February Book Club Ideas

[risscaboobs]

Alright, ladies. It's time to start thinking about what we want to read for next month's Book Club discussion. Here are some of the books that were mentioned last month:

1. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant    
   
2. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
   
3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
   
4. Outlander by Diane Gabladon
   
5. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
   
6. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)

Please feel free to toss out any other ideas you have, and we will vote soon.

Also, since migrating from the dump, many SN's have changed, and I'm not sure if the tags I have are still valid. So please let me know if you wish to be added to a tag list, and if so, what your tag is (if it is different from your visible SN).

Thanks!

[akraus2015]

In mobile so I can't tell if there's a poll or not but my vote is The Red Tent! I read The Boston Girl by the same author and loved it!

[kawaiikitsune]

I vote Water for Elephants because I actually have that but have not read it yet.

[Sparkly]

I think I would have time to join the book club now that holidays and an event at work is over. I loved Water for Elephants. I would be interested in quite a few of these. I've heard a lot about the Red Tent.

[longhornwino0907]

Definitely keep me on the list!

I'm also going to throw out there:
Room
The Husband's Secret
The Good Girl
Before I Go to Sleep
The Dinner
Panic (YA)

Just a few I've been wanting to read and discuss! Hopefully I can be better about finishing next month's book! I'm just about done with This Is Where I Leave You. The drama with the Dump had me so distracted this month!

[joy]

The Red Tent is such a wonderful, wonderful book.

Water for Elephants made my eyes bleed.

I would suggest: The Secret History (Donna Tartt) and Snow Flower and Secret Fan (Lisa See).

[longhornwino0907]

Secret History is a great suggestion, too!

[joy]

/ded @ "validates your feels" instead of "likes."

[cavewmninbrit]

I would like to join it....

My librarian step mom hated water for elephants and said it was depressingly sloe"" my only 2 cents

* edit slow not sloe! like the berry or gin

[mustloveerica]

I'm down for all of those. But I think Outland would be too long for most people to finish in a month.

[joy]

Jan 24, 2015 14:48:50 GMT -5 mustloveerica said:

I'm down for all of those. But I think Outland would be too long for most people to finish in a month.

This is the only thing holding me back from suggesting "Gone with the Wind."

[wanderingheart]

I haven't heard of many of these, so I'm good with whatever!

[Deleted]

I want to join the book club and I'm down with whatever

[hobbesgal]

I'll suggest Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Here's the review from Library Reads:

“An actor playing King Lear dies onstage just before a cataclysmic event changes the future of everyone on Earth. What will be valued and what will be discarded? Will art have a place in a world that has lost so much? What will make life worth living? These are just some of the issues explored in this beautifully written dystopian novel. Recommended for fans of David Mitchell, John Scalzi and Kate Atkinson.”

It's one of the most requested books in my library system right now. The book with the highest number of holds (re: impossible to get) is "The Girl on the Train".

[whatsit]

Am I a big nerd if I say outlander took me 2 days to read? No? Ok.


I'm seriously fine with any of the books. The last two were different than id usually read and I quite enjoyed them.

[joy]

Jan 24, 2015 15:12:11 GMT -5 hobbesgal said:

I'll suggest Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Here's the review from Library Reads:

“An actor playing King Lear dies onstage just before a cataclysmic event changes the future of everyone on Earth. What will be valued and what will be discarded? Will art have a place in a world that has lost so much? What will make life worth living? These are just some of the issues explored in this beautifully written dystopian novel. Recommended for fans of David Mitchell, John Scalzi and Kate Atkinson.”

It's one of the most requested books in my library system right now. The book with the highest number of holds (re: impossible to get) is "The Girl on the Train".

I love hearing what books are popular right now since my time strolling Barnes and Noble is quite limited.

I need a question answered, however: are either of these young adult lit?  Because ...Joy does not do that genre.


EDIT: I fixed my grammar because my head moves faster than my fingers.

[teambrink]

Red tent. I have that one and haven't read it. But I still haven't finished this months book so whatever you guys choose is good with me.

[hobbesgal]

Jan 24, 2015 15:36:29 GMT -5 joy said:

Jan 24, 2015 15:12:11 GMT -5 hobbesgal said:

I'll suggest Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Here's the review from Library Reads:

“An actor playing King Lear dies onstage just before a cataclysmic event changes the future of everyone on Earth. What will be valued and what will be discarded? Will art have a place in a world that has lost so much? What will make life worth living? These are just some of the issues explored in this beautifully written dystopian novel. Recommended for fans of David Mitchell, John Scalzi and Kate Atkinson.”

It's one of the most requested books in my library system right now. The book with the highest number of holds (re: impossible to get) is "The Girl on the Train".

I love hearing what books are popular right since my time strolling Barnes and Noble is quite limited right now.

I need a question answered, however: are either of these young adult lit?  Because ...Joy does not do that genre.

Neither are YA.  The Girl on the Train is popular right now (400+ library holds on it) because it's narrative structure is very similar to Gone Girl.

[helloerrbody]

Please add me to the tag list, Riss!

[crazytallgiraffe]

I'd love to join the book club!

[13liza]

I'd love to join in!

[risscaboobs]

Jan 24, 2015 13:15:45 GMT -5 akraus2015 said:

In mobile so I can't tell if there's a poll or not but my vote is The Red Tent! I read The Boston Girl by the same author and loved it!

No poll yet. We're just discussing ideas.

[jennby]

I'd like to join as well. I'm happy to read anything.

[juliayadda]

I am officially quitting book club because... I am reading text books!! Huzzah. Back to Uni for me so reading will be a chore for a little while.

[kawaiikitsune]

Most of my suggestions will be super lame & old but I'll toss out some anyway :

Wuthering Heights
To Kill a Mockingbird
anything by Jerry Spinelli (+1 for Milkweed & Stargirl)
Jane Eyre
I would suggest Redwall, which is one of my favorite books ever, but it is part of a very long series

[Deleted]

I heard Me before You is really good. I haven't had a chance to look up what it's actually about.
I'm not really gung ho about The Red Tent. Mostly, because it was just made into a mini-series.
Is the Wild the one that just came out in theatres with Reese Witherspoon?


I currently have My Antonia sitting on my bookshelf as one I've been meaning to read. I don't know why I haven't read it yet.

[wirt2cute]

I would like to read the red tent.

[risscaboobs]

Jan 24, 2015 18:00:13 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

I heard Me before You is really good. I haven't had a chance to look up what it's actually about.
I'm not really gung ho about The Red Tent. Mostly, because it was just made into a mini-series.
Is the Wild the one that just came out in theatres with Reese Witherspoon?


I currently have My Antonia sitting on my bookshelf as one I've been meaning to read. I don't know why I haven't read it yet.

Yes, that is what Wild is.

[joy]

Jan 24, 2015 18:00:13 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

I'm not really gung ho about The Red Tent. Mostly, because it was just made into a mini-series.

Why does this make you not want to read the book?  Books are always so much better than any TV/movie adaptation.

[Deleted]

Jan 24, 2015 18:16:09 GMT -5 joy said:

Jan 24, 2015 18:00:13 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

I'm not really gung ho about The Red Tent. Mostly, because it was just made into a mini-series.

Why does this make you not want to read the book?  Books are always so much better than any TV/movie adaptation.

I saw the commercials and for some reason I just lost interest. I'm usually a bigger fan of the book than the movie.