June book club - #nominations

[wanderingheart]

I'm mobile today, so if I forget to tag you, my bad. Let's start discussing what you guys want to read for June.

Runner ups last month were The Glass Castle, The Handmaid's Tale, Cuckoo's Calling, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

Also, I know several of you have gotten your BFPs since this list was created. If you don't want to be a part of the book club anymore, send me a PM and I will remove you. You're always welcome to stay though!

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[helloerrbody]

I vote Cuckoo's Calling again! Also, pregglies please stay!!!!

[jags8]

::lurking:: I'm not part of book club, but I just want to say that Handmaid's Tale is very good and interesting and it's worth a read

[teenybenoit]

wanderingheart I'm going to sit this one out, right now there is a lot going on in my mind and heart and physically. I did not read the May book as yet.
Please keep me posted for July, I'm sure I will be back to myself by then.

[wanderingheart]

May 25, 2015 10:11:41 GMT -5 teenybenoit said:

wanderingheart I'm going to sit this one out, right now there is a lot going on in my mind and heart and physically. I did not read the May book as yet.
Please keep me posted for July, I'm sure I will be back to myself by then.

I get it. Take care of yourself. We'll be here when you need us

[Andrea]

I vote the Handmaid's Tale. I promise to actually finish the book this month. May was a rough month. Hugs teenybenoit!

[Sparkly]

I didn't do May (or ever finish April) but I would love to stay and pop in & out! This month is crazy for me, so once again may not happen but I would love to read The Handmaid's Tale.

[ceejay]

I'd love to read The Glass Castle or The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks!

I've already read The Handmaid's Tale, and I'd be happy to discuss that one too. But there are some potential triggers in it.

[rivers and roads]

I'd like to join in this month.

I've already read The Glass Castle, but it was one of my favorite books EVER ever. If you guys choose that, I'll just do questions!


Everything I Never Told You looks interesting,
“Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee, and her parents are determined that she will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But when Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos. A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.

[rivers and roads]

All the Light We Cannot See also looks good, @ismellbooks.

[peaseblossom55]

Thanks for still including me. I have no time to read this month. I'm studying for a licensing exam at work. Also my kindle died, so I swore I wouldn't buy a new one until after I passed my licensing exam. Please keep me posted on other months though.

[jewel441]

Can I join as well? I vote for the Handmaid's Tale

[thechickencoop]

Lol I always vote and read but never discuss. So! FWIW The Handmaid's Tale was great but I don't have any other suggestions. I'll be excited to see the poll

[ceejay]

May 25, 2015 13:12:03 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

As always, I'm up for anything! The Handmaid's Tale sounds interesting.

My other suggestions:
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (I know it's an older book but I just read this while on vacation and I'm obsessed with it!)
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

I just read Still Alice and thought it was great. That would be a really good one to discuss!

I read Rebecca when I was in high school, and I remember loving it. I think I still have a copy of it and would love to read it again!

[joy]

Oh, I love the dark horse candidate of Rebecca. I read that years ago and found it ...eerie.

[longhornwino0907]

I would like to throw Ready Player One into the race. It's so good, the pop culture references are so much fun, and it kept me intrigued from start to finish.

Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Halliday’s fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline.

[cheshie6]

Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard

Synopsis: The poverty stricken Reds are commoners, living under the rule of the Silvers, elite warriors with god-like powers.

To Mare Barrow, a 17-year-old Red girl from The Stilts, it looks like nothing will ever change.

Mare finds herself working in the Silver Palace, at the centre of
those she hates the most. She quickly discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy Silver control.

But power is a dangerous game. And in this world divided by blood, who will win?

I'm reading this now, and it's a really fast paced.

[mill23]

I was a bad book club member and didn't read the book this month, but would still love to take part.

I have read and loved the Handmaids Tale.

The Penelopiad sounds really good too, @ismellbooks, I think I'll pick it up either way!

I've also been recommended to read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (though it is a non fiction, it is apparently incredible)

I'm up for anything though!

[rablissful]

"Year Of Wonders" by Geraldine Brooks is really good. I would love to read it again. It's about a small village during the plague that cut itself off to try to avoid it. The narrator is a young widow who tends to people in the village.

"The Passage" by Justin Cronin was also amazing and I've been wanting to re-read. It's about a man made virus that breaks loose and turns people into vampires (scary ones, not sparkly). It's a keep you on the edge of your seat kind of book.

[mosdub]

May I join? I have no opinions yet - need to research the suggestions!

