Miriam, The Bookies, and I.

They also made what would prove to be an important decision, first for Miriam and then for me: they would employ a discussion leader who was knowledgeable about literature, especially the novel, because that would be the main and eventually the sole focus of the reading group. Over the course of the next twenty-plus years, Miriam and I led discussions of more than 200 novels. For more than twenty years, beginning in the last years of the previous century, Miriam and I, alternating monthly, shared the role of facilitator for a Honolulu book club composed of a dozen women who called themselves "The Bookies.". [Extracted from the article]