To me, a book group is successful if you either learn something new or look at something familiar under a new light. Mike Homel led the discussion. Unlike the plague, this subject was, literally, home territory for most of the group, and the discussion turned personal. When the group ended at nine, several people lingered for another ten minutes, still sharing tales of the 'burbs. Leading the group, he notes, is pure pleasure.
People are there because they want to be there.
That isn't always true in the classroom. The History Readers, which now meets at the Arborland Borders, discusses Henry Kamen's The Spanish Inquisition on Wednesday, May 10.