I’ve had a few days doing author-type things. I was in Ottawa at the Ottawa Writers’ Festival for a few days, and last night I was at a book club meeting in Combermere. All very enjoyable, seeing old friends, meeting new ones.
A conversation at the book check-out counter at the Festival was delightfully confusing:
SHE: That will be $10.30. Oh! [Seeing my Festival name tag.] You’re Sandra Gulland. I’ve read all your books.
ME, taking the book: Thank you, that’s wonderful. [Handing her a $20.] I have 30 [as in cents].
SHE: Oh, I’ve not read 30.
ME, realizing what she meant, and overwhelmed at the thought of 30 books to my credit: I’ll never make it to 30.
SHE, laughing and giving me my change: That what all 24-year-olds say, “I’ll never make it to 30.”
I take the book—Mortifications: Writers’ Stories of their Public Shame, the perfect companion for a writer on tour, BTW—and back away, dazzled by the notion of being a 24-year-old with 30 books to my credit. If only!
Thank you, Jason — Booksprouts.com looks very interesting. I shall make a note of it.
Greetings,
I was surfing today and stumbled upon your article regarding book clubs. I’m one of the founding partners of Booksprouts.com
We are an online book club site that is free to join, and allows members to create a club, invite friends, create meetings, and to choose and read books together online. The service is still fairly new, and we are interest in getting feedback on it, as well as getting the word out to people that may be interested in the service. We welcome you to trying out the service free of charge, and welcome to you blog or write about it – good or bad – we appreciate all feedback that helps us improve the service for our members.
Thank you, and we hope you enjoy Booksprouts.com!
Please contact me directly with any questions or assistance.
Regards,
Jason Pfeifer
Community Manager
Booksprouts.com