OK, apparently I was reading Reading like reading. I didn't realize Reading festival was a thing, I thought it was reading festival, and I was like, "A bunch of book nerds did THAT?! That's so unlike us." and then I realized I was reading Reading wrong. The drugs was what tipped me off.
I started a book club last year (tea, fluffy white dogs and books), and my third recruit turned out to be a massive cocaine fan and had a free supply and successfully pushed it on my other members. It’s disbanded now but is really only remembered for the cocaine.
...I imagine they could go to any number of non-queer ones, I suppose.
As to straight men being illiterate. I want to say no, but I've been going to various book clubs for about 30 years, and most of them are full of women.
I rarely meet men at all in the non-queer book clubs I've been in. I have never been to one that has a core of dudes. Never.
Gals can also go to non-queer book clubs which was why the question popped into my head.
Yeah, guys don’t seem to have a lot of interest in book clubs. I think those who read tend to keep it to themselves rather than discussing it. I’ve never tried to discuss a good book with my friends because they probably haven’t read it and dont really care. Also, I tend to read a book, either enjoy it or not but dont really want to sit around analyzing it.
Thinking about it further and after reading tour comment, I thought if book clubs are mostly women then its probably a good way for single guys to meet them. Then I thought, that could be why there are gays and gals only book clubs so they don’t have that distraction.
Yeah, you should definitely try out a book Club. Look for independent book stores near you, that's where I've had the best luck.
Book clubs aren't really about analyzing the book, so much as sharing what you liked/disliked about it. Sharing other books like it. Meeting people like yourself.
Additionally, there's a lot of queer books and authors out there. A straight book Club could never absorb the amount of sapphic slice-of-life romantasies I've had to read over the years. Never.
Doesn't matter how gay a dude you are, you're gonna get outvoted, you're gonna read a sapphic romantasy. It's the law.
Girls and gays is a thing because gay men and different shades of women have lots of overlapping interests. You think my straight dude friends wanna go to Yoga with me? No, they don't. You wanna know how many dudes are in my yoga class? Me.
The girls and gays have my back at book brunch. The boy's field is barren.
I’m a straight dude and I do yoga regularly. I’m usually the only guy in the class. I’ve recommended to so many other guys and they all look at me like I’m an idiot while complaining of back pain.
Yuuuup! I was one of them. Not straight, but skeptical of yoga. One of the girls finally talked me into it. I look like the straightest dude imaginable, through no fault of my own, so I was always uncomfortable going into women dominated spaces like that.
However, I've gone every Saturday since it fixed my shoulder pain, haha!
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u/Regular_Custard_4483 8h ago
OK, apparently I was reading Reading like reading. I didn't realize Reading festival was a thing, I thought it was reading festival, and I was like, "A bunch of book nerds did THAT?! That's so unlike us." and then I realized I was reading Reading wrong. The drugs was what tipped me off.