Coming off Hiatus

Well, the book club leader moved out of town, and the half the club seems to be on summer vacation, so it remains to be seen if and when the next selection will be announced and a date set.  The next meeting, if it happens, might not take place until September.  And of course my participation is dependent on both the selection and the date.  (For all I know, I will have joined or started a new book club by then!)

In the meantime, I've been reading.  A LOT.  And I'm eager to share what I've read.

To that end, I'll be putting up posts discussing titles I've read.  The posts will be labeled "independent reading."  The things I read will vary in genre and reading level but will be not "younger" than Middle Grade (pretty good explanation here).  I'm in the middle of two pretty good--and very different--books at the moment.

Is anyone reading anything good for the summer?  Feel free to share in the combox. 

 

Hiatus

As my few followers might have guessed, this blog is going (has been) on hiatus.  There are several reasons:

The titles/types of books preferred by the majority of the club members just don't appeal to me.  I tried suggesting things, but nobody else was into them.  And the one time I did suggest something, the book was so savaged at the next meeting that--while I didn't take it personally--it certainly left me feeling that my preferences didn't fit it too well with the rest of the group.

The last meeting I went to was so poorly attended, mostly because people hadn't read the book (although most of the few who did attend had not read it, either!), that I felt I had wasted my time both reading the book and coming to the meeting.  What's the point?

It's not so much that book clubs aren't for me; really, it's about finding the book club that is for me.  That could involve starting my own club.

 I will update and/or change formats if and when I get the new club going (or join a new one.).  Thanks for reading--and keep on reading!