Appreciation post: the person who actually read my book club's entire reading list

So my book club has this thing where we pick books months in advance and nobody ever finishes them. Last month I showed up to discuss a 500 page novel and I was the only one who read it. One person watched the movie adaptation. Another skimmed Wikipedia. The rest just showed up for the wine. I spent like 20 minutes explaining the plot twists to people who didn't care. Has anyone else been in a club where people just stop reading halfway through the year?

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verab289h ago

My book club of 12 people last year actually had a rule that if you didn't read, you brought the wine. We got through all 10 books. Maybe your group just needs better incentives.

troyjackson7h ago

Man I've been there and the only thing that actually worked was making one person the "book boss" each month. That person picks the book, leads the discussion, and everyone else chips in $5 to cover snacks or whatever. If you didn't read you still had to show up and ask at least one question about the book. We had a rule too where if three people in a row skipped reading, we dropped the title and picked something shorter. We got through way more books when we kept them under 300 pages too.