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PoindexterOglethorpe

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10. Thanks again for sharing this.

Reply to LisaM (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 6, 2017, 02:01 PM

Jun 2017

One thing I've learned over the years is to be very wary of books that have become huge best sellers, because those are the books that the people who only read one or two books a year pick up precisely because of the hype.

It seems as though people who read so little are just not that picky about good writing.

One of the best things I've taken up doing is NOT finishing a book if it's not holding my attention well enough. So many books, so little time. And I read about 80-100 books per year.

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My book club book seems to be an anti-abortion screed.... [View all] LisaM Jun 2017 OP

How often does your club meet? TexasProgresive Jun 2017 #1

Looking at the reviews, while some of them PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #2

The entire plot revolves around an abortion, and its aftermath, so to speak. LisaM Jun 2017 #3

Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #4

It's not a particularly well-written book anyway..... LisaM Jun 2017 #5

Thanks again for sharing this. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #10

On a good weekend, I read 4 or 5 books. LisaM Jun 2017 #11

Woah! I'm impressed. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #16

Yes, and there are a few I cycle through each year... LisaM Jun 2017 #17

I've gotten to the point where I peruse the chosen book, and will often decide that LuckyLib Jun 2017 #6

I don't mind reading a bad book and trashing it - I read fast - and I like my friends. LisaM Jun 2017 #7

I hear you. I had to form a two-person book group with a friend so we could read LuckyLib Jun 2017 #8

I have to ignore the book part, in general. LisaM Jun 2017 #9

book club. hell, i rebelled in a college class. reading assignment. pansypoo53219 Jun 2017 #12

I think "On the Road" has one of the most beautiful last lines ever written. LisaM Jun 2017 #13

Book clubs are strange beasts... Phentex Jun 2017 #14

We're pretty liberal.... LisaM Jun 2017 #15