them.”