Book Club Bummer

I had been looking forward to this book club meeting for weeks now.  I thought the book was intense and was looking forward to discussing a variety of topics with others.... well, there were 7 or 8 of us, and about half of the group had read the book previously, not explicitly for the book club meeting, and hadn't bothered to go back and reread, or even refresh their memories about the book.  The others, were extremely quiet and barely shared their opinion.  At first, I was excited when I realized that they were all so different from me, there were 3 social workers, a nurse, a teacher, and someone who dealt with immigrant issues... "what different and interesting viewpoints they will have", I thought... NOPE.

I felt like I was coming off as this opinionated crazy woman.  No one really had any comments when I spoke up and didn't really recall the specifics of the book enough to even know precisely what I was talking to.  I was especially speaking less than I normally would have, since I was new to the group, but I still felt like I was sharing so much... mainly, because no one else really discussed the book.  They talked about this author's second book, some volunteer program in Camden, Bush's healthcare policy, and on and on.... 

Luckily, the whole thing lasted less than 2 hours, so it wasn't unbarebly painful.  I was disappointed.  I'm still not quite sure how it happened, but the fact that I had a (future) book suggestion, somewho got me put in charge of the next meeting.  So, I'll stick it out for another month or two and see how things go.  Maybe the fun, interesting women were the ones that couldn't make it this time around..... fingers crossed