Have you ever procrastinated reading your book club book - and then suddenly you've only got a couple days left and you have to start reading everywhere and every time you can?  Well, I've compiled a list of the top 5 places to read, so maybe next month you'll carry your book with you and not get so far behind! #1 - In bed

All daughters know that sometimes moms do not remember things quite the same way that they do. Thus, Lisa Gardner shares her own take on her mom’s comments with us --- and it all makes for good reading.  Did you read to your daughter as a child? What did you read? Yes, I read to my daughter as a child. I don’t remember any specific books.

One of the things that keeps any group fresh is change.  If you always meet at someone's house and have the same hummus and pita or cheese and crackers, maybe now is the time for change.  Why not get out of the house and go check out a movie based on this month's book?  Go to an early show and then grab a bite to eat after so you can discuss how the book and movie differed, what you liked and didn't and why you thought the leading man should've been played by someone else.

After the wedding came….the book with the real story behind the wedding, which will be in stores next January. Here Susan and Elizabeth share some humorous behind-the-scenes stories and lively banter about the wedding, the book deal and writing together.

It's the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day today.  Did you realize that there was an enviromental movement way back in 1970 - way before green was the new black?  Kind of cool to think about.  As with many movements, there have been many books that have influenced and drawn attention to environmental causes.  In honor of Earth Day, I thought I'd l

I don’t know about you but I am totally a seasonal creature.  I feel differently and even eat and sleep differently in each of the four seasons.  My desires are different, my mood changes and yes, even what I read is different.  With spring flowers blooming and summer fast approaching, I want to read something different than I did even a month ago.  I’m not sure everyone in my book club feels the same seasonal flux that I do, so I often try to ignore my own inclinations and stick to the same kinds of books all year-round.

Growing up Yael Goldstein Love's mom, Rebecca, would enchant her with great stories. She knew that Yael loved the power of sustained make-believe, thus it came as little surprise as the daughter who loved stories crossed over from a precocious kid to a writer.   How did you as a mom feel when you learned your child wanted to write a book?

With this being a hugely transitional year for me, (my daughter is about to leave for college), and with Mother’s Day fast approaching I couldn’t help but reflect on the love of reading that my mother passed to me and of course I passed to my daughter.

When Shirley Jump decided to stretch her wings writing a YA novel, her daughter Mandy, 16, became her perfect writing partner. Find out how they worked together and the challenges they overcame to publish THE WELL under the pen name A.J. Whitten