Book club is the best thing ever. Not only is it an excuse for me and my girlfriends to get together, but we get to talk about books–my favorite thing! And drink wine (or vodka…my second favorite thing!). Our boyfriends and husbands like to tease us that it’s mostly girl talk and wine drinking and only about 10 minutes of actually talking about the book (which is sometimes true), but I stick up for us. Sometimes the book is really good and there’s lots to talk about. Sometimes we just want to drink wine. Sometimes there’s drama in book club…but that’s another story for another day.

Up next: And Then There Were None // Agatha Christie.

I read this book years and years ago, but am excited to re-read it. “Clue” is still one of my all-time favorite movies and these two are basically the same thing (OK, not really. Clue is based on the board game–which I also love–and we’re talking about the all-mighty Ms. Christie, but you get my point).

Some of my favorite past book club selections:

• Still Alice // Lisa Genova – (5 out of 5 stars) – We all LOVED this book. We all cried reading this book. It was so good and left us with so much to talk about.
• Helter Skelter // Vincent Bugliosi – (5 out of 5 stars) – Not all the ladies ended up reading this (it is looooong), but I still think it was one of the better book club selections. Murder, celebrities, cult, Manson…so much to discuss.
• Fifty Shades of Grey // E.L. James – (2 out of 5 stars) – I hated this book (for a number of reasons…for one, it still amazes me that such an insanely horribly written book could be so popular, it makes me lose hope in humanity, sheesh), but I bring it up here because it actually made for an interesting book club meeting. Straight down the middle, half of us despised it and half really enjoyed it (pervs!), but it got us talking. Which is the whole point, right?
• State of Wonder // Ann Patchett – (4 out of 5 stars) – This was a great choice for a group of women. Without giving anything away, this gave us lots to think and talk about when it comes to being a woman and becoming a mother.
• Inside Scientology // Janet Reitman – (4 out of 5 stars) – I loved reading this book…and talking about this book. The people, the beliefs, the conspiracies — fascinating!