Bookclubs, especially central York based ones, are an inherently luxury activity. As makin' your way in the world today takes everything you've got; takin' a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. So of course any financial barrier to entry should be reduced as much as possible. But we strike a balance. The Minster Inn is not the cheapest, but it is central, serves good food and drink, and does let us use a large room for free. So a balance is struck. Many attendees choose not to order a pizza or drink alcohol, and I dont know or need to know if this is due to financial constraints, preference or anything really. Other than the unavoidable peer pressure of others doing it and how irritating drunk people are when your sober, I like to think no pressure is put upon people. Please let me know if im wrong. In a similar vein we are increasingly using price as a limiting factor on what book is chosen. This normally feels right to me, however the majority of atenddees dont read the book, and on occasion books are chosen because of personal importance. Im lucky, the books that built me are easy to access, often still in print, and cheap. However I am now leaning towards pushing expensive, personally important books forward. It not for me to say why and to whom books are important; after all everybody doesnt know your name; but if you ever feel priced out Emma rest easy knowing that no bugger reads it anyway.