mamakelly Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 It's my turn to host book club again and I have no idea what book I'd like us to read. Usually I have an idea, but this time I"m stumped. Anyone read a good book lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 what type of book club? Very conservative? More open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakelly Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 We read pretty much anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 News of the World by Paulette Jiles Born a Crime by Trevor Noah The Plover by Brian Doyle What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie The Distant Marvels by Chantel Acevedo A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 My book club is currently reading Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. I haven't started it yet so I can't give an opinion. Some books we've read and (most of us) liked: MIddlesex. Jeffrey Eugenides The Moor's Account, Laila Lalami The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah - I was the only one who thought it didn't live up to the hype Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston A Room With a View, E.M. Forster Notorious RBG, Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik- brief biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi- we all stretched and left our comfort zone as none of us usually read graphic novels, also non-fiction A Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton The Girl With Seven Names, Lee Hyeon-seo - non-fiction Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward All but three are fiction. All of the fiction were enjoyable novels on their own but provided plenty of discussion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Mitten Strings for God Christian book that is nonfiction and easy to read but poetic and lovely and makes the point to slow down. Dd has been reading classics--she really loves Thomas Hardy. Jude the Obscure, anyone? She also loved Mayor of Casterbridge. Lots of twists and turns. I would be intimidated by that, and kinda turned off, but hey, maybe a classic would be interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry True Grit by Charles Portis Howard's End or A Room with A View by E.M. Forster Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Our book club is reading Warmth of Other Suns. It's long but good. Emily 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, EmilyGF said: Our book club is reading Warmth of Other Suns. It's long but good. Emily That looks good. I've added it to my to-read list. I love threads like these (in addition to the book a week threads). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 I just finished In the Heart of the Sea, which motivated me to finally read Moby Dick (which I’ve started a couple times but never got far). It’s non fiction account of the sinking of a Nantucket whaling ship, The Essex, the event which Melville based Moby Dick on. It was very interesting. Of course, I love non fiction. If you liked Endurance by Lansing, and even if you liked Life of Pi or other survival stories you’d like In the Heart of the Sea. Discussion points include tribalism, racism, capitalism, environmental stewardship, cannibalism, leadership 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 On 4/14/2018 at 12:10 AM, Stacia said: News of the World by Paulette Jiles Born a Crime by Trevor Noah The Plover by Brian Doyle What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie The Distant Marvels by Chantel Acevedo A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa I keep trying to get my book club to read The Sparrow. Its SO GOOD. (but does take either alack of imagination or a strong stomach) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 5 hours ago, Lady Florida. said: That looks good. I've added it to my to-read list. I love threads like these (in addition to the book a week threads). The Warmth of Other Suns is fantastic. Highly recommend. And I'm another one who loved The Sparrow. Standard disclaimer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 5 hours ago, Targhee said: I just finished In the Heart of the Sea, which motivated me to finally read Moby Dick (which I’ve started a couple times but never got far). It’s non fiction account of the sinking of a Nantucket whaling ship, The Essex, the event which Melville based Moby Dick on. It was very interesting. Of course, I love non fiction. If you liked Endurance by Lansing, and even if you liked Life of Pi or other survival stories you’d like In the Heart of the Sea. Discussion points include tribalism, racism, capitalism, environmental stewardship, cannibalism, leadership I read both Heart of the Sea and Endurance last year, but I still haven't managed to tackle Moby Dick... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 I've been on an African theme off and on in recent years and these are some favorites that I think would be good for a book club: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller Twenty Chickens for a Saddle by Robyn Scott Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's AIDS Epidemic by Jonny Steinberg West with the Night by Beryl Markham Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (an all-time favorite of mine, which you've probably already read) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 My library's book club read a book called The Invoice by Jonas Karlsson. It was a fast read because I couldn't put it down and extremely interesting. Unfortunately I chickened out and didn't go so I don't know how the discussion went. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Loved Heart of the Sea! I was interested in the movie, first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson It's nonfiction that reads like a novel. It's about the Galvaston Hurricane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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