Book Club

About one year ago, after graduating from college, I decided to join a book club at my local Barnes & Noble. The book was Gulliver's Travels. I had a good time, so I decided to keep going. Other books we have read include: Fahrenheit 451, The Book Thief, Davita's Harp, Four dialogs by Plato, An Anthropologist on Mars, Alan Alda's memoir, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Blink, Picture of Dorian Grey, The Alchemist, Swann's Way, and tonight The Year of Magical Thinking. Probably half of the books are ones that I never would have read if it wasn't for the book club, and most of them I enjoyed. Even the ones that I might have read eventually someday, I was glad to have the added pressure of the book club to keep me moving along. Unfortunately, since I will be moving to live with my fiance, I will probably not be able to attend the book club after tonight. I hope that in my new home, I will be able to join a book club, or to get one started if there aren't any that I can join already in operation.