I was in one in JH a few years ago, that did not work out. Would be interested to try again. It's important that members be on the save wavelength in terms of reading tastes. For example, the organizer of the club I was in first proposed Fifty Shades of Grey. This should have tipped me off that this was not the right group for me. This person also seemed to want to segregate by age--she put up a flyer that solicited new members and noted: "Average age of the group mid-20s to 40." Since I am considerably older than this range, and was by far the oldest member of the group, I interpreted that as a message: we don't want old people. Am I wrong to take it that way? That was the final straw for me, and I dropped out. Eventually everyone did, and the group no longer exists. There are many mixed-age book groups. My sister upstate belongs to several with a wide range in age. I think this person was looking for other single women friends, like her, and/or dates in forming a book group for which she seemed to want to dictate the age range of members. (Not to mention the taste displayed by her suggestion for the initial book...ugh...) Thanks for letting me vent!
