I’m Joining a Book Club. Maybe.
I never thought this day would come, but it looks like I might finally be joining a book club. Specifically, the Elliott Bay Book Company's book club, which is open to the public. Here's what I like about their group: Although you're supposed to RSVP, it's an opt-in type of gathering — your attendance is not mandatory at each one, so if you don't like the book of the month, you can just skip it. No pressure to read someone else's crappy choice! They seem to choose mostly literary fiction and classics, which is probably a good motivator for me to [...]