Hey! I also just had my very first in-person book club meeting and I also have social anxiety, so I understand how you're feeling right now. I just wanted to reassure you that going there is the hardest step, everything that comes after that is so much easier. And fun! I know it's REALLY tempting to bail and stay home, but you will be so happy after it's done, and each following meeting is going to be even easier.

In my irl BC, there's just four people, so in a way I felt even more pressure to talk. And since the BC was my idea in the first place, I also felt like I needed to be ready to completely lead the discussion. Both of those fears turned to be unfounded because we barely even needed any questions to guide the discussion. We just had so much to talk about and what was supposed to be an hour max turned into two, and we could have gone longer.

You can do this, OP!