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what is a good book club book pick?

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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?

Posted 12/27/13 3:18 PM
 
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APT910
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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.

Posted 12/27/13 3:26 PM
 

Straightarrow
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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

Posted 12/29/13 2:20 PM
 

Irishlass
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Lisa

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.

Posted 12/29/13 3:44 PM
 

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

Posted 12/30/13 8:47 AM
 

Momma2Be
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Dina

what is a good book club book pick?

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline was my last Book Club book and I loved it!

Posted 12/31/13 5:29 PM
 

Christine Braun - Signature Premier Properties
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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).

Posted 1/1/14 2:09 PM
 
 

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