Portland Book Club: "The Portland Book Club"

The group organizer having chosen the name of the book club wisely, the first result in a google search for “portland book clubs” was The Portland Book Club (whoda thunk it…).  A look at their meetup page shows that this is a lively and active group, currently consisting of 87 “readers, shakers, and debaters“.  The group was founded in January of 2004 (I think that was a particularly cold winter…good time to start a book club), and has gained 11 new members since just late December (this has been a cold winter…good time to join a book club).

Their About Us page describes the group as such:

“This group doesn’t have a specific Genre of books. We read fiction and non-fiction, as well as any book the members choose. The members themselves put forth books they personally have enjoyed. Polls are created so we can all vote on and discuss the books before choosing them.  Please feel free to share your ideas of books and authors you enjoyed, so the group gets a wider and more diverse feel. Not everyone in the group is able to read the whole book for each meeting. We don’t require it. Please note that you don’t have to have read the book in order to participate or attend the meetings. There is always a lively discussion that exceeds any of the books possibilities.  We don’t all have to like all of the books, or stop sharing because we didn’t finish. Each of us has a story to tell. Come join our story tellers.”

Their next meeting is Sunday January 25th at 5:30 and will be at The Old Wives Tale Restaurant (where they have a special dedicated room in the back).  Although you better hurry up and join, there is only one spot left.