{"id":32847,"date":"2022-08-08T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cis-spain.com\/en\/?p=32847"},"modified":"2022-07-12T13:35:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T11:35:32","slug":"cis-university-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cis-spain.com\/en\/blog\/cis-university-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"CIS University Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books are a great way to understand the realities of life. I forgot about my passion for reading but was reminded of it during my Literary Studies class with Professor Merritt. One day Professor Merritt informed me that we will be covering a Dominican American author in class and gave me the book \u201cDrown\u201d by Junot Diaz to read. After not being able to put the book down and reading it within a week, I jokingly told Professor Merritt that we should start a book club at CIS. He heard my comment and put my idea into action and within a week or two we started the first book club at CIS. I recruited some of my friends who had the same passion for books to join.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During book club we meet once a week after classes for thirty minutes to an hour. Through a budget provided by CIS, we are able to buy snacks and drinks for the members of bookclub and even got some t-shirts made. The first book we read was \u201cThe Sun Also Rises\u201d by Ernest Hemmingway and then we read\u00a0 \u201cOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u201d by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I wish I would have started the book club earlier in the semester so we would have had the opportunity to read more books.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is important to note that book club is a time to unwind. It is a calm and easygoing environment that should not feel like an extra course or give you any stress at all. That is what I enjoy about book club so much &#8211; I am able to read leisurely for my own pleasure, knowing that it is not a homework assignment, and then I can discuss with my friends about what I found interesting and resonated with while reading.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books are a great way to get out of your own head and enter whichever world interests you that day. Books provide stories and experiences that you may never experience personally. Or if you have, it\u2019s a comfort to know that you\u2019re not alone. You can read something on a page and it can stay with you forever. I am happy I started the book club, especially with the help from Professor Merritt. I hope that after I leave CIS the legacy of book club continues and more students join. 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