From what I've heard, being in a book club can be frustrating. I have to admit that I've never joined one; as someone who reads, teaches, and writes about literature for a living, I've restricted myself to professional "reading groups" with the assumption that, when I have free time, I might do myself and my family a favor by cultivating interests outside the literary and critical realms. (Whether I've succeeded is another question.)
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