Betsy McKay writes: “Though traditional book clubs have been a fixture of American social life for decades, some bibliophiles think they have lost the plot. These bookworms don’t want to read books that don’t interest them. Even worse is recommending a book the rest of the group hates. So they are showing some spine and rewriting the book club, without the assignments or attitude. Librarian Kathy Beaird runs a monthly group touted as a ‘Not-a-Book-Club Book Club’ at the public library in Woodstock, Vermont, where participants discuss books they have read.”