IDEA FOR A NEW BOOK CLUB SEGMENT

Archimedes here.  I'm giving Baron a week off of blogging duty to rest his charming wit.  Never fear, though, he'll be back next week.

We are less than three weeks away from book club, so it's crunch time for those of us who don't read a book a day.  We can't all be Indy, after all. ;)  I've really got my fingers crossed that the rarely sighted Squid will show up for his inaugural meeting.  I'm about halfway through ROAD TO WELLVILLE, and I have to admit that it has taken a little bit for me to get into it.  Baron is about a quarter of the way through, and I get the impression that he isn't very impressed so far.

For each meeting we've had, I've tried to get us to go with a theme for our snacks and drinks,  but so far it hasn't really panned out.  (Probably for the best with ONE SECOND AFTER, since we didn't want to eat our pets!!)  However, for this book I have three possible ideas for snack themes: 1) everyone could bring a cereal centered snack (i.e. chex mix, rice krispy treats, etc.), or 2) we could go vegetarian with the snacks to honor the Battle Creek way of life, or 3) we could go to the opposite extreme and have anti-healthy foods (I have an awesome steak crostini recipe I've been wanting to try!).  What do you guys think?  Too involved?  Let me know in the comments!

Finally, the main feature of this blog post: an idea I had for an added segment to our book meetings.  It's call BBB - which stands for Bean's Bonus Book.  The idea came to me after Indy's post about all the extra books she's been reading.  My first thought was: I am so jealous!!  Then, it occurred to me that other fast readers in our group (such as Deuce, JB, and Cat) are probably reading books between meetings.  This thought collided with another thought that has been sitting idly in my mind: Bean has expressed interest in being in the book club, but so far none of our books have interested him.  He is a voracious reader of children's/young adult fiction.  Boom!  My idea was born.  Each month, in addition to the regular book club book, there could be a bonus book selected by Bean.  It would basically be whatever he is reading at the moment or plans to read, but then he can host a mini discussion for that book at the meeting, either before or after the main book.  It would just be an abbreviated version of our normal club discussion, but he could decide how he wanted to conduct it.

What do you guys think?  It may be that the fast-readers would prefer to use their extra reading time to read books of their own choosing, especially once the weather gets warmer.  If that is the consensus, then we can scrap the idea.  It was just one of those random ideas that came to me, so I thought I'd throw it out there...

If anyone is interested,  Bean recently finished THE MAZE RUNNER, which was recently made into a movie.

It looks pretty interesting, so I'm going to try to read it if I can finish ROAD TO WELLVILLE in time.  Hope everyone is staying safe and warm in this winter weather!!  (I bet JB and Cat are wishing they were still in the Caribbean...)  Until next time, Novel Spirits!