Welcome to the Unbearable Lightness of Reading! I registered our book club at the local Chapter 11 bookstore to get discounts for the group on our book selections. The clerk told me that we needed to have a name in order to register, so I had to come up with a name on the fly. We'd just read Milan Kundera's book, and that was the obvious inspiration for our name.
I joined the group about 6 years ago after being invited by the only friend I made during a brief employment stint at MindSpring. I hated the job, but looking back, it was worth all the suffering to be able to join the club.
So, here's how our book club works. The group consists of 11 women. We meet the last Tuesday of the month, and the host selects the book, feeds the group, and leads the discussion. December is a potluck holiday party, and we select the books for the coming year. We started keeping a scrapbook (although none of us are scrapbookers), and each month, we add notes about the books we've read. We've lost a few members -- one recently had twins, and another moved back to NY just this week -- and I though a blog would be a good way for us to stay in touch.
Happy reading!
