is alive and well in The Villages, oh I mean the True Crime Book Club. I belong to the Bookworm Book Club and along with 75 plus woman attend the monthly meeting, which is never disappointing. Normally a book club consists of a small group of woman meeting most often in someone’s home to discuss a book. \u00a0We, on the other hand, meet in the Bacall Recreation Center and sit at card tables. The meeting is an hour an a half long, so for the first part of the meeting the book is discussed at the table. The facillatator sometimes will have placed several questions about the book that they would like that table to discuss.\u00a0 The second part of the meeting\u00a0 is opened \u00a0to discussion, which is done in a very orderly manner.\u00a0 If previous questions have been placed on the tables, then each table is asked to share their answers with the group.\u00a0\u00a0 The one thing that I particularly love about this group is that no matter what book we discuss there is someone in the group that has\u00a0had a personal connection to the subject.\u00a0 Either themselves personally, or a relative or grandparent.\u00a0 For example we read In The Garden of Beasts last month, which is about Berlin in the early 1930’s at the time Hitler was just rising to power.\u00a0 There were several members that had personal stories, either experienced or told to them by relatives, that\u00a0added another perspective to the subject. Another thing\u00a0that is great about this group we will go to lunch afterwards, and we many times go to a restaurant\u00a0that relates to the book.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We went to a German restaurant and feasted on Brockwurst and\u00a0 Weiner Snitzel last month. \u00a0\u00a0 As I often do I got carried away with my own story and you are probably wondering what this has to do with True Crime Book Club. That is another club and I have said many times that I would like to start going to their meetings as I have heard they are really good.\u00a0 In the case of their club there are apparently many members that were either\u00a0Policeman, Detectives, Prosecutors, Judges\u00a0or someone that has worked in that field…not as a criminal though.\u00a0 I know several of them have written their own True Crime books, so I can only imagine the\u00a0discussions\u00a0at their meetings.\u00a0\u00a0I’ve been told that at their meeting this Sunday they are bringing \u00a0Suzanne Barr from New York City,\u00a0to be a guest speaker and she will discuss her book Fatal Kiss.\u00a0 She is\u00a0considered a fiction writer but also writes mystery and true crime.\u00a0\u00a0 She also is a New York Times bestselling ghost writer, but they said not to expect her to say who she writes for.\u00a0 I would imagine that just might be a crime if she did.\u00a0 It is open to eveyone and in order to register call Diane at 751-7392.\u00a0It will be Dec. 2nd\u00a0at 1:30 pm at Colony Cottage Recreation Center.\u00a0 There is a\u00a0$2.00 fee to be paid at the door for this special meeting. Perhaps I’ll see you there, I will be wearing my trench coat, hat and dark glasses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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