They proudly call themselves the Manly Men’s Book Club and have been gathering for more than 10 years now, sharing, of all things, their emotions about various and sundry literature.

That’s a muscle many of us stopped using, well, in college, so it’s not surprising the very notion of a men’s book club was new to David Godfrey, Roberts, Bill Turnipseed and the others.

Book clubs, though, had long been a part of David Waldrop’s life.

Prior to his time in our nation’s capital, where he worked for 13 years for the U.S. Department of Energy, Waldrop was a member of a club of husbands and wives in Orlando, Fla.

It made sense to start a club here.

To read more about the club's journey, click here.

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