Originally Posted by eco21268
I would suggest that if the person in the book club personalized that statement to the point of discussing it weeks and months later, perhaps THAT is a distortion, and CBT might help.

That is what I pointed out when I joined in the gossip/discussion of the "incident" ... I said "well, c'mon it is not as if [person who choose book selection and others who did like it, me included] wrote the book! I don't think there is a reason to take what she said as so offensive or so personal." My contribution was politely ignored LOL.