I will happily read many types of book, both factual and fiction. However, I cannot fathom why I would want to get together with a group of other people and discuss the book, even if alcohol was involved. This probably goes back to my least favourite subject at school - English Literature. I just couldn’t see the point of it as a subject. At the time I read between 50 and 100 books per year, but resented being asked to write meaningless essays about them. Even worse was Shakespeare. Why would any sane human want to read a play in olde English? Enforced visits to the theatre to see the plays made it worse. I have read and enjoyed Dickens, Hardy and Solzhenitsyn, but just couldn’t get into Shakespeare. Worst of all in this class was poetry. Why make teenaged kids read and write about poetry, unless it is being used as a form of torture?
So, to me, a book club seems like a waste of good drinking or reading time. Am I a Phiilistine?