February 13, 2006

Joining The Book Club

I'm not sure what the point of Curtis Sittenfeld's NY Times piece about book clubs is. Is it that book clubs hate her protagonist? That they hate her book? That they hate her? That she hates them? That they don't really talk about the book anyhow, since they're busy sipping champagne? Or is the point that Curtis is not alone? That other authors have had amusing/horrifying book club experiences? Or that book clubs are, like, so much fun that she joined one? I'm confused.

posted by Laila Lalami at 12:00 AM