[MitzaLizalor]

I've heard that people join "book clubs" where they meet up to "discuss" a book they've supposedly read. They will say things like

Ermintrude
“I thought it was very well crafted, tension between the protagonists highlighting how meagre their antitheses’ schemes really were.”

Nisbert
“Eee-ars, but surely that tension was itself the antagonist, counterpointing the surrealism of the underlying methaphor of the author’s (and hence of one’s own) soul.”

Aubrey
“Well really, Nisbert, no comment at all is better than recycling a third hand critique! Did one fail to understand any aspect of the linguistic palette?”

Ermintrude
“oh, That was disappointing, Nisbert..”

Aubrey
“I've been doing some pen & ink drawings, Erm, you might like them. There’s a bott. of champagne at home.”

Ermintrude
“Yes, that sounds nice. Aubrey, would you mind terribly if I came back with you? We could start on next month's novel..”

With novels unavailable from Landover booksellers these clubs, which are nothing more than pickup joints, have very limited opportunities to thrive. Should we also purge The Novel from any lending libraries still operating? Bookclubs are not above rehashing old novels, as you can see from the sorts of comments actually reading the things is superfluous, just so long as there's a volume to clasp "I'm just going to out bookclub meeting.." and it's all downhill from there.

Thank you for your consideration.

[DolliMoans]

I'm not quite sure, so I voted all of them to be safe.

I don't see the purpose of bookclubs where there's perfectly good Bible Study.

I know that obsessions are an unhealthy condition, therefore, this elusive "The Novel" sounds like a Dan Brown work of Satan to me.


Besides, who has time to read when there's work to be done around the kitchen?


P.S. I'd watch out for that Aubrey. They sound like they have mischief on their mind.

[MitzaLizalor]

Originally Posted by DolliMoans

I'm not quite sure, so I voted all of them to be safe.

I don't see the purpose of bookclubs where there's perfectly good Bible Study.

I know that obsessions are an unhealthy condition, therefore, this elusive "The Novel" sounds like a Dan Brown work of Satan to me.


Besides, who has time to read when there's work to be done around the kitchen?


P.S. I'd watch out for that Aubrey. They sound like they have mischief on their mind.

They met in a "bookclub" one of which I was dragged along to a year or two ago. I was appalled! They sat around in a circle talking nonsense which, I thought, could equally apply to any book at all, especially since they all said completely different nonsense. I didn't enter the room but walked around a bit: they had their own library, hence my concern. The dress code was very relaxed it was obvious what they were up to

[Nobar King]

I think a book club is a euphemism for something that women do when they get together. I'm not really sure what it is.

[DolliMoans]

Originally Posted by Nobar King

I think a book club is a euphemism for something that women do when they get together. I'm not really sure what it is.

I know they like to lick the pages to turn them easier. This isn't something I know first hand.

[Elmer G. White]

Dear Sister Mitza,

Book Clubs are Satanic. This is not immediately apparent but if we look at the issue through the Divine Lens of Creation Science we can easily see, how the concept "Ladies' Book Club" is just an ill-disguised effort to hide the real agenda of this travestous practice. First example:



Duckbill? A Duckbill dinosaur? Of the Created dino kind that thrived only a little while (Job 40:15 tells us all that there is to know about dinosaurs) after Noah's Flood. This animal playing one of the vilest instruments available, the oboe? A woodwind blow-horn that simulates oral gratification. And all this in the name of "as Book Club".



Example 2:



I do admit that consuming immature children is sometimes approved in the Bible:

Leviticus 26:29
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.



Still, a club dedicated to cooking children just because the wives are bored and find the babies dull is a bit extreme, don't you think? However, as always I vote for the option that leaves the ultimate decision to our Pastors, wise men who might well establish a book club dedicated to reciting the KJV Bible on a constant basis. Now that's a club that I would attend although it would have only very minor effects on the my daily routines, as I would be reading the Glorious KJV anyway.


Yours in Christ,

Elmer