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Need a new Book Club pick

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MockingJay
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Need a new Book Club pick

Recommend something good you just read that would be an excellent discussion piece for my friends and I. We've read a couple of bad books recently and need something good!

Dosen't have to be a specific genre but I would like to be able to read it on my Kindle. TIA!

Posted 11/7/11 12:10 PM
 
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Bella01
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

Did you read The Help?

Posted 11/7/11 12:24 PM
 

AngnShaun
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick


¦If I stay, by Gayle Forman
¦Shelter Me, by Juliette Fay
¦The memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards
¦Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin
¦Sing You Home, by Jodi Piccoult
¦The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
¦Please Stop Laughing at Me, by Jodee Blanco
¦When Crickets Cry, by Charles Martin


These are some of the books we read that we had a good discussion...

Posted 11/7/11 12:25 PM
 

MockingJay
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

Posted by Bella0701

Did you read The Help?



No but a girl in my group already did. That was considered an "extra credit" book

Posted 11/7/11 12:41 PM
 

jilliibabii
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

Did you guys read One Day by David Nicholls?

Posted 11/7/11 12:46 PM
 

MockingJay
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

No but I should probably let you guys know that we're not into romantic novels or chick lit so I think that leaves alot of these books out.

We all really like The Hunger Games, Hangman's Daughter, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Eat Pray Love, The Shack, Parable of the Sower, etc- books like that

Posted 11/7/11 1:31 PM
 

MockingJay
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

I'm thinking I might pick World War ZChat Icon maybe give that a try. I've heard good things

Posted 11/7/11 1:32 PM
 

AngnShaun
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

here is our whole list..

¦The Shack by William P. Young
¦Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
¦The Saving Graces by Patricia Gaffney
¦The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
¦Testimony by Anita Shreve
¦The Chritmas Box, by Richard Paul Evans
¦Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer
¦The Summer We Fell Apart, by Robin Antelak
¦Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
¦House Rules, by Jodi Picoult
¦Beach Trip, by Cathy Holton
¦We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver
¦If I stay, by Gayle Forman
¦The last time I was me, by Cathy Lamb
¦Shelter Me, by Juliette Fay
¦The memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards
¦The Christmas List, by Richard Paul Evans
¦Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin
¦Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
¦Sing You Home, by Jodi Piccoult
¦The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
¦ROOM, by Emma Donoghue
¦Please Stop Laughing at Me, by Jodee Blanco
¦When Crickets Cry, by Charles Martin
¦This is Where I Leave You, by Jonathan Tropper

Posted 11/7/11 2:11 PM
 

heather10292010
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

I just finished Sarah's Key and thought it was amazing and at the end has book club questions

Or water for elephants

Posted 11/7/11 5:53 PM
 

jlm2008
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

We read Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs in my book club last month. Great book and I think more along the lines of what you are looking for.

Posted 11/7/11 9:24 PM
 

MamaFu
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

I highly recommend "The Glass Castle," by Jeannette Walls. It was truly a thought-provoking book, but without the extreme emotional fatigue of Jodi Picoult. (I like her, don't get me wrong, but sometimes her books drain me.) My Mom read this for her book club, and they all loved it.

Message edited 11/8/2011 12:23:20 PM.

Posted 11/8/11 12:20 PM
 

MamaFu
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

Gah! I ADORED Parable of the Sower!! What a fantastic book! Of course, I immediately started reading survival guides afterward, but still... Chat Icon

Posted 11/8/11 12:23 PM
 

mathteach
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

Posted by MamaFu

I highly recommend "The Glass Castle," by Jeannette Walls. It was truly a thought-provoking book, but without the extreme emotional fatigue of Jodi Picoult. (I like her, don't get me wrong, but sometimes her books drain me.) My Mom read this for her book club, and they all loved it.



This was great!! Also Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks or Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Posted 11/8/11 9:41 PM
 

MockingJay
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

THANK YOU! I'm bookmarking this thread Chat Icon

I ended up picking World War Z so I'll let you know how it is but I'm definitely putting some of these books on my list. I have to travel next week so I think a few of these titles will come in handy Chat Icon

Posted 11/9/11 11:26 AM
 

TheDivineMrsM
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

The Red Tent
The River Midnight
Sarah's Key
The Glass Castle
Cleopatra's Daughter
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Good in Bed

Posted 11/15/11 3:14 PM
 

smdl
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

Water for elephant's
Sarah's key
This is where I leave you (that was out of the box for me but I loved it!)

Posted 11/15/11 11:15 PM
 

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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

Posted by MockingJay

THANK YOU! I'm bookmarking this thread Chat Icon

I ended up picking World War Z so I'll let you know how it is but I'm definitely putting some of these books on my list. I have to travel next week so I think a few of these titles will come in handy Chat Icon



I am reading World War Z now - I was going to recommend that!

Posted 11/16/11 7:50 PM
 

gdubs
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Re: Need a new Book Club pick

My husband is reading World War Z right now and loves it.

Here are some of my recs:

The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
ROOM by Emma Donoghue
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Posted 11/16/11 9:25 PM
 
 

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