The book club I’m currently in is with people who live in my neighborhood. We do spend at least half of the time talking about the book, depending on how remarkable it was. There’s also food and drink and bonding, because that’s a secondary goal of our meetings.

I would say anything goes. I’m a nerd and I’d love it if someone brought notes to our meeting, but unfortunately most of our books are not that deep. We choose 6 genres for the next six months and then vote for books within each genre. Verity this month made my eyes bleed, so I’m following up on my own with Les Miserables.

I would love to have a book club with fans of literature, but I’ll have to settle for online for now.