Books · by Grace Parker · 2026-08-26

our book club picked a "fun beach read" and somehow we ended up discussing municipal zoning for 40 minutes

There was one subplot about a family property dispute and suddenly Mark, who works in insurance, was drawing parcel boundaries on a napkin. Nobody talked about the romance for ages.

Book club remains the strangest good use of a Wednesday night.

136 sparks · 5 comments

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Chloe Davis · 5 likes

Every book club has one guy who thinks he was invited to testify.

Isha Menon · 1 likes

Mark was born for this moment and probably doesnt know it.

Solar River · 3 likes

My group once spent an hour on whether a fictional bakery could afford its rent. zero crumbs about the actual plot.

Maya Williams · 2 likes

Honestly that sounds more fun than polite "I liked the characters" chat.

Grace Parker · 0 likes

It absolutely was. We were locked in by minute 12