I was supposed to get this post drafted this past weekend, but I did not do that. I did get some other book club administration stuff done though, so I'm counting that as a win. The people in the two book clubs I run were very impressed with me (as they should be!) But now I've set the bar rather high, and they're going to expect this level of excellence all the time.
And I would have gotten around to getting this written earlier tonight, except my parents are in town for a couple days after visiting my brother and sister-in-law, so my evenings are spoken for tonight and tomorrow. Then we'll return to our regularly scheduled chaos.
But I'm also tired, so let's get to the next review.
Today I'm focusing on the Fountain Book Club, which is technically not a Colorado Springs book club, but it is a Colorado Springs area book club. In reality, this should have been the first book club I found and joined because I live in Fountain, but it literally never came across my radar. And realistically, if I'd joined it first, I might not have ever joined another. But because my first book club in the area is a 30 minute drive away from my house, when I found others that were even slightly closer to home, that feature appealed to me. Not that I'm ever leaving that book club, because The Next Chapter is a significant portion of my friend group, and that extends beyond book club, and I just haven't had that same level of connection with a significant number of members of any of my other groups.
This is one of my generic book clubs, and has seen a fair amount of overlap in book selection with both the big Colorado Springs Book Club and Book Hangout Book Club. And when you consider that my three thriller specific book clubs have seen no overlap, that's weird! These three groups have ALL the genres to choose from, and they're picking several of the same books. But, that makes it easier for me to attend 18 book clubs every month, because it means I don't always have to read 18 whole books every month. And the books that overlap tend to be pretty well-anticipated or popular newer releases.
While this group has had some overlap with other groups, it also leans towards fantasy. Not heavily, but several of the members, myself included, really enjoy fantasy novels, which gives them a leg up when it comes time to voting. All of the books for the year have been selected since like November (maybe December, I've slept since then). And I do like that feature when the books picked are so popular because it makes it easier to obtain them either through the library or cheaper on sale on Amazon or potentially finding it at the thrift store. I don't think I even suggested any books for this group when it was open for suggestions (which means those were submitted in November while I was hiding from the authorities in Florida).
This group usually means either the last Sunday of the month, or the first Sunday of the month (depending on how well the group as a whole is doing at finishing the book on time) at a brewery here in Fountain. Fortunately, we always meet at one, so even when it's the first Sunday, I can still make it to both Fountain and the smaller Colorado Springs Book Club.
Some of my favorite books from this group include Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown, and Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree.
Does this sound like a group you'd want to invade? - Katie
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