IRL Book Club Etiquette

[Unknown]

I thought this was a funny read for any of you IRL book clubs. The last IRL book club I was in pretty much failed miserably because of most of these faux pas.

For the record, this in no way is a passive aggressive jab at this group or anybody in it. I just thought it was funny because I've been guilty of some of these.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/26/book-club-etiquette_n_6534016.html?utm_hp_ref=books

[Irishcurls]

Haha very good!! We have (had? it's sort of dissolving) a member no one liked, but it was the SIL of the "founding member" so she got suckered into including her. Also, we call ours wine club cause, all the wine.

[peanutmuse]

For my book club with my friends, we picked books that were made into movies -- for example, Valley of the Dolls. Rather than worrying about if everyone read the book, even those who hadn't could just watch the movie and participate -- at least a little bit, anyway. Those of us who read it would talk about things outside of the movie, of course, but this way we could just drink wine and watch the movie.

I was part of a true book club when I lived in Brooklyn. We formed over craigslist. It was so awkward. I stayed for two books and then just couldn't do it anymore. Plus the second book was terrible and I couldn't even finish it.

[Unknown]

Jan 28, 2015 15:16:26 GMT -5 peanutmuse said:

For my book club with my friends, we picked books that were made into movies -- for example, Valley of the Dolls. Rather than worrying about if everyone read the book, even those who hadn't could just watch the movie and participate -- at least a little bit, anyway. Those of us who read it would talk about things outside of the movie, of course, but this way we could just drink wine and watch the movie.

This is a good idea.

[Irishcurls]

I will admit to being a little snobby about book selections. Just because you read it and "liked it" doesn't mean it's a good book club book.