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YourMama
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YourMama
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what is a good book club book pick?
It's my month to choose and I want something really good. What was a book that your book club really enjoyed?
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Posted 12/27/13 3:18 PM  |
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APT910
Let It Be
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Ashley
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Re: what is a good book club book pick?
I don't belong to a book club but here are some books that I loved:
If I Stay - Gayle Forman
The Fault In Our Stars - John Green
Reconstructing Amelia - Kimberly McCreight
Hopeless - Colleen Hoover
Where'd You Go Bernadette - Maria Semple
I just started The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty and I'm really enjoying it.
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| Posted 12/27/13 3:26 PM |
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Re: what is a good book club book pick?
Not a book club but I LOVED A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
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| Posted 12/29/13 2:20 PM |
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Irishlass
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Lisa
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Re: what is a good book club book pick?
Me before you - Jojo Moyes.
Its a sad read but I think it would defiantly be a good book to discuss.
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| Posted 12/29/13 3:44 PM |
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halfbaked
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Re: what is a good book club book pick?
Posted by APT910
I don't belong to a book club but here are some books that I loved:
Reconstructing Amelia - Kimberly McCreight
Where'd You Go Bernadette - Maria Semple
I second these. I'm also adding:
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes- Diane Chamberlain
The Universe Vs. Alex Woods- Gavin Extence (Not a popular book, but I truly loved it.)
Anything by Jonathan Tropper- my favorites were This is Where I Leave You and Plan B.
Room- Emma Donaghue
Looking for Alaska- John Green
One Day- David Nicholls
Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
Defending Jacob- William Landay
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| Posted 12/30/13 8:47 AM |
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Momma2Be
Mommy of an angel
Member since 10/09 5911 total posts
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Dina
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what is a good book club book pick?
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline was my last Book Club book and I loved it!
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| Posted 12/31/13 5:29 PM |
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Re: what is a good book club book pick?
Here are some others my book club has done (aside from what's been mentioned) -
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" - Lionel Shriver
"Freedom" - Jonathan Franzen
"Lean In" - Sheryl Sandberg
"The Glass Castle" - Jeanette Wall
"The Tipping Point" (Malcolm Gladwell - also wrote "Blink," "Outliers," etc. - which I've heard are good)
"In Defense of Food" (Michael Pollan)
"Cutting for Stone" - Don't remember the author
We take turns picking, and we do non-fiction as well as fiction... we sometimes throw in classics, too. We try to choose books that we wouldn't ordinarily pick on our own, and that have a theme/subject matter that is somewhat controversial so that it generates discussion.
I've heard "Me Before You" is a good book club pick, so I may suggest that soon.
I know "Gone Girl" was suggested - I just read "Dark Places" and am in the middle of "Sharp Objects" by Gillian Flynn. I think all would be good picks.
We also read "Defending Jacob" which my club liked. I think "We Need to Talk About Kevin" has some similar themes, but was a better book (and more focused on the family aspects of the issue, not the legal aspects).
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