Someone asked me recently about my favorite hobby, and the answer was quick: reading.

I come from a family of readers. In the summer, I would check out a stack of books from the library because my worst fear was to finish a book and not have another one ready to read.

The two stacks on my dresser indicate that this is still a worry.

I read a wide variety of genres, and I now find myself belonging to three book clubs. (Do I overcommit? Perhaps).

One, hosted by Betty’s Books, meets on the last Friday of the month. I often have conflicts and can’t attend, but I still try to read the month’s book. This club reads fiction and nonfiction, and discussions (when I actually make it) are lively and insightful. The next books are “Threshold” by Caitlin Kiernan (Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m. at the bookstore) and “A Fever in the Heartland” by Timothy Egan (March 28, 5:30 p.m.).

The second book club I belong to is one with several friends. We tend to read more fantasy or magic realism, and we are a low-pressure group — we know that life gets in the way sometimes, and our meetings happen when most of us can fit it into our schedule. Each gathering involves good snacks, good conversation and lots of laughs. Our recent picks were “The Book of Doors” by Gareth Brown and “Starling House” by Alix E. Harrow.

The third club is brand new — the Jane Austen Book Club, hosted by the Baker County Public Library, is celebrating Austen’s 250th birthday. The first selection is “Sense and Sensibility” and the first meeting is at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the library. Come join us!

The Austen book club, I suspect, will challenge my brain. I’m both listening and reading “Sense and Sensibility” — I fully admit that the prose is more dense than modern books (it was published in 1811) and I try to finish at least one chapter at a time.

Missy Grammon, who is leading the Austen book club, said I won’t have to finish the book by the first meeting. (Yay for low-pressure book clubs!) I’m looking forward to the conversation — I need help unraveling this Austen tale.