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any chick-lit book clubs in the nabe? — Brooklynian

any chick-lit book clubs in the nabe?

verucasalt
verucasalt
edited November -1 in Park Slope
I would love to join a book club but the only ones i can find are in the city.

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  • scarlett
    scarlett
    Hm, I would want to join too! Maybe if we can't find one, we should START one!
  • veets
    veets
    I would be interested in joining or starting a book club.
  • verucasalt
    verucasalt
    That would be great.

    How would we go about this? Picking a book? Where to meet?
  • carmen
    carmen
    Oooh I want in...depending on whats considered "chick lit." I'm not one for the Gossip Girl/Nanny Diary crap, but am into some other chicky stuff likeeee...
    Eat Pray Love
    Ellen Foster
    She's Come Undone
    A New Earth (currently reading)

    yes I'm aware those are all oprah books, although I didn't know that when I read them (with the exception of A New Earth, which is amazing so far btw.)
  • verucasalt
    verucasalt
    I am totally down with those types of books too Carmen. I just don't want to read deep existential kinda stuff. I like the lighter, more entertaining kinda books. When I read I want it to be an escape not necessarily work ya know?

    Eat, Pray Love was fantastic.

    For instance, I have been on a Jodi Picoult kick lately.
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    Ooo yeah- I would rather discuss an Eat Pray Love type than a four single girls in the city and the plump one has to learn she is pretty type (I mean, I do like to read the Meg Cabot trash, but there's not much to say about it).

    I think one person would have to designate herself a leader and a date/place to meet and then we could all throw in book ideas.

    It would be awesome if we get the books from a PS bookstore, rather than a box store, and tried a different bar/restaurant/coffee place each month.

    Oh lord I fear I have just sounded like a suburban dork, big time. Sorry.
  • crunchberry
    crunchberry

    Subject: me too

    I just watched a chees-o movie (Jane Austen Book Club) and it really made me want to find a book club, tho more along the lines of reading Middlesex (Eugenides) or Consider the Lobster (David Foster Wallace) or somesuch like that.
  • jjgal
    jjgal

    Subject: book club

    I'd be totally down with joining a Park Slope book club for books like Eat Pray Love, Jodi Picoult, Oprah books, etc. Anyone want to step up and be the leader/organizer?
  • carmen
    carmen
    I would totally do it but my work schedule dictates my travel for me a whopping 3 or 4 days in advance sometimes, so I don't want to have to flake on people!
    What days work best for everyone?
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    I vote for early in the week, Monday night maybe?

    How about
    Water for Elephants
    Petropolis
    Beginner's Greek
    Lullabies for Little Criminals
  • gretel
    gretel
    I would like to join a chick lit book club.

    My favorite chick lit of late:
    PRETTY LITTLE DIRTY by Amanda Boyden - (READ IT! Seriously.....read this book)
    Twins by Marcy Dermansky ( i happen to love twin books)
    My Sister's Continent by Gina Frangello. ( dark twin book)


    not really chick lit but love:
    Geek Love
    Water for Elephants


    Maybe we could do an online book club thing.. or meet like once or twice a month?
  • raw
    raw
    What the hell is chick lit?
  • littleredmenace
    littleredmenace
    Geez, Raw - don't you know anything? It's that gum that comes in candy coated little pieces.

    Not to rag on Chick Lit, but I have problems with that title as well as "Chick Flicks". I guess I don't really like perpetuating the idea that there is certain type of fiction that only women would read. If that's true, that's a problem.
  • booklaw
    booklaw
    How many men do you suppose read romance novels? Hundreds (or maybe thousands) are published each year, and nearly all are read entirely (or very nearly so) by women.

    I don't see anything wrong with that... any more than the fact that the action-adventure genre (think commandos or mercenaries in action) is read almost entirely by men.

    I don't especially enjoy either genre (although there was a time when I had to read a bunch of romance novels for a copyright infringement lawsuit I was involved in, and some of them were quite funny... as intended by their authors... and therefore rather enjoyable), but I don't understand why that should be a problem?
  • veets
    veets
    The last book club I belonged to fell apart because in choosing the book for the month it felt that everyone's ego was getting involved. It became some weird game of choosing a book of "high intellect" or literary value, or one with Artistic themes (this was a mixed gendre grp. of very artistic people. Shit... That was my whole education.. majored in Eng lit. So I would love to be a part of a book club where the books were chosen around women's themes... and there are plenty out there. And I wouldn't care if men were invited, too.


    I don't think that the suggestion of chick lit was to read gothic romances or those... 5 and dime (is that what they were called?) Romances.
  • booklaw
    booklaw
    I was responding to Little Red Menace's comment that
    I guess I don't really like perpetuating the idea that there is certain type of fiction that only women would read. If that's true, that's a problem.
    I don't understand why that should be a problem.
  • poorgirl
    poorgirl
    I would love to join this club too. I am easy when it comes to reading. Just about all the books mentioned are books I have enjoyed. I travel a lot for work too so I can't spear head - but would love to join if this gets started!
  • crunchberry
    crunchberry

    Subject: helpful website

    I stumbled across a website called litlovers.com that seems to have some pretty good suggestions for getting a book club going. They discuss different themes and ways to pick books, they even have discussion guides for different books.
  • carmen
    carmen
    Do we need to have someone to "spearhead" the whole thing anyway? I mean, if this is a small enough group we can collectively figure the books out together.

    I can meet any evening this week (tomorrow or friday are actually the best for me) and maybe we can all brainstorm? My first inclination for a book would be Ellen Foster because
    A) its awesome
    B) Its a pretty easy read (its very dense but not difficult)
    C) Its short

    Picking something that fills the above might be good for the first book so everyone can feel the group out and we can figure out a reasonable amount to request people read a week (I know I can pound out 30 chapters of a book in a week but I have friends who have less time read less...)

    Thoughts?
  • jaha127
    jaha127
    I'm down to join too... I saw the Jane Austen Book Club movie on the plane and was like I want to be in a book club too!!

    I can meet during the week as well, but it would have to be after 7pm (by the time I get home from work etc)...
  • annebrooklyn
    annebrooklyn
    Hi All,
    My neighbor and I were talking about starting up a chick-lit group (well, at least a group with a lot of Jodi Piccoult selections) in the Beverly Square West/Ditmas Park neighborhood. This would be the Beverley or COrtelyou stop on the Q train, not too far from the Slope. Let me know if you are interested. First book is "Nineteen Minutes".
  • sprite
    sprite
    Just a thought on picking books: I totally sympathize with the desire to stick with lighter fare (my group's next book is 700+ pages about how we got into Vietnam :shock:) but it's important to pick books that are not only good to read, but also good for discussion. If you stick to one type of book, you may find yourself having the same discussions over and over.

    It's something we struggle with. You can find some of the ones we had success with, as well as suggestions by others, at this thread:

    http://tinyurl.com/3dcptl

    Good luck!
  • jillianna
    jillianna
    So is anyone starting this up? I'd be interested in joining too...
  • annebrooklyn
    annebrooklyn
    Jilliana- (and other interested parties)-- there is definitely going to be a group starting up in Beverly Square West (Q train to Cortelyou Road). We can alternate houses and meet in the Slope if people from the Slope join and want to host. But the first meeting is in BSW, not sure of the date yet. Message me and I will let you know as we decide the details. We DO know that the first book will be Jodi Piccoult's "Nineteen Minutes". Meeting will probably be after Easter.
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