This is becoming something of a habit for me, getting to these review posts late in the day. But we're heading into the weekend now, and my parents are going to be here Monday and Tuesday, so my goal this weekend is to get ahead and finish writing my book club reviews. But I have book club meetings both days this weekend (and they're for the two groups that I run, so I have to be there), and we are getting our taxes done tomorrow as well, so we will see how well my plans work out.
And I could have gotten to this post earlier this evening, but after getting home from work (later than normal because traffic was awful on my route home), I still had to cook supper and then eat. And then I wanted to get my workout in. I make accountability posts on Insta when I start a workout, and there is a noticeable difference in my face since last year (and if I'd been consistent for the entire year, it would probably be even more noticeable, although there is only so much I can shed from my naturally round face). But on this day last year I also did a 3.3 mile walk and since it was in my Facebook memories, I decided to repeat that today. I completed it almost 12 whole minutes faster today than a year ago. So even if my weight wasn't any different, my fitness levels are.
But enough about me. Let's talk about a book club.
I've been in Twists and Page Turners Book Club for about a year and a half now (I think). I joined it when it first started, but missed the first meeting. This group is focused on thriller, horror, and mystery novels (mostly thriller). We meet at 6 pm on a Tuesday evening once every six weeks (or so. There have been a couple fluctuations due to holidays and such). The every six week thing is both nice and awful. It means that some months I have one fewer meeting to attend (which makes it easier to keep up), but it also means that some months it conflicts with Books and Booze, and then I still have one fewer meeting to attend because I can't be in two places at once. If anyone has a line on dependable cloning technology, let me know.
This group is part democracy, part dictatorship. Cassidy is wildly organized, keeping close track of who attends what meetings, and uses that information to rotate book selection through the attending members. But the person whose turn it is to pick the book doesn't get to decide exactly what book we'll be reading. They are required to provide at least three options to be voted on by the group at large. And Cassidy and Debra then research the book options to determine how available they are (when it was my turn to pick, I provided more than three options, and pre-researched availability, but sometimes I'm an overachiever like that). Once a book is picked, then we vote on where to meet as well, with a focus on locally owned restaurants.
Some of my favorite books from this group include Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier, Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney, and The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.
Will you join us, or are you scared? - Katie
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