Walked into a library book club and nobody had read the book

Stopped by the downtown library last Tuesday for their monthly book club. Sat in on the discussion. Only one person out of eight had actually finished the novel. Everyone else just watched the movie adaptation and talked about that. Is this normal for public library clubs or did I just hit a bad night?

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gavin8010d ago

Oh man, that's rough but honestly I wonder if the real issue is how book clubs are sold to people now. Libraries push them as "meet and chat" events instead of actually reading the book. The flyer probably said something like "casual discussion all are welcome" which basically invites people to show up without doing the work. If the librarian running it started by talking about the movie first, that set the tone for everyone else to just follow along. Did they actually try to steer the conversation back to the book at all or did they just let the movie talk happen?

emma_smith10d ago

Bet my book club guilt would just make me lie about having finished the thing and then ask a vague question about the main character's vibe.