When you’re in a book club with your best girlfriends, you would think that everyone would be happy and cheerful all of the time and ready to talk books. However, even in a book club setting, your besties will need cheering up on occasion. While there are many, many ways to help you cheer up a girlfriend in need, there are a few gifts that can only be appreciated by the kind of women who go to book club together. Read on below for a few of the top gifts to cheer up your bookish friend, book club style.
1. A Chocolate Treat
You’re in a room full of women during your book club meetings and, if someone is feeling blue, you can’t go wrong with a unique chocolate gift to make them feel better. Whether it’s a variety gift set of different flavors of chocolate or a spicy chocolate bar, it will make a great addition to the treats at the discussion. You can even buy enough for the whole group if you are feeling generous.
2. Add Books to Their Kindle
Studies have shown that reading is a great way to combat stress and depression. If you’re looking for the perfect way to cheer up your friend, then adding books to their kindle is the right way to go. You are in a club that reviews books together, so you already know what they like to read and who their favorite authors are. Take your time and choose books you know they will love and send them to their kindle right before the night begins.
3. The Gift of Paperbacks
If your friend is still clinging to the old-fashioned way of reading, then a signed paperback by her favorite author could make an amazing gift as well. After all, many readers prefer to hold their books in their hands, not read them on a screen. You can even go a step further and give your friend a gift card to their favorite bookstore. That way they can spend hours browsing and then carefully choose the books they want themselves, which is always a treat for someone who loves to read.
4. Inspirational Bookmarks
Who can resist a smile when presented with a bookmark printed with an inspirational, uplifting quote on it? Make sure that you pick out a few different bookmarks for your sad friend and throw in a few more to gift to the other girls in your book club as well. After all, you can never have too many bookmarks, just like you can never have too many books!
5. Coffee Mugs/Coffee/Hot Cocoa
What do most readers love almost as much as they love books? Well, coffee, hot cocoa, and mugs, of course! A gift of their favorite coffee or cocoa and a mug to put it in will cheer them up and give them hours of pleasure as they sip from their mug and read the latest novel by their favorite author. Mugs with sayings about reading or quotes from their favorite authors are also a hit with any book club crowd as well. There are plenty of mugs out there that have quotes from authors, book covers on the mugs, or even inspirational, cute, funny quotes that will give your friend the pick me up she needs.
These are just a few gifts that are perfect for anyone in your book club, especially someone who is sad, depressed, or just needs a mood booster. Every member of your book club is probably like family and families share gifts and chocolate. Give a gift that matters, and you’ll get a happy friend in return!
