Share 'Book Discussions - how do you feel about them?'

If you are a reader - what do you get out of them? Do you like them to target the book closely or be of a more general nature? How long do you think they should last? If you are a writer - have you ever lurked in a discussion of one of your books? How did you feel? Did you feel threatened? Did they ever make you cringe? or wish you had written something a little differently? Do you think book di…