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I had my first book club in a while on Monday. I had skipped the previous month's club because of a babysitting issue (aka hubby was working late). This time we discussed What Was She Thinking: Notes on a Scandal: A Novel by Zoe Heller . I give it three stars out of five (or like the SF Chronicle does in it's movie reviews: a little guy sitting attentively in his chair, but not clapping). The main problem with the book is that none of the characters were particularly likable. It followed a sort of Monica Lewinski /Linda Tripp story arc with Bill Clinton being replaced by a fifteen year old student of Monica Lewinski 's cum Bathsheba Hart. It did make for a fun discussion however, and was probably more light hearted than if we had discussed the other pick, My Sister's Keeper.

Not sure what we're reading next - luckily we skip November and December because of the holidays. As for me, I read Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder. It was really a good book, but only if you have a keen interest in philosophy. I would say that the history of philosophy part outweighed the novel part by a fair amount. Now I'm reading Home to Harlem by Claude McKay while I wait for my husband to finish A Dirty Job: A Novel by Christopher Moore.

So tell me, what are you reading?

--Kelly