So I have “book club” in the title three times because I am a part of three book clubs. Usually I can time it so that not everything is overlapping at once, but I seem to have failed this time around…but no worries – I seem to have more time on my hands (see previous blog postings about job), so I can catch up. Here’s what I’m reading at the moment.
Book club 1: This is the book club I have with my girlfriends. We are going on 5 years now! Our current pick: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. It’s part of a series of books, and I think it’s actually written for tweens/teenage girls, but I’ve gotten countless recommendations from people my age or older. We thought we’d see what all the hype was about. I have just started this. I think it’s about vampires, which I normally am not into…but again, I am willing to read to see why everyone is raving.
Book club 2: Micah and I have our own book club too. We’ve done it for a year or so. We trade picks, so that Micah gets to pick one month, me the next, and so on. We just finished reading Star Wars: Heir to the Empire. Wonder who’s pick that was? So, this month’s selection is Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I thought I’d change it up a bit and invite not only my sister (who I constantly am encouraging to read more) to read this boook, but also my grandma. My Grams recently stumbled upon large print books (easier on the eyes) in the library. And after hearing about some of the books she’s been reading, I thought she’d enjoy this one too. So I ordered up four of these books (1 large print) for us all. Funny thing is, my grandma got her book and read half of it before we even got ours shipped. But it’ll be fun to discuss it…once I finish…which means I need to start it. Eeek.
Book club 3: This is newly formed and is with some of my buddies at work: Alison, Katie, and Valerie. We wanted to read some interesting books that relate to our profession…but not boring “business books” but cool interesting stuff about consumer behavior, psychology, decision-making, etc. So we kicked it off with Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. I’m about half way through. This one is kind of nice because we only read 4 chapters or so, and then meet at lunchtime. It’s been extremely interesting thus far. The author is a very creative, unique researcher who turns traditional thinking about consumer-decision making on its head. (If you liked Freakonomics then you might like this one too).
Ok – enough blogging, I gotta read!!!!
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