milocat
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Post by milocat on Jun 15, 2017 4:52:56 GMT
We just had our Book Club tonight and choose our next 2 months. When Breath Becomes Air and Homegoing Not even my suggestions Yes there are (at least) 2 The Silent Wife books.
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Post by jackie on Jun 15, 2017 5:22:07 GMT
Thanks for the additional input. I appreciate all of the feedback and suggestions. That was a particularly great analysis Pudgy and I'll definitely take a look at the list you provided.
We have already read A Man Called Ove, Someone Knows My Name, and The Boys in the Boat. The group did love all of them, so they were good suggestions.
It sounds like from my list, Homegoing is the best bet. I'll look up the other suggestions provided though, as well as any others the peas might give. I'm definitely not settled on anything yet. I have until Friday to decide. That's when we meet to discuss the last choice, Into the Water, which was kind of disappointing.
Leanne, as far as what kind of group we have and what they like to read, they're a real mixed bag. We have guys and gals and we're all pretty different. As a result, we read the gamut of books. It can get a little tricky at times.
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Post by jackie on Jun 15, 2017 5:24:29 GMT
ILOVE Ruth Ware and have read both of those.
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Post by Legacy Girl on Jun 15, 2017 6:28:44 GMT
I read Etta and Otto and Russel and James, and I would love to have had a book club to discuss it with in the end. I think it would appeal to men and women. I'm still a little perplexed by the whole thing, and I finished reading it more than a week ago. Could stimulate some great discussion, I'm sure!
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Post by ExpatBackHome on Jun 15, 2017 8:09:42 GMT
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult I've read Conmonwealth but find her slow. I've read Rules off civility - I know many loved it but it was so slow for me. I'm listening to Small Great Things right now and I'm about 2/3 done. I'm really enjoying it and of course there's loads to discuss
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Post by peasapie on Jun 15, 2017 12:26:18 GMT
It's my turn to choose the next book for my book club. I would like to find a book most people would like, but more importantly, I'd like to choose a book with an impact--something that gets duscussion going. We're a pretty eclectic group of readers, as am I. My favorite genre is suspense, but I enjoy many others as well. I looked at the latest Weekly Reading thread, as I always do, fr udeas. I was going to scan a bunch of past threads too, but the search feature isn't working and I haven't the patience to search manually. Some books that im currently considering are listed