My friend Megan invited me to be a part of her book club (after I kinda invited myself). Once it was set and agreed upon, my non-commital self started to wonder: Do I really want to be the new kid in this already well established (8 years running) book club? Should I just start my own darn club? And then I thought other weird things: What if I drink too much wine and talk too much? What if I don't have any profound to say about the book? Blah, blah.
Silly things aside, tonight was my first book club night. The evening was very enjoyable! The group was warm and welcoming (and liberal, which helps). The conversation was natural and thought-provoking. In addition to our book discussion, we chatted up politics, parenting, public schools, the health care system and homemade soup. There were roughly 10 women ranging in age from early 30's to late 50's. A mix of teachers, medical people, legal people; most married, the majority are moms. This group did not guzzle as much wine as I would have liked, but there is real raucous potential. Gimme a "W" for Women!!
Worst Part of the Day-
I had flashbacks of cramming for something or other in my college days...I read 180 pages of this crazy book in the last 24 hours. Scarlet was trying to tell me something cool that happened to her at gymnastics and all I could think was, "Not now honey, I've got to read this damn book by six. Shhhhh."
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The book--Bel Canto. Total pages-314. The marital status of whom?
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