drumroll, please...

i am a firm believer that reading improves quality of life. (upon hearing that my neice, for example, was having a flat-screen tv installed in her bedroom, i did what any bibliophilic aunt would do and immediately made her tell me a story from her imagination. which she did quite well, to both my relief and enjoyment, i might add.)  in 2011 our bookclub read 64 titles.  then in 2012 we upped that to 76 books.  i just typed up our 2013 list and, drumroll please...we finished off 138 books this year!  while my tv literally gathers dust in the bottom of my closet, we have read ourselves better with a grand total of 278 books in just three years. want to have a great book club in 2014?  our only rules are not having any rules:  read whatever you want (coffee table books and kid's books especially count), stop reading if you don't like it--life's too short, and share fun food.  (it's also spiffy to go to bookstores and lectures while trying new places to eat; anything to do with books counts--see also "bookclub: the expanded edition").