Book of the Month

Kate Spade's new Book of the Month clutches have a special place in my heart. I taught myself how to read in kindergarten and promptly memorized an entire book (Tiger Is a Scaredy Cat, also known as the greatest children's book known to mankind). I recited it to my mother, who was impressed but, to be honest, a little alarmed. What five year old memorizes a book? This one, apparently.
My parents should have seen the demise of my pre-med concentration before it even started, because now I'm an English literature major. Of course I want to own this clutch (and really, I'll do anything that Natalie Portman deems appropriate). It goes without saying. Sure, it's a little superfluous seeing as I have books falling out of my purse at any given moment anyway, but look at the striped lining! The nuanced and perfectly appropriate cover design! Would this not make the most perfect conversation starter at an awkward party where you know no one but the hostess? Or, if you run into an ex, you could open it and pretend to be so engrossed that an interruption would just wouldn't be tolerated.


Plus, who didn't have a whopping crush on Jay Gatsby?

Unfortunately, the cruel price tag that accompanies it means that in the near future, I'm going to tuck a credit card between the pages of Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, stick my phone in my back pocket, and rock my own Book of the Month Club.

[photo credit to MTV Style]