To give you an idea of what we have read recently in the book club, here are some books that have been on our reading list:
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collings
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- The Life of Pi by Yan Martel
- Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
- The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Here are the books I was thinking about picking, but they don't have them in the library:
- Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Remen
- My Grandfather's Blessings by Rachel Remen (I have a copy of this and there is a copy in the Denton library, so this is a possibility.)
- The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Hearts and Homes by James L. Ferrell
- This Is My Words by Nancy Turner (I haven't read this and there is one copy at the Denton library, so this is a possibility.)
- The Tao of Pooh by Hoff (I've read this, but I don't know if everyone would like it.)
- The Secret Life of Bees (I've read this and it is a possibility.)
Choosing a book for book club is harder than I thought because I want everyone to enjoy the book, and everyone has such different tastes in books. And this is a lot of pressure because this is my first book choice for the club, so I don't want to be known as the one who picked "that" book (said in a negative voice).
Suggestions please!
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I don't know if anyone would like the books I read. My favorite genre is kid's and YA fantasy. Rachel and I just recently finished the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series that they're making a movie out of now. It was pretty fun. I also just read the "Bartimaeus Trilogy." That was entertaining too. I'm afraid I don't read "grown-up" books very often. The only things I've read recently in that category are "Who moved my cheese," "How to win friends and influence people," (which was a really good read) and I'm currently reading "Love that Lasts" by Gary and Joy Lundberg. Actually Pat and I are reading that one together. It's been really fun--a great marriage booster.
the only one of those I've read is "These is my Words" which we did for book club a couple months ago. Everyone really liked it. It was a quick read with pretty good discussion. It was especially good considering we'd read some pretty dense/boring books the few months before.
What? The Twilight Series didn't come up? LOL! J/K.
Some good "book club" books are
"The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency"
by Alexander McCall Smith
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
by Betty Smith
"Love in the Time of Cholera"
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Schindler's List"
by Thomas Keneally
These are all books I've read in the last year and have really made an impression on me. (Except for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn..I've read that at least 20 times. I love that book)
I also think that they are books that could create a great forum for discussion. Good luck!
The kite runner is a great book! Here's the link to Wikipedia that talks about the book!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kite_Runner
Depending on what you're in the mood for, here are some:
-"Left to Tell" about the Rwanda genocide. Heavy but uplifting also, like "The Hiding Place".
-"The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society": Good and a fast read.
-"A Northern Light" by Jennifer Donnelly. This was a good one although it does have a little bit of questionable content (nothing big, but it's important to be aware of it for a book club book).
-"Cheaper By the Dozen": cute, clean, fast read.
Those are some I've liked recently. Good luck!
My current fave: "The Book Thief." It's guaranteed to be a hit in any book club!
I may be upsetting the gender trend in these comments, but I gotta add my two cents.
"Peace Like a River" by Leif Enger is an amazing, pretty short read. The kind of book that makes you think while delivering amazing story telling. Check this out: "Set in the Minnesota countryside and North Dakota Badlands of the early 1960s, Peace Like a River is a moving, engrossing, beautifully told story about one family's quest to retrieve its most wayward member. Reuben Land, the novel's asthmatic and self-effacing eleven-year-old narrator, recounts an unforgettable journey riddled with outlaw tales, heartfelt insights, and bona fide miracles. Born without air in his lungs, Reuben is keenly aware of the gift of breath—and, by extension, the gift of life. Time and again, both gifts are bestowed on Reuben by his father, a gentlemanly soul who works as a school janitor and has the power—and faith—to bestow true miracles. But when Davy (Reuben's brother) kills two intruders who break into the Land home with evil intent, and then escapes from prison while his trial is in progress, events seem to have worsened beyond the aid of miracles. Or have they? For, once Reuben and his family set out to find Davy, the reader eventually witnesses rivers, plains, and city lights unseen by mortal eyes.
Equal parts tragedy, romance, adventure yarn, and meditation, Peace Like a River is an inspired story of family love, religious faith, and the lifelong work and trust required of both. Leif Enger's first novel is a work of easy generosity and uncommon wisdom, a book to be shared with friends and loved ones."
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides3/peace_like_a_river1.asp
Since I'm in the book club I won't give suggestions because I just hosted it. Now it's your turn. Don't worry, not everyone will love the book no matter how good it is. I just ask that it's clean with minimal language, no sex or rape or incest. That's just disturbing. I'm not into depressing books, especially historically true. But I'm pretty sure I'm the minority there. We've read "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" within the past 2 years and I think they had just read "The Book Thief" before I joined. You know I'm with Holly and LOVE YA fantasy! But I'll try to read whatever you pick. lol (=
let me think...i really liked the "harry potter" series, "tennis shoes among the nephites" is a good series though i haven't read the other ones for a while.
Jo, my sister has been loving books by Jhumpa Lahiri, including _The Namesake_ and _Interpreter of Maladies_. I loved E. M. Forster's Collected Short Stories. Introduce your bookclub to something new and beautiful! What about Paton's _Cry, the Beloved Country_?
Have you read Harry Potter yet? I just started reading these and I'm hooked. I don't know if they're "book club" material though.
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