Book Club!
Monday, July 21st, 2008 09:23 pmI've been remiss in reviewing books, DVDs and flicks around here, but I am so thrilled to have joined the WisCon/Tiptree flavored book club.
Yes, the books are interesting, thought provoking, irritating, fun, satisfying, disappointing - everything you want in a book club, really. But the true value is in the people. I am just delighted to have met, and keep meeting these intelligent, fascinating, funny, warm people, who don't limit their experience of each other to this one venue. I don't feel like an outsider, though I was definitely a newcomer. But I'm not the newest, nor the oldest (chronologically). I'm not the straightest nor the most alternative, and definitely not the smartest or most "liberated" in the group, and it's completely satisfying and refreshing to find myself in the middle of the pack.
And now, they're planning to broaden my horizons even more, because the next reading assignment includes a short story and the first volume of a graphic novel. Heh, the last thing I read that even came close was my older cousins' Archie comics (and Casper and Richie Rich) lo, these many years ago. I've watched a couple of episodes of Avatar too. Does that count? LOL
Also, we meet in cool places - The Argus (out on the sidewalk tonight), Brocach, and next month, the Union Terrace.
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jesse_the_k: yet another reason to care about Miles? He's got these "old-fashioned" notions about his role in a relationship, but then he keeps creating environments in where it is possible for his love interests to grow into their full potential. Unfortunately for him, this also usually results in the love interests out-growing him. And he lets them go. It's really pretty awesome.
Yes, the books are interesting, thought provoking, irritating, fun, satisfying, disappointing - everything you want in a book club, really. But the true value is in the people. I am just delighted to have met, and keep meeting these intelligent, fascinating, funny, warm people, who don't limit their experience of each other to this one venue. I don't feel like an outsider, though I was definitely a newcomer. But I'm not the newest, nor the oldest (chronologically). I'm not the straightest nor the most alternative, and definitely not the smartest or most "liberated" in the group, and it's completely satisfying and refreshing to find myself in the middle of the pack.
And now, they're planning to broaden my horizons even more, because the next reading assignment includes a short story and the first volume of a graphic novel. Heh, the last thing I read that even came close was my older cousins' Archie comics (and Casper and Richie Rich) lo, these many years ago. I've watched a couple of episodes of Avatar too. Does that count? LOL
Also, we meet in cool places - The Argus (out on the sidewalk tonight), Brocach, and next month, the Union Terrace.
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jesse_the_k: yet another reason to care about Miles? He's got these "old-fashioned" notions about his role in a relationship, but then he keeps creating environments in where it is possible for his love interests to grow into their full potential. Unfortunately for him, this also usually results in the love interests out-growing him. And he lets them go. It's really pretty awesome.
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