Kick-off Meeting was AWESOME!

Yesterday was the kick-off meeting of our brand spankin’ new Social Justice Book Group!  There were 6 people present, and we went over some ground rules, book ideas, and did some quick “getting to know you,” introductions.  I was happy to learn that I am NOT the only person who has never been in a book group before!

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I’d never been to the Seattle Public Library.  Not to the Capitol Hill branch, not to any of them.  Well, okay: I suppose I went to the downtown branch about a week after I moved to Seattle (more than thirteen years ago), and I checked out a copy of The Dancing Wu Li Masters (which I never returned, oops), but that was really the last time I set foot in a library.  I’ve always been more of an online bookstore kind of girl.  I’m really pleased to be utilizing Seattle’s libraries now that we have started this group, because I think they’re a vital community resource that is going to go away if no one uses them. I was especially happy to see that there is ivy growing on the walls INSIDE this library location, because I’m kind of a sucker for living walls.  It’s a stunningly beautiful building, and I kinda didn’t want to leave…which is pretty amazing, seeing as it took me this long to actually go inside.  🙂

We settled on Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, as our first book, which we will discuss at our November meeting.  Several of us were interested in The Hunger Games, but decided that the wait list at the library for this book was too long at this time since it’s coming out soon as a movie.  I have a feeling we’ll come back to this one for a later group!

If you weren’t able to make our first meeting but you would like to participate, we’d love to have you!  Please join our mailing list, and check out our upcoming list of books.