Ready or Not Book Club Kit
Ready or Not is the official May 2025 pick for the Peanut Blossom Book Club for Recovering Readers.
I love to pick a book about moms for our May book club pick in honor of Mother's Day but I think this might be the first year I chose one that features a surprise pregnancy.
This sweet romantic comedy brought back so many memories of my two pregnancies and offers up plenty of fun conversation points for your book club discussion.
I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. If you want, you can check out my full thoughts in my Ready or Not book review here.
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What is Ready or Not About?
Eve Hatch lives for surprises! Just kidding. She expects every tomorrow to be pretty much the same as today. She loves her cozy apartment in Brooklyn that’s close to her childhood best friend Willa, and far from her midwestern, traditional family who has never really understood her. While her job is only dream-adjacent, it’s comfortable and steady. She always knows what to expect from her life . . . until she finds herself expecting after an uncharacteristic one-night stand.
The unplanned pregnancy cracks open all the relationships in her life. Eve’s loyal friendship with Willa is feeling tense, right when she needs her the most. And it’s actually Willa’s steadfast older brother, Shep, who steps up to help Eve. He has always been friendly, but now he’s checking in, ordering her surprise lunches, listening to all her complaints, and is . . . suddenly kinda hot? Then, as if she needs one more complication, there’s the baby’s father, who is (technically) supportive but (majorly) conflicted.
Up until this point, Eve’s been content to coast through life. Now, though—maybe it’s the hormones, maybe it’s the way Shep’s shoulders look in a T-shirt—Eve starts to wonder if she has been secretly desiring more from every aspect of her life.
Over the course of nine months, as Eve struggles to figure out the next right step in her expanding reality, she begins to realize that family and love, in all forms, can sneak up on you when you least expect it.
Ready or Not Discussion Questions
I believe the best book club questions to spark a lively discussion in your group help readers make personal connections to the story.
You can read about how to write the best book club questions on your own here, but hopefully these will get you started!
Question 1:
There's a lot of love to go around in Ready or Not, which relationship do you think is the most important in the story?
Question 2:
There are lots of ways Eve's story could have played out. Did the ending surprise you? How did you think it was going to work out?
Question 3:
How did Eve's pregnancy journey affect you? Did it seem realistic to your experiences or how you think you'd feel?
Question 4:
If you had lunch with Eve and she opened up to you when she first found out she was pregnant, what advice would you give her?
Question 5:
If you were going to give Eve a baby shower gift, what would you give her?
Question 6:
Who would you have picked: Ethan or Shep?
Question 7:
Could you forgive Willa for her behavior if you were in Eve's shoes? How would you have handled her initial reaction and then the choices she makes throughout the story?
Question 8:
Where do you think the characters are 5 years from now?
Book Club Party Menu
I think it is so fun to plan your book club dinner menu or dessert list based on the theme of the book.
There are a few book club dinner-friendly dishes mentioned throughout the story, here are a few I'd choose if I were hosting the party:
There is a fun nostalgic exchange between the characters reminiscing over drinking raspberry lemonade together and enjoying lemonade with vodka shots. These would make perfect mocktail or cocktails to serve for the party.
Since pregnancy is a major plot element, why not do a pregnancy cravings appetizer like my fried pickle dip?
Strawberry French Toast and Hashbrowns is the go-to order when Eve dines out. Serve a breakfast-for-dinner book club party.
You could make my fluffy french toast into strawberry french toast by adding sliced fresh strawberries and a drizzle of strawberry jam with dollops of whipped cream.
Shep feeds Eve fresh fruit for snacks and makes her feel very loved and cared for. Set out a large fresh fruit platter with this easy fruit dip for a simple snack board.
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