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I attended my first Silent Reading Book Club meeting on Thursday, and I had a blast! Everyone brings a book and meets at a cafe or bar (or library, I guess?), and there's dedicated reading time, bookended by socializing time. AKA, a perfect amount of socializing for semi-introverted me, complete with built-in conversation starters.
The local group has only been meeting for a couple of months, and this was the first time at this particular location - a pie shop. I was running late, because my work schedule basically required me to teleport to make it on time. Which means I just had time to walk in, identify a spare seat at the ‘annex’ table (the main group out grew the enormous row of tables that had been assembled) and go to place an order before the actual quiet reading portion of the evening began.
I brought Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly with me, which is one of several books I’ve been juggling the past month and had the benefit of being a physical book. I wasn’t sure how the physical versus digital ~~thing might be playing out at these events. (As it turns out, both physical books and e-readers were present. The main advantage of the physical books was that covers were visible – it was much easier to go, “oh, I loved that book! I want to talk to them!”) It was nice to make a couple more chapters headway into the story. I’m up to the moon race now, and I’ve really enjoyed the ride.
After the reading hour was up, the hostess released us to talk or read or go home, “whatever you want! I’m not your mom!” I met a few people, and one gregarious soul has already reached out to me on facebook. I’m definitely going back next month – in fact, I’ve already requested the evening off from work.
The local group has only been meeting for a couple of months, and this was the first time at this particular location - a pie shop. I was running late, because my work schedule basically required me to teleport to make it on time. Which means I just had time to walk in, identify a spare seat at the ‘annex’ table (the main group out grew the enormous row of tables that had been assembled) and go to place an order before the actual quiet reading portion of the evening began.
I brought Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly with me, which is one of several books I’ve been juggling the past month and had the benefit of being a physical book. I wasn’t sure how the physical versus digital ~~thing might be playing out at these events. (As it turns out, both physical books and e-readers were present. The main advantage of the physical books was that covers were visible – it was much easier to go, “oh, I loved that book! I want to talk to them!”) It was nice to make a couple more chapters headway into the story. I’m up to the moon race now, and I’ve really enjoyed the ride.
After the reading hour was up, the hostess released us to talk or read or go home, “whatever you want! I’m not your mom!” I met a few people, and one gregarious soul has already reached out to me on facebook. I’m definitely going back next month – in fact, I’ve already requested the evening off from work.
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