Dibs

Hailed as a “spa day for your brain,” last weekend’s Book Group Expo in San Jose, California featured celebrity authors including Amy Tan, Khaled Hosseini, Rabih Alameddine and others yukking it up for members of book clubs and reading groups. Allegedly the high point was a skit involving Tan (in disguise) with Sam Barry, Susanne Pari, Asa DeMatteo, Alameddine and others portraying “The Book Group From Hell.”