Book Clubs: good or bad?

Someone at work has decided to set up a book club.

Members meet every 8 weeks to chat about the book that was chosen at the last meeting over a glass of wine. How very civilised!

I know a couple of people who've joined book clubs in the past, so I've always been slightly intrigued. I decided to join - it seems like a good way to branch out and read books that you otherwise might not normally pick.

For the first meeting we have to each pick a book, write the title on a slip of paper and throw them into a hat. The one that's picked out of the hat is the one we read.

Actually it's made me a bit nervous. I don't know what types of books the other members like to read, what if I pick something that they'll all really hate?! But I guess that's the whole point in a way - to try something new and different.

Well I'll keep you posted!