I need another Book Group

I go to two book groups currently. But I need another one. Seriously.

I am currently reading The Omnivore's Dilemma. I recently finished The Gospel of Food, and a few months ago read Fast Food Nation. The things I have been reading are eye-opening and astounding to me. I try to talk about it with DH and he just laughs because he grew up on a farm in Idaho. He has personally experienced all these things that I have no clue about, that I am just horrified to learn about the animals I used to eat.

I am currently a vegetarian. My main reason is because I don't really like the taste of meat anymore. It makes me sick feeling. I am happier without meat, so I stopped eating it. But reading these books (specifically Fast Food Nation & The Omnivore's Dilemma) is making me feel like it is just wrong to eat animals that are treated so poorly.

But should eating on a daily basis really be a MORAL issue? We are still poor and just trying to make rent for a few more months before my husbands' real job starts, since school is ending this week. I can't afford to buy all organic, morally raised food.

For this reason, I really appreciated The Gospel of Food. It is very different from the other two books, in purpose, tone, and issues discussed. It provides a balance to the reading of the other books, from which I start to believe I need to start living on a self sufficient farm, like in the book The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live it by John Seymour. I will write a post about all of those ramblings in my mind later.

So why do I need another book group? I need to be able to discuss these books with people who have read the books and want to talk about them too. Then I can stop hijacking perfectly normal conversations with family members who don't want to discuss them.