Honestly, I used to just read the book and show up to our club in Phoenix without any notes.

Then last winter, our debate about 'The Silent Patient' got so heated I couldn't remember my own points. Now I spend 20 minutes after each chapter jotting down three quotes and a question on my phone. Does anyone else have a specific prep trick that actually works?

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4 Comments

milarodriguez17d ago

It's just a book club.

corablack18d ago

Wait, you just show up to a book club in Phoenix without notes? How do you even remember the characters' names? I tried that once with a book that had three different guys named Mark and I spent half the meeting just trying to figure out who did what. Your new system sounds way smarter.

the_taylor17d ago

Three guys named Mark is just cruel.

vera_lewis217d ago

Oh man, that's a whole other level of bad planning. Like, what was the author even thinking? It's not just confusing for the reader, it makes the whole story feel lazy. You'd think one of the editors would have caught that and made them change two of the names. Corablack is totally right, how are you supposed to keep any of it straight? It just kills the whole book for me.