ANA Book Club?

[EJTampa]

I just finished a book by Terry Brooks, The Gypsy Morph.  It was ok, but not on the top of my books read list.  I think a book club is a great idea, but it's probably hard to please everyone.  I pretty much stick to sci-fi/fantasy books.  If we had enough people in the club, we could split it up into interests and mail books back and forth
 
Ernie

[cindyj]

The Book Club was going quite strong last year until right before the holidays...perhaps we can start it back up again soon.  In the meantime, Anissa, here's a list of suggestions for you, some we read here, others not.  Not sure what type of book you like, but maybe something here will spark your interest:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, he also wrote Kite Runner, but several here agree that Suns was even better.

1000 White Women by Jim Fergus - the Book Club hasn't read this one, but I read it right after my surgery - really very good

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - unanimously loved by the Book Club!  Great read.

The Outlander Series by Dianna Gabaldon (they'll keep you busy for a while!)

Anything by Harlen Coben...and there are a bunch of them!

Know there are others from earlier days of the Book Club and I certainly have many, many more that I could recommend if you need more suggestions.

Enjoy and let us know what you read and what you think!

Ernie, glad to see you here also!  I'm not much of a science fiction reader, but I'm sure there would be some interest from others.   Feel free to suggest a book and we'll see what happens. 

Cindy

[Kaybo]

Hello All~
I am not going to say that I am taking this over, but since I was one of the "Members" from the first, I'll take the bait & try to get it going again. OMG16 was the one that had this great idea, but I am sad to say that in all my efforts to reach her, I have received no correspondance back.  WE MISS YOU 16 and hope things are going OK.  Last night, Dave & I went to Barnes & Noble after our dinner date (15 year anniversary!) and were walking around and I thought about the book club.  I always thought and have told people that it really helped me to expand my reading horizons!  I got out of my rut of reading the same old books and branched out - & found some new books & authors that I really liked!  It is tough because everyone is so busy.  I do like Ernie's idea of swapping and recommending REALLY good books (that I might not read otherwise).  We might try reading together again and then if it starts to fizzle again, we could try the other.  Also, why doesn't everyone write what they like to read the BEST (& maybe someone more organized can keep a list of this for us) and then you could hook up with others that have that same interests - maybe even swap books??  Just a thought!

Feedback...

K

[leapyrtwins]

Kay -

I miss the book club too and think we should start it up again.

If nothing else, it makes me take time to read - which is something I enjoy immensely but tend to stop doing when the rest of my life gets hectic.  I've been reading White Oleander by Janet Fitch for what seems like forever.  Although it's on the Oprah list, I just haven't been able to get into it.  But I about 3/4 done and I hate to just give up 

Anyway, I could use a good book.  I'm for the group read with the discussion, but I'm open to the book swap idea also.

Okay, a little off topic here, but whatever happened to OMG?  Haven't "seen" her on the forum in ages.  Anyone know??

Jan

[Kaybo]

Jan~
I read that book when it was first on Oprah's list thingy and I DID NOT like it - I mean, I remember REALLY not liking it!!

I am going to try to e-mail 16 again - I have called and written a couple of times with no luck...

K

[leapyrtwins]

K -

glad I'm not the only one who disagreed with Oprah 

If you do contact 16, please give her my best.

Oh - and don't forget to tell her Steve's knitting hats now.  She'll be amazed!

Jan

[msmaggie]

I hardly ever like Oprah books.  They usually depress me!  U'm looking for a good book too.  I will be checking in to see if someone has a suggestion.

Priscilla

[Kathy M]

I would be very interested in a trying a book club so count me in if it is revived!  I love to read, and like Jan, it takes a back seat to a hectic life sometimes.  BUT....  maybe this would help me prioritize a bit better!!!!!  (...and I kinda liked White Oleander...a bit dark and dysfunctional, but interesting!!...wonder what that says about me?)

Kathy

[sgerrard]

I don't know about this. The last round got me knee deep in yarn...

It seems to me that some books are good to read but not so great for discussion - the murder mysteries and such. Fun to swap around, but not that much to talk about. The ones that got the most discussion were the more unusual ones - an interesting place or time, some controversy, something different going on.

So we need some of each. If something like The Thirteenth Tale or A Thousand Splendid Suns comes along, lets do the group read and discuss. For the good old pulp fiction, lets just do a book swap.

No more knitting books, either. 

Steve

[Kaybo]

I heard there was a sequel to the knitting one...seriously!

K

[msmaggie]

How can there be a sequel?  Didn't she die in the end?  I would be up for A Thousand Splendid Suns.  I love his first book.

Priscilla

[Kaybo]

I haven't read it but i thought that maybe it was about how the store goes on or about the daughter??

I'll read whatever...didn't we read 1,000 Suns??  Any other suggestions, if we HAVE read that one??  I thought that the Jodi Poccolti (sp?) one was good...what about another of hers?  I think Steve's right, we seem to do better discussing those like that!

K

[lori67]

Are there any books about an extremely generous man who gives millions of dollars to his forum friends?     We talked Steve into knitting, maybe we can talk him into that too!

I never have time to actually participate in the book club, but I've read a lot of the things that were suggested here.  I just have to do it on my own time so that may be before or after the discussion is going on.    Anyway, I think I've read most of the Jodi Picoult books and I've liked them all - wasn't completely crazy about Vanishing Acts, but Keeping Faith and Change of Heart were really good.

I just got The Time Travelers Wife in the mail today through swaptree.com and the lady I swapped books with put a little note in the envelope that she absolutely loved the book, so I'm hoping it turns out to be a good one.

Ok, just my 2 cents.  Carry on book clubbers.

Lori

[msmaggie]

I read Time Traveler's Wife and enjoyed it, but admit to gettiing mixed up sometimes in his travels.  I still recommend Sarah's Key and The People of the Book as my current good books to share w/people.  I do like the Outlander books too.

Priscilla

[Kaybo]

Priscilla~
Are those 2 different books or one?

K