{"id":24771,"date":"2021-11-05T03:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=24771"},"modified":"2021-11-01T07:45:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:45:29","slug":"how-your-book-club-will-save-the-world-spoiler-alert-civilized-discourse-by-catharine-bramkamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/05\/how-your-book-club-will-save-the-world-spoiler-alert-civilized-discourse-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"How Your Book Club Will Save The World. Spoiler Alert: Civilized Discourse by Catharine Bramkamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/How-your-book-club-will-save-the-world-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24772 size-medium\" title=\"How your book club will save the world by Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/How-your-book-club-will-save-the-world-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-300x300.png\" alt=\"How your book club will save the world by Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/How-your-book-club-will-save-the-world-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/How-your-book-club-will-save-the-world-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/How-your-book-club-will-save-the-world-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/How-your-book-club-will-save-the-world-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Catharine+Bramkamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cHow Your Book Club Will Save The World. Spoiler Alert: Civilized Discourse.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>If we are lucky, our book club comprises of many different people with two things in common:<\/strong> we all like each other and we all love books.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you probably know, a book club meeting is more fun when we DON\u2019T agree on the merits of a particular book. We argue for and against. We (okay, me) wax fully on either the brilliance of the author or the clearly derivative approach he or she used to create such a sorry excuse for a novel in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>We always ask the member who recommended the book to defend her reason for suggesting it and forcing us to purchase,<\/strong> pursue, request at the library and then spend hours figuring out why this book adds to the general meaning of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She gives her reasons, and one hundred percent of the time we accept the reasons as valid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also understand and accept that is is not her fault some of us did not like the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>If we loved the book,<\/strong> we congratulate her on her excellent taste and raise a glass of wine to her good health.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We love each other and respect one another\u2019s opinions and intelligence, so our discussions are never personal. They don\u2019t need to be. That isn\u2019t the point of the meeting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The point is of course, to drink wine. Wait. Discuss the book &#8212; I knew there was a point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Next time you attend your book club,<\/strong> relish that you can love a book and your best friend right next to you drinking a Russian River Pinot Noir, can hate the book.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you have an interesting start to a lengthy and hopefully erudite\u00a0 conversation.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We rarely have the energy or the muscle to try to change each other\u2019s minds.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we do have energy for as well as capacity for is to hear and understand our friend\u2019s perspective and if articulated well, appreciate that her ideas lead me to consider the book in question differently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Maybe the book I initially hated has more merit than I first thought.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe I have something to suggest to my friend about structure or character that she can consider or even agree with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through disagreements, we come to the middle place. We don\u2019t shout. We don\u2019t judge. We don&#8217;t take sides and no book will ever split us apart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Perhaps every political meeting should be run like a typical book club.\u00a0<\/strong> Perhaps more wine should be involved. We could call it Read for Peace.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have queens in your book club?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>We all are queens.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discover your queenly archetype which reveals who you are and how you accomplish your goals with the <a href=\"https:\/\/quiz.tryinteract.com\/#\/5fc9e0158437090016d76cb1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Quiz.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to read more articles like this one Writer\u2019s Fun Zone? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribe here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1rlgh6b noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12334\" title=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"150\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-300x329.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a successful <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/yourbookstartshere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writing coach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Chief Storytelling Officer, former\u00a0co-producer of Newbie Writers Podcast, and author of a dozen <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1i9eAlQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">books<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1HgxT4W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real Estate Diva Mysteries series<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Tmil52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Future Girls series<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She holds two degrees in English and is an adjunct university professor. After fracturing her wrist, she has figured out there is very little she is able to do with one hand tied behind her back.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A book club meeting is more fun when we DON\u2019T agree on the merits of a particular book. 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