Guys! I did it. This is the last book club review for me to post for this first round of competition. And except for ONE missed day, I wrote a review every day. This is basically my version of 75 hard right here (I promise, I understand how intense 75 hard is. That's the reason I'm never going to do it). And I should probably be working out right now because I got home from dinner with my parents earlier than I get home from book club on weeknights, so I have time. But our blind cat thought 2:30 in the morning was a great time to wake me up for food by repeatedly walking over my head, so I'm tired and not doing that. I'll get back to it tomorrow when instead of going out to eat I'll have to come home and cook.
But for now, let's talk about another book club.
Today I'm discussing the Book Hangout Book Club. I joined this group just after I quit my job at the discount bread store without having another job already lined up. And you're probably thinking that sounds like a bad time to join a new book club where you'll presumably be spending more money (at least on food and drinks at the meetings). And you'd be right. I said the same thing at the time. I found them, told my husband I wanted to join but it wasn't a good time because I'd have to buy the first book at least as the wait at the library was stupid long for The Thursday Murder Club. So my husband kidnapped me for a lunch date and then took me to Barnes and Noble where I was instructed to pick five books. Even though he complains about the number of books I own a lot, he's also my second biggest enabler (I'm the first).
This group was a bit intimidating at my first meeting. They already had a fairly large core group, and most of them were in attendance it seemed. And while I love being in book clubs, I still get nervous when I go to a new one. But that has also made me a good book club ambassador. If I'm at a location for a meeting and see a person looking the way I always feel my first time attending a new group, I usually approach them to ask if they're there for book club. If they say yes, I drag them along to the group. Sometimes I even introduce myself first. With this group, my first meeting was at a location that opened right at the time the meeting was set to start, so I at least saw a few group members waiting outside making things less intimidating. I barely talked at the meeting though.
This is another generic book club that reads in all genres and picks books for the year in November/December time frame. And while the book selections don't lean very heavily romantasy, the discussion after we talk about the book usually veers that direction real quick. Lot of romantasy fans in this group, so if that's your jam and you want recommendations, these ladies will deliver. There may be some spoilers about some of those books mentioned briefly, but they're pretty mild as everyone is fairly respectful on that score. It really only becomes a slight problem if a few people have read the same book and start discussing.
This group pretty much always meets the last Sunday of the month in the morning (typically around 10 o'clock, but sometimes meetings start as late as noon depending on the location we're meeting). Because of this and Fountain Book Club sometimes meeting last Sunday of the month at one, I do occasionally miss Book Hangout meetings because the Fountain meetings are always closer to home (and that group is usually smaller so they need me more).
And I think this is the first match-up pitting book clubs together that I actually have to decide between sometimes. So this will be interesting. Maybe I'll use it to inform my decision next time there's a conflict.
Some of my favorite reads from this group include The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, and Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Does this sound like a group you'd like to hangout with? - Katie
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