Susan Senator

I'd like to start a fiction book club. On my blog. I have tried being in book groups in person, and I don't always love it, probably because I am a lot more private than I seem. I am sometimes uncomfortable with group dynamics. But I like one-on-one, and I love the distance and control that email and blog conversations give me.

I love to read, and I try to always have a book going. But lately I have been having trouble finding one I like, so I resorted to junk, which is never all that satisfying. The last great thing I read was the new Jay McInerney, The Good Life (I also heard him read it in person and was so taken with him that I wanted to flirt with him, but there were too many others like me there!). In the last year, I also enjoyed Prep, The Glass Castle, The Speed of Dark, Plain Truth, My Sister's Keeper, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

What is the common ingredient there? What causes one to pick up a book and make the effort? If anyone out there has similar taste, let me know and maybe we can try a blog book group here -- and we won't invite Oprah.