Book Lovers’ Club: An Evening Spent with Coffee and Friends

Book Lovers met in Café Kracovia

Book Lovers’ Club: An Evening Spent with Coffee and Friends

By N. Fernández.

While enjoying a dessert with a hot coffee and the whistling of birds, coming book lovers settled the beginning of a perfect evening. Book lovers, mostly undergraduate students and a primary school teacher, gathered last April 8th at Café Kracovia to share their reflections towards the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

Valeria Soto

Participants seemed highly enthusiastic and willing to listen to different perspectives as well as to share what they thought were the novel’s main themes. Even though the novel features many interesting characters, the session of  about an hour and a half allowed the members to discuss the plot and Charlie, the story’s protagonist.

Valeria Soto, a graduated English major, attended the reading club and stated, “It is a great opportunity for all of us geek-book lovers to share our opinions about the books we love and also get to know other books and people as well. I really love it. It is an amazing space for all of us to be ourselves without restrictions.” Also, in the Book Lover’s Club group in Facebook,  Juan José Valverde also commented that “[It was a] great meeting, great book... waiting for the new book choice, and for the next meeting!”

Juan José Valverde

This was the first time the reading club takes place and it aims to become a solid group, where people with similar interests have the opportunity to invigorate their passion for literature, while developing their language and critical skills.

Meetings will be held once per month. After members have discussed the novel previously chosen, they decide which one to read next.