[mosdub]

May 25, 2015 16:47:18 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

I would like to throw Ready Player One into the race. It's so good, the pop culture references are so much fun, and it kept me intrigued from start to finish.

Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Halliday’s fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline.

I've read this, but would love to re-read it.  I'm definitely game for a book that doesn't give me all the sads.  

[mazzola23]

I would like to join too! My month is a little crazy, but I'll do my best to get the book read.

[longhornwino0907]

May 25, 2015 20:39:33 GMT -5 mosdub said:

May 25, 2015 16:47:18 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

I would like to throw Ready Player One into the race. It's so good, the pop culture references are so much fun, and it kept me intrigued from start to finish.

Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Halliday’s fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline.

I've read this, but would love to re-read it.  I'm definitely game for a book that doesn't give me all the sads.  

Same here! Personally I'm tired of reading something only to be surprised by an IF subplot. Thanks, universe, for reminding me of my miseries.

[PepperPottsJ]

I would love to participate!

[kayladawn91]

Since school is done in a couple of weeks I'm hoping to actually participate in this one!! I always start the book (like read 5 pages) and never finish it, which is awful for an English teacher to do. It's just been so hectic the last few months.

[risscaboobs]

I still want everyone to read the Cuckoo's Calling because I've been waiting to discuss - but whatever everyone wants is fine. I had finals and the end of college (yay!) in May, and I didn't participate this month, but I'm still here!!

[joy]

May 26, 2015 8:44:16 GMT -5 risscaboobs said:

I still want everyone to read the Cuckoo's Calling because I've been waiting to discuss - but whatever everyone wants is fine. I had finals and the end of college (yay!) in May, and I didn't participate this month, but I'm still here!!

Did you read The Casual Vacancy?  Did you watch the miniseries on HBO?

I started to read the book but got sidetracked and never finished it.  I watched the miniseries with my husband and just ...damn.  It was sad.

I started reading Cuckoo's Calling.  Again, I got sidetracked.  I'll go back and finish it for you once I'm done re-reading The Red Tent.

[risscaboobs]

May 26, 2015 9:41:26 GMT -5 joy said:

May 26, 2015 8:44:16 GMT -5 risscaboobs said:

I still want everyone to read the Cuckoo's Calling because I've been waiting to discuss - but whatever everyone wants is fine. I had finals and the end of college (yay!) in May, and I didn't participate this month, but I'm still here!!

Did you read The Casual Vacancy?  Did you watch the miniseries on HBO?

I started to read the book but got sidetracked and never finished it.  I watched the miniseries with my husband and just ...damn.  It was sad.

I started reading Cuckoo's Calling.  Again, I got sidetracked.  I'll go back and finish it for you once I'm done re-reading The Red Tent.

I did. I loved it, but it was very, very sad. It sticks with you. I haven't watched the miniseries yet, but I am going to!

The Cuckoo's Calling isn't sad like that at least. It's just a gold ol' fashioned murder mystery lol. I'm glad you're rereading the Red Tent. I know how much you love that one!

[butlerfan]

May 25, 2015 10:34:15 GMT -5 @ismellbooks said:

I just finished it, but I want to suggest The Penelopiad, from Margaret Atwood:

"In Homer’s account in The Odyssey, Penelope—wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy—is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Left alone for twenty years when Odysseus goes off to fight in the Trojan war after the abduction of Helen, Penelope manages, in the face of scandalous rumours, to maintain the kingdom of Ithaca, bring up her wayward son, and keep over a hundred suitors at bay, simultaneously. When Odysseus finally comes home after enduring hardships, overcoming monsters and sleeping with goddesses, he kills her suitors and—curiously—twelve of her maids.

In a splendid contemporary twist to the ancient story, Margaret Atwood has chosen to give the telling of it to Penelope and to her twelve hanged Maids, asking: "What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to?" In Atwood’s dazzling, playful retelling, the story becomes as wise and compassionate as it is haunting, and as wildly entertaining as it is disturbing. With wit and verve, drawing on the storytelling and poetic talent for which she herself is renowned, she gives Penelope new life and reality—and sets out to provide an answer to an ancient mystery."

barnesandnoble.com/w/penelopiad-margaret-atwood/1101956364?ean=9781841957982That sounds interesting.  May have to add it to my list to be read (which is always long....) even if it doesn't get picked.

[butlerfan]

I never read last month's since I'm still on the waiting list so anything that doesn't have a long wait time?