More on the Reading Group

One of the first topics I wrote about (1/26/10) when I started this blog was the Reading Group that I have been a part of for many, many (and I mean many!) years, and that has been so important to the six current members (we had a few more in the early years, but for many years now it has been the same six of us). I just came back from one of our meetings, and decided to write again about the group. We met at a café in Berkeley, sitting in the sun, eating, drinking, and talking. (We sometimes meet in each other’s homes and sometimes in cafes.) As sometimes happens, we didn’t focus so much on the chosen book as on other reading we have been doing; some books are hard to find, or not everyone reads the book; we are flexible about these things, because life is busy and because getting together is more important than the specific book. But M.J. brought another book that she suggested for next time: “Mending,” by Sallie Bingham; this book was already on my library request list, so I was pleased. M.L. said she was reading “The Marriage Plot” (which I recently -- 11/26/11 -- read and posted on), and we were all happy about the publication of P.D. James’ new book, “Death Comes to Pemberley,” which I also had posted on, on 12/28/11). M.L. also brought some pages from the New York Times Book Review for ideas. And after a while of discussing books, we of course also talked about politics, the news, our lives, our jobs, our families, our travels, our health and that of family members and friends. This regular getting together is a treasured thread throughout our lives, and our lives are richer for it.