Book Club

Some suggestions for our First Book Club Reading-
(These are some that were reccomended to me)

The Time Travelers Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
The Shack - William P. Young
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austin
Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler
Little Earthquakes - Jennifer Weiner
Memory Keepers Daughter - Kim Edwards
The Glass Castle-Jeannette Walls
Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfeild
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson
Last Chance Saloon - Marian Keyes
The Reader - Bernhard Schlink

((((please post any ones that you can think of too or have already read ))))

i dont read

Oo I want to join! I'm in a book rut right now. The last couple I read were just

here's a complete list of oprah's book club books if it helps

2008
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

2007
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier

2006
Night by Elie Wiesel

2005
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Light in August by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

2004
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

2003
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

2002
Sula by Toni Morrison
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

2001
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir
Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

2000
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Open House by Elizabeth Berg
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Gap Creek by Robert Morgan

1999
A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton
Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay
River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Jewel by Bret Lott

1998
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
Paradiseby Toni Morrison

1997
The Best Way To Play by Bill Cosby
The Treasure Hunt by Bill Cosby
The Meanest Thing To Say by Bill Cosby
A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Songs In Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

1996
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Wow!! Jess that is a lot of books!!!


Anyone else have any suggestions?

I love the idea of a book club!

Right now I'm reading 'The Geography of Bliss' by Eric Wiener and 'Garlic and Sapphires' by Ruth Riechl. Both are really good. I also bought 'Eat, Pray, Love' which I hear is really good.

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Posted by jennandrolo

I am reading 'Shopaholic Takes on Manhattan'

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That book made me want to bullet right through my head.

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Thanks for responding!! I think that we need to have the person who's choosing a few selections that we then can vote on.. That way we know no one else has read it yet.

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Hummm valid point. I do think it will be difficult to find something that will be brand new to everyone. I love the voting option.

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Ooooo want the English Professor to assign books??!

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Posted by Kimbalina


Thanks for responding!! I think that we need to have the person who's choosing a few selections that we then can vote on.. That way we know no one else has read it yet.

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Hummm valid point. I do think it will be difficult to find something that will be brand new to everyone. I love the voting option.

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Ooooo want the English Professor to assign books??!

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As long as the Professor doesnt suggest things that will make me fall asleep and want to look at cliff notes
No but really please do.

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Posted by Kimbalina


Thanks for responding!! I think that we need to have the person who's choosing a few selections that we then can vote on.. That way we know no one else has read it yet.

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Hummm valid point. I do think it will be difficult to find something that will be brand new to everyone. I love the voting option.

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Ooooo want the English Professor to assign books??!

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As long as the Professor doesnt suggest things that will make me fall asleep and want to look at cliff notes
No but really please do.

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Ok, how about I come up with a list of 5 books, I'll post a poll with a little synopsis of each?

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Posted by Kimbalina


Thanks for responding!! I think that we need to have the person who's choosing a few selections that we then can vote on.. That way we know no one else has read it yet.

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Hummm valid point. I do think it will be difficult to find something that will be brand new to everyone. I love the voting option.

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Ooooo want the English Professor to assign books??!

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As long as the Professor doesnt suggest things that will make me fall asleep and want to look at cliff notes
No but really please do.

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Ok, how about I come up with a list of 5 books, I'll post a poll with a little synopsis of each?

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That sounds good to me!

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Posted by Kimbalina

Some suggestions for our First Book Club Reading-
(These are some that were reccomended to me)

The Time Travelers Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
The Shack - William P. Young
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austin
Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler
Little Earthquakes - Jennifer Weiner
Memory Keepers Daughter - Kim Edwards
The Glass Castle-Jeannette Walls
Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfeild
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson
Last Chance Saloon - Marian Keyes
The Reader - Bernhard Schlink

((((please post any ones that you can think of too or have already read ))))

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I actually bought The Time Traveler's Wife b/c someone here recommended it. I haven't read it yet but I am dying to! I have also heard amazing things about Jodi Picoult's books! And I am partial to Nicholas Sparks, myself

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Posted by Mimacat

Ok, I'm going to make them books that I think are entertaining for women our age, but also not just fluffy books. Like, GOOD books, but not super boring literature, don't worry.

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That sounds great!!

Mima your idea sounds great! Thanks

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Posted by mathteach

Do you all have room for one more? I'd like to join.

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Of corse!!!