via Barnes and Noble

Last week I mentioned on Facebook that I was sort of itching to start a book club after taking Samantha to one at a local library. A bunch of people showed interest and I’m hoping even more of you who may not have seen it on Facebook (since hardly anyone sees anything I post on Facebook anymore. Stupid algorithms) will be into the idea too.

So here’s what I’m thinking: I’m going to give you guys a few books to vote on this week and next Friday I’ll post the winner and our first book of the month. I want this to be a fun, no stress kind of thing, so don’t kill yourselves. We’ll have a discussion—either on Facebook or in the comments here (feel free to tell me what sounds good to you)—at the end of the month and I’ll  figure out ways to make it fun. No term papers. No points deducted for not finishing on time. Just fun.

If this works out I’d love to also host meet ups with you local ladies once in awhile, if anyone is interested.

OK, so here are the choices for September…

I’ve been a big-time book nerd for as long as I could remember. When I was Sam’s age I would be perfectly happy sprawled out on the couch for hours with a new book. I had a subscription to this Weekly Reader Book Club and would make it my mission to complete the book well before the next one came in the mail.

Nowadays, the whole reading thing is not going so well. I mean, I obviously read things daily (it’s kind of hard to be a writer/editor without reading things—although sometimes I do wonder…), but it’s mostly work related or blog posts or kids books. I very rarely take a minute to sit down and read for pleasure. And that’s not cool.

I’m trying really hard to be better at carving twenty minutes or so into my schedule to read. I’ve even started making an epic list of things I want to check out. I picked five very diverse titles off my list to share with you guys.