Our book club met here yesterday for our monthly meeting. We had chosen a great read, The Wedding Officer, and because the setting of the novel was Italy we had a luncheon with a Neopolitan theme, soup, pasta, savory crusty bread, salad, even Tiramisu for dessert! All washed down with a Da Vinci wine (no kidding!). So the gastronomic part of our meeting was perfect and fun.
Here's the rub. We didn't discuss the book very much. That has been happening with our meetings and is especially true when we all enjoyed the book. But it should be the main focus of our get togethers. How do we get back on track? Point of view, character development, plot and setting . . . that's what I'm talkin' about! That's why I joined the club, to stretch myself literaryily (is that a word?) . . . so how do we get this book club back on track? Subtly. Any ideas?
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We were having a problem getting sidetracked at my women's bible study. We finally had to talk about being more deliberate but it is hard, especially since just one or two people can lead the conversation astray. Maybe you could make sure you have a couple statements/questions ready for times where their is a pause in the conversation, that way you would get back into the book before someone else comes with a non-literary topic.
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