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I’ve recently joined a book club which was started by a girlfriend of mine and consists of several of her friends that she knows from work and from her neighborhood… and me. I have always resisted the pull of book clubs because I was reluctant to have my reading material selected by someone else – I like to have the option of walking away from a book if I’m not enjoying it and I just didn’t feel that I would have that option with a book club.
But… here I go. I joined a book club.
Our first book is Still Alice
I’m about halfway through and surprisingly, I am really enjoying this story. The writing has drawn me in, as has Alice’s story and I find myself both eager to turn the page to see what happens next and fearing the advancement of her disease.
At the end of our book club meeting, each of us will write down a book suggestion on a slip of paper and we’ll draw one randomly to select our next book – and I have no idea what to pick!
Are you in a book club? Do you enjoy the discussion or do you attend for the girl time and appetizers (let’s face it, that’s a huge draw!)? What book should I suggest for the next session?
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My neighbors have a book club going and I just can’t get in to it. Yes the social part of it is good but I read to forget the every day world and they keep picking these tear jerkers that remind me too much of the bad things that can happen to us.
I did read one not too long ago that I thought would make a good book club read. I don’t know if I misread the back or what but it wasn’t what I thought it was going to be. It was a fairly quick read and it really left me thinking at the end – Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon.
I started a book club last year, at first we tried to meet montly, but with everyone’s crazy schedules and life it was tough to get everyone together. So this year I took it on line. Much, much better!
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/13438.Good_Memories_Book_and_Wine_Club
This way there isn’t so much pressure either to “read” something your not into and face one another if you haven’t read the book.
It’s much more flexible this way. We still have events and I encourage everyone to plan things close to home too.
The whole idea of the club is for socializing and exploring reads we wouldn’t normally pick up.
Enjoy your club and feel free to join this one too!
Of course if you haven’t read the Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory it is a must. I loved that book it was spitfire and sadness. Another great book I read last summer was the 13th Tale, by Diane Setterfield. This book was eerie and mesmerizing. Both good picks. I am currently reading Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and it is very thought provoking, I know its a going to be a great finish because I everyone I know who has read it LOVED it!
When this post showed up on my Google reader I was a bit shocked! Last month, I volunteered to host my next book club meeting and as host, I get to pick the next book and I picked Still Alice! For a minute I was wondering if you were secretly in the same book club as me
. I picked this book since my husband lost both of his uncles on his dad’s side last year to Alzheimer’s and I wanted to learn more about it. I already got an email from one of my book club buddies saying she cried and cried throughout the whole book. It was definitely very touching!
I enjoyed Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas and think it would be a good suggestion.
If you haven’t read The Help by Kathryn Stockett, you have to. Everyone I know who has read it has ranged from “yeah, it was good” to “that was the best book I read all year!” Also, I LOVE Charles Martin. I’ve read all of his books.
My book club just read The Help by Kathryn Stockett and it was fabulous! (We read Still Alice last year.)
I am in a book club in my neighborhood. It’s pretty small, but we have read some great books that I normally would not have such as “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett, “, “Same Kind of Different As Me” by Ron Hall and Denver Moore.. We are currently reading “Still Alice”. I wasn’t sure about it at first, but I am having a hard time putting it down. It’s a good story.