Hi, this is NPR's Life Kit and I'm Julia Firland and I've got some real choice words for World War Z.

I mean, World War Z, the book about the zombies killed my book club, my favorite book club that I've ever been in, the only book club I've ever been in.

That's a movie too, right?

With Tom Cruise, okay.

I think so.

Yeah, I don't know.

I wouldn't know because I didn't really do it because I didn't go to that book club and then the book club was over and then it ended.

Turns out the movie version is with Brad Pitt, not Tom Cruise, easy mistake to make.

Point is I really did love that book club, but that one book was the clincher.

So friends, today we're here to make sure that you don't make the mistakes that I did.

We're talking all about book clubs, how to start one that thrives and how to make a book club the kind of thing that everybody wants to go to.

And you know, that can mean reality TV rules.

You can bring out your hottest takes and your biggest drama.

Some of the best book club discussions I've been to are when there is a little bit of debate, uh, people who truly enjoy the book and people who...

kind of wanted to hate on it a little bit.

That's Alicia Ramos, who is the founder of an online community focused on self-care called Girls Night in.

One of the things that Girls Night in does is run a huge multi-city book club.

Alicia's here to help us help you succeed with yours.

Zombies or not.

And our first takeaway is the actual zombie that will never ever not rise from the dead.

Scheduling.

You know the deal.

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