I have now decided that I am a bookclub junkie. I love them!!! I just recently joined my THIRD bookclub! They are so great because they get you to read books you might not otherwise pick up. Then you actually get to discuss the books, rather than just finish one on your own and not be able to share your thoughts with anyone. My bookclubs are divided out like this:
--A group of women I met when I first got to Brussels and have been here about as long as I have (10 months). We usually just pick girly books. We each bring an appetizer and usually spend more time talking about life than talking about the book.
--I just joined the second group. They are all members of the American Women's Club of Brussels and meet at 1pm once a month. It is so nice to finally not have to bring an appetizer or wine somewhere! I also enjoyed this group because since they are not all as good of friends, we actually have a longer discussion about the book than just chit-chat. Perhaps because they are also a bunch of previous career women who now have a lot of time, they are incredibly organized! Every May they pick out the books for the next 12 months so that when people go back to the States for the summer they can buy all the books at a lower price.
--The third group is our 'couples' bookclub, so both Kyle and I attend. This is our more worldy group consisting of a few Brits, a guy from the Seychelles Islands, a South African and a few Americans. We just have to bring a bottle of wine to this one and the conversation is always interesting. Sometimes this group is a bit too intellectual for me though. In the past we have had 2 WSJ guys and a guy that went to Oxford in England. We just recently read Humbolt's Gift and Homage to Catalonia--ugh!!!
My two favorite bookclub books have been Time Travellers Wife and The Kite Runner. I think the Posionwood Bible would be a great bookclub read, but it is a little long. For our 'couples' bookclub it is now Kyle and my's turn to select the next book. I just heard that The Master by Colm Toibin is good, so that might be in the running. Any suggestions???
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