Book Review - Thankfully, A Success....

All day yesterday I felt like I was cramming for a test.  I shut the door to my office and read over 100 pages during the day!   I finished the book at 6:42, just in the nick of time since the ladies were expected at 7pm.  Adam was a complete sweetheart and had grocery shopped and prepped a veggie platter, cheese & cracker platter, and brownies while I was in my exam class on Tuesday night.  AND, he had straightened up the apartment, so I wasn't running around like a crazy person worrying about last minute things...  At 7:10 I hadn't heard from anyone yet and was starting to get worried that no one might show.  I lfelt like I was waiting for a blind date... What should I wear? Is this too much food? Not nice enough? Overdone?  It was a little nerve-racking.  

We ended up being a group of six, and everyone had recently finished the book, so I would have looked like a real loser if I was the only one that hadn't.  It took us awhile to get into things because L, my connection to the bookclub, was having some sister-in-law drama.... So, it wasn't until 8pm that we got around to the book, but it wasn't a big deal.  Things were so much better this time compared to last time.  Everyone was vocal and opinionated and there was a lot of building off of each other's comments.... VERY PLEASED!

Something that was strange was that none of them really drank.  I had bought two 1.5L bottle of white and one 1.5L of red.  Out of 5 guests, only two took a glass of wine.  The others drank water & iced tea.  In an hour, neither lady had drank even half of their wine.  After two glasses of white (which I didn't think was very much in an hour and a half!!!) I switched to iced tea so I didn't look like a boozer.  I always had in my head that book clubs were about female bonding and booze????  Not this group, I guess. 

I'm torn whether or not I should stick with it.  Exam-studying really needs to take priority right now and is it worth it to spend hours reading a book that I we will only talk about for an hour or so?  On the fence.... my decision might come down to whether or not I have an interest in reading the next book that gets selected....