First day back at work and play in Sacramento and I capped the day by participating in the local book club a friend of mine suggested. Tonight was only the second event I have been able to attend, but it proved as delightful as the first.
We meet at a fantastic book shop – Time-Tested Books – bring food and sometimes libations, and revel in engaging discourse about the chosen title. Tonight we discussed “The Obituary Writer” by Ann Hood. What I like most about this group is the way the conversations about the work ebb and flow. Everyone in the book club is fully present – no one is texting in the corner or checking their phones…we are, for the few hours together, social beings riffing on each other’s commentaries on the literature under discussion.
Tonight, the group contained several long-time attendees as well as many newer members like me. The combination of the comfortable meeting space, diverse group of readers, and welcoming tone of the discussion will certainly encourage the other newer members to return for future events.
Although I am exhausted from yesterday’s full travel day and today’s long work day, tonight’s outing provided food for the mind and soul. I am glad that I ventured out, even though I feel like a zombie. Tonight, I may just sleep like the dead!
