Those of us who have joined a book club know that despite humanity being a wide and varied group, there are always certain types one tends to meet at these clubs. They are fun, annoying, or surprising, but certainly never boring!
Personally I am the one who is there for the wine and gossip more than the discussing of the plot…
1. The person who got drunk and offended everybody.
2. The person who has already read everything.
3. The person who always brings baked goods.
4. The one who is only there to eat the cakes.
5. The person who missed the entire point of the book.
6. The person who never turns up.
7. The person who suggests, every time, that the group read their self-published novel.
8. The person who didn’t read the book but instead watched the movie so they obviously knows what they’re talking about.
9. The person who read the book and is annoyed at people who didn’t.
10. The sucker who always has to host.
11. The person who amazes everyone with their take on the novel and makes you wonder if they even read the same book.
12. The person who brags about reading academic texts and scholarly books then tries to make everyone feel like dunces for not doing the same.
13. The person who loves everything.
14. The person who hates everything.
15. The person who wants to change it into a Tupperware/astrology/knitting group.
Did you spot yourself or any of your bookish friends in that list?
Which one are you?
Are there any book club regulars we have neglected to mention? Let us know!
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The one who almost never finishes the book but thinks they can lead the discussion anyway.
The school teacher…..and how do we know that? Because they ALWAYS tell you with in the first five minutes of meeting them. Then they proceed to act like they are teaching the group.
Every. Single. Book group.
The one who turns every discussion point into a 10 minute, irrelevant excursion down memory lane. We had a book group nearly ruined by a woman of the “this reminds me of…” type.