~*~February Book Club Suggestions~*~

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~*~February Book Club Suggestions~*~
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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 10:10pm

**Just a reminder that hopefully everyone can complete their books by the end of the month!


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Registered: 09-26-2003
Wed, 01-24-2007 - 8:01am

Here are two suggestions....


The Secret Lives of Bees


The Mermaid Chair



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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 9:12am

Two of my all time favorites from my IRL book club are The Red Tent and The Kite Runner.


Right now we are either reading Bookseller of

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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 9:21am
I agree with the Secret Lives of Bees.....also Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons is a GREAT read!! http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780345442826&itm=1








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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 11:04am

I would not recommend the Mermaid Chair, at least not for the next one. It is similar to the Memory Keepers Daughter in that I found it kind of depressing....

Let's do something more upbeat!!!

Karin

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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 11:05am

Nancy,
I loved THe Red Tent too! My copy has been handed around all over!!

Karin

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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 12:21pm

A friend of mine recently bought this book and it looked pretty good. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West


Also another one is Memoirs of a Geisha.


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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 4:32pm
What would you think about setting a date at the end of the month to discuss the whole book instead of 1/2 way through? The reason that I ask is that since we read at such different speeds, it might be easier to say have the book done by the 25 (or whatever) and we will start the discussion. I think if you are a fast reader but only suppose to discuss up to a certain point(but you have already read past that point) then it makes the discussion difficult. In a sense that something you read past that point influences the story or your thoughts on the story. Does that make sense??
 
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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 4:34pm
I have read the Secret life of Bees and Angry Housewives eating bon-bons and enjoyed them both. I have also done Memoirs of a Geisha, and while I did enjoy it, it is very detailed oriented and may be difficult for people who don't have lots of time to read to get through it in a quick manner. Just some thoughts.
 
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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 5:11pm

Life of Pi


The Birth House


A Long Way Down


The Interruption of Everything


Blue Diary


My Sister's Keeper


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Registered: 01-17-2004
Wed, 01-24-2007 - 5:12pm

Here are my thoughts on the book suggestions:

The Secret Life of Bees - Fabulous book, but a lot of people read it years ago.

The Mermaid Chair - This book got a luke warm response from a lot of the same people that loved The Secret Life of Bees.

The Red Tent- Fabulous. A must read. If a lot of people haven't already read it I would recommend it. I read it about 10 years ago when it first came out.

Kite Runner - This is an excellent book, but very dark.

Reading Lolita in Tehran - This was good, but it starts out very slowly. I think some might have a hard time getting into it. While there are relationships in the book (mostly between the women in the reading group), there is a lot of focus on literature and politics.

The Bookseller of Kabul - I have heard this was good, and I haven't read it.

Memoirs of a Geisha - I also read this about 10 years ago. I had a hard time putting it down.

Wicked - Twice I tried to read this. I wanted to like it, but I hated it. A few years ago I muscled my way through Mirror, Mirror (by the same author).

I just finished:

Class Matters by the New York Times. It is an interesting series of articles that could make for a provocative discussion.

How to be Lost - In some ways it is like the Memory Keepers Daughter, but it liked it better.

Currently reading:

Suite Francaise - This takes place during World War II, and the French are fleeing Paris. The story is writen by a famous French (she is actually Russian) writer during the war. She is Jewish, and she writes the book while hiding with her daughters in the French countryside. The author does not survive the war, but the daughters manage to escape and they take the manuscript with them. The manuscript sat in a suitcase for over sixty years. One of the daughters who survived, and is still alive, recently sent the book to an editor for translation and publication.

On order:

The Freedom Writers diary: How 150 teens and a teacher used writing to change themselves and the world around them.

The Thirteenth Tale

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