Thought I was dead set on strict order until I tried a split read with my group once, and honestly it opened my eyes. We did the same thing with a trilogy, half read book one, half read book three, and the meeting was chaos but in a good way. I realized the folks who skipped ahead brought this fresh energy that made me question stuff I'd just accepted from the earlier books. Meanwhile, they got curious about the backstory and actually went back to read what they missed after we argued it out. Now I'm way more chill about mixing it up, sometimes we even do a full series for some members and a standalone for the rest, then swap notes. Your club splitting into two meetings sounds smart, but don't sell the split read short, it can turn a boring catch-up session into a real debate.

WAIT, your landlord HELPED you cut your bill? That NEVER happens.

Man, that's wild. Did you ever figure out if the church actually held services there, or was it more like one dude with a vision and a bunch of donated pews?

swapped my $6 iced latte for plain black coffee with a splash of milk, tastes fine and saves me a ton.

Huh, that's wild because I had the opposite realization a few years back, everyone always told me to peel away from my hand but the carrots kept slipping out of my grip. I found out pushing toward my thumb with a really sharp peeler actually gives me way more control, the blade bites into the carrot instead of skidding off the skin. So your roommate's way isn't objectively right, it just depends on how tight you hold the veggie and how dull your peeler is. The real trick is just buy a decent peeler, most people's problems come from using a flimsy one that forces them into awkward angles.