READERS' CIRCLE

Twenty years ago, I called up a bunch of people I knew and asked them if they wanted to like maybe read some books together and then meet over a drink and talk.  About the book.  To my surprise, a whole lot of them said, “Sure! That sounds like fun!”  Thirteen came for the first meeting and then, over the course of the year, I watched as they dropped like flies with one excuse after the next.  Like…

DO I STAY OR DO I SELL?

I know I could make a mint by selling my house in the city, but there is so much I would leave behind.

TOO MUCH CHATTER DOOMS THE CLASSICS

Still, in the midst of my reading anguish, I did manage to be impressed at how valued conversation was in those times.