After my last experience with a book club (which was the best group ever, and I still miss it desperately), I decided to volunteer to help with a book group some ladies in my new ward here in Allen were just starting up. I volunteered my services, and they nominated me leader. Which was okay, I guess. Just intimidating.
Last night, nope...it's Saturday already...Thursday night was our first meeting. We'd read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book they'd chosen before I entered the picture and one I'd already read and loved, so that was a bit of a relief. I was nervous and had all kinds of notes and cheat sheets (no laughing, Melissa K.) and so many dog-ears and marked passages that Kirk totally made fun of me.
I don't really know how it went, because I was too nervous to be a good judge, but it's over now, and I feel like I can breathe again. I LOVE books and reading and writing, but speaking/presenting? No way. Give me a paper and pencil and I could go on about a book for hours, more if I loved--or hated--the book, but ask me to talk about it in front of people and I suddenly can't remember my own name.
Breathe, Sonja. Just breathe.
Now I can read for fun...
2 comments:
I have never been in a successful book club and it's my one life's wish. I tried an online one and it made it a year but even then it wasn't very active.
So what book are you reading right now? I'm reading Gone With the Wind and it makes me think of you because I remember you saying you enjoyed that southern Civil war era.
Yes. American history is fascinating to me, but sadly, I've never actually read "Gone With The Wind." I think I'll have to.
Right now I'm reading Maisie Dobbs books, but our book group is doing The Glass Castle next. Have you read it?
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