Have you ever been part of a book club? For the past
thirteen years I’ve been the member of at least one club and sometimes two. When
I’m reading, I underline phrases I find well worded or facts I think are fascinating.
I scribble my own examples and questions in the margins. When I’m excited about
a book or learning new things, I always want to share that news. Many times my
patient husband is the recipient of my newfound insights or knowledge. I know
that sometimes his patience wears thin and he must grit his teeth as I read him
“just one more” passage from my current book crush.
Books are a passion for me and luckily, most of my family,
as evidenced by the many, many, many crammed book shelves in our house
(including two in bathrooms!). In a rush to get out the door this morning, I scrambled
to find a paper I needed and knocked over the current stack of I’ve-got-to-read-these
books that teetered nearly two feet high on the corner of my desk. They tumbled
over the side, a few landing in the trash can. I re-stacked them and sighed.
Some from the bottom of the stack have been there since last fall. When was I
going to read these books?? I’m busy right now hurtling through the book for my
women’s Book club that meets next Friday. And then I’ve got to finish the book
for the book discussion I’m helping to lead at my church.
Book Club books always take precedence over the hundreds of
other books haunting me from my shelves in nearly every room of my house. The
ones on my desk are piled there so I’ll get to them sooner rather than later,
although that phrase has become very relative in my life. I need another book
club to force me to get to them. And then I thought – Ah! I have a perfect
audience for a book club – my blog. You people are trapped there and have no choice
but to listen to my ramblings (yes, I know you could simply click away from
this post, but I trust that you won’t and choose to live in the blissful belief
that you hang on my every word).
So KFOL Book Club begins this month! I’m going to do one
book a month from the stack. Although Marion Nestle’s book What to Eat is so
dense it’ll need two months. I’ll devote at least one post, possibly more if I
get excited. You have several options for participating.
