I had no idea there were so many amazing book clubs out there! I'm with you; I probably won't join any of them, but I'll look around at their choices to see what I've been missing. Thanks so much.
Not to start a war here, but I just 'finished' my first Sue Grafton novel and I was thunderstruck by how much unnecessary filler there was. She describes every little detail down to the paint color under the paint color under the paint color. It could have been an interesting story but after reading what seems like note-taking descriptions of every room she ever entered, and the clothing of everyone she ever encountered--down to the underwear, I swear--I skipped to the end to see whodunnit.
She's so popular, I figured I should see what all the fuss was about. Now I'm wondering if they're all like that, from A to Z, but I don't want to have to read any more to find out. Got any insight? What am I missing?
I think you’re wise to cut back a bit during your busiest season!
I like Jenna’s picks and it’s where I discovered Girl With the Louding Voice. I haven’t had the best of luck with Reece’s picks though so I stopped trying. Oprah has some good ones! I’m sure all their stickers are responsible for a lot of book sales and that’s a good thing!
This was another great newsletter, Gayla. I’ll be following the lists of books that come out of these book clubs. See you next week and please don’t worry about whether you can do one or two or more newsletters a week. I don’t know how you do all you do but what you do send out always has something I didn’t know and am glad to know.
Wow, I had no idea that the celebrity book clubs were so interessting. This is great. Now we just need to find out if there's a celebrity Jane Austen Book Club! Perhaps hosted by Emma Thompson (or insert favorite here!)
Bless you, Gayla! Thank you so much. It means a lot to me that you find the conversations interesting even without being immersed in the books, that is definitely my goal! And love your idea of a read-along. That is going on my Futures list!
Dear Gayla! Wow, this is simply great, you take the hard work out of choosing a great reading club, and I really did not know clubs existed, thank you, and can not wait to meet us all again in our Substack group. Jx
I had no idea there were so many amazing book clubs out there! I'm with you; I probably won't join any of them, but I'll look around at their choices to see what I've been missing. Thanks so much.
Not to start a war here, but I just 'finished' my first Sue Grafton novel and I was thunderstruck by how much unnecessary filler there was. She describes every little detail down to the paint color under the paint color under the paint color. It could have been an interesting story but after reading what seems like note-taking descriptions of every room she ever entered, and the clothing of everyone she ever encountered--down to the underwear, I swear--I skipped to the end to see whodunnit.
She's so popular, I figured I should see what all the fuss was about. Now I'm wondering if they're all like that, from A to Z, but I don't want to have to read any more to find out. Got any insight? What am I missing?
I think you’re wise to cut back a bit during your busiest season!
I like Jenna’s picks and it’s where I discovered Girl With the Louding Voice. I haven’t had the best of luck with Reece’s picks though so I stopped trying. Oprah has some good ones! I’m sure all their stickers are responsible for a lot of book sales and that’s a good thing!
Netflix book club sounds right up my alley. Also sounds like there’s a space for men led or men-centric book clubs.
This was another great newsletter, Gayla. I’ll be following the lists of books that come out of these book clubs. See you next week and please don’t worry about whether you can do one or two or more newsletters a week. I don’t know how you do all you do but what you do send out always has something I didn’t know and am glad to know.
Wow, I had no idea that the celebrity book clubs were so interessting. This is great. Now we just need to find out if there's a celebrity Jane Austen Book Club! Perhaps hosted by Emma Thompson (or insert favorite here!)
Thank you for this! I look forward to delving deeper into the book clubs mentioned and finding even more books to add to my TBR list.
Bless you, Gayla! Thank you so much. It means a lot to me that you find the conversations interesting even without being immersed in the books, that is definitely my goal! And love your idea of a read-along. That is going on my Futures list!
Dear Gayla! Wow, this is simply great, you take the hard work out of choosing a great reading club, and I really did not know clubs existed, thank you, and can not wait to meet us all again in our Substack group. Jx