I used to enjoy participating in book clubs (be it in person or online), but between emigrating, the pandemic and life changes I haven’t been in one in quite a while. What about you? Do you enjoy reading groups? If so, in person or digital?
I was in a couple reading groups through 2020 but I always read the book too quickly and didn’t want to spoil it for anyone else so I found it not super beneficial to me.
That’s what has been stopping me: the reading schedule seems so slow, i wouldn’t be able to keep it. I’d either read way in advance or I’d drop out.
No bookclubs for men around me. My guy friends don’t read books, and all the women are in woman only bookclubs, or just exclusively read YA fantasy garbage that I’m not interested in.
I founded a local science fiction book club! It’s been a big success and pushes me to read books I wouldn’t necessarily have otherwise considered. I highly recommend it in general, especially if you love reading.
For me, in-person is necessary simply because I get very distracted in front of a computer. But during the Pandemic I did do meetings digitally and it certainly was better than nothing.
I never tried video-clubs (well I tried a think called videoclub a few decades ago, but was a very different thing…), online was always in written, which had its good things, but felt pretty disconnected.
It is great that you founded a club! I have the feeling that if I want to participate again I will have to make one too (and will be a SFF one probably)
I like bookclubs a lot, but I feel that they tend to be very hard to get into sometimes especially as a younger person.
Really? The few I participated I was lucky that there was a diversity of ages, genders… with everyone participating equally. That is something I have always like about practicing sports, that you get in contact as equals with very different people, while at school or work it is always people pretty much like you.
