Every June someone at the club says the same thing: this summer, something short. Every September we have read something long. This year we are going to plan for it instead.
The rule is simple. Pick one book you would be glad to have finished, and one you would be glad to be reading. They are not always the same book.
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Read outside while the light lasts
A path, a blanket and a paperback: the whole plan.
Three books for the long evenings
We asked every committee member for one book they would take on a train, one they would take to the beach and one they would only ever read in a garden. Here is what came back, with the reasons.
- On the train: a short novel you can finish between two stations.
- On the beach: something with a plot that survives sand and interruptions.
- In the garden: a long book, read slowly, a chapter a day.
Our rule of thumb
If you are still thinking about a book a month after you finished it, it was the right choice. Everything else is a good way to pass an afternoon.
Bring your own three to the next meeting. We will keep a list of everything suggested, and the book with the most votes becomes September’s read, however long it is.
