This has been an eventful day for me so far, but not in a bad way. Got up early (for a Saturday at least) for Fantasy Book Club at 11. I was up early enough that I folded three weeks worth of laundry before I even needed to leave for book club. Then after the book club meeting, my husband and I got our taxes done. We have the best lady at H&R Block (she's wicked fast at it), but to see her for our taxes, we have to go on base. Fortunately my husband's job and veteran status gives us that option. Our return is very sad because we're in a grown up tax bracket, but we are getting a return.
Then I came home, did a short cardio workout (I plan on doing another workout a bit later, but wanted to get some of my self-imposed administrative work done first), created the events for three months worth of book club meetings in two groups, and now we're here. And that means it's time to talk about another book club.
Today we are focusing on the third of the thriller/mystery specific book clubs that I am a member of in the Springs (that made the list. There is also a Final Girls Book Club, but much like Shelf-Care, I haven't been able to make it to a meeting. The reason Shelf Care made the bracket and Final Girls didn't is the times for Final Girls meetings seem to have more conflicts, so I'm less likely to be able to attend). Although this is the third thriller group I joined, it's actually the first one to exist (to my knowledge). If it weren't for the fact that these groups in general are widely attended (with almost no overlap in attendees beyond me), I'd feel like a bit of ass for having started one. The ladies who run the other groups are far better organized than I am. But there is clearly room for multiple, and they all meet on different days and at different times.
Deadly Chapters and Cafes is largely a democracy when it comes to book choices. We usually have a theme for the month picked for us (such as snowy setting for December, etc), and then anyone in the group can make suggestions that are on theme. Once all the suggestions are in, we vote. We have books picked a couple months out typically (which is good because thriller books are the hardest to get at the library it seems, without facing a decently long wait). I think we sometimes vote on the next meeting location, but I believe that is usually decided by Paula, who runs the group. Sometimes I like just being told where to be though, and not having to make choices. And since this group usually meets at coffee shops and I don't really drink coffee, it's much easier when they just tell me where to go.
You would think that being in four different thriller book clubs, these would be the groups that see the most book selection overlap, because they're drawing from just one genre. You would also be very wrong. So far, there has not been a single book that was picked for more than one of these groups, within this genre set. Meanwhile, the big Colorado Springs Book Club, Book Hangout Book Club, and Fountain Book Club have all had several books overlap between the three, and I classify all of them as generic book clubs. If you love thrillers and want to talk about all the thrillers, but you don't want to repeat books between clubs, you can rest fairly assured that you won't see a lot of overlap in the local thriller groups as they stand right now.
Some of my favorite reads from this group include The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James, They Never Learn by Layne Fargo, and Survive the Night by Riley Sager.
Will you be joining us for a coffee and chat any time soon? - Katie
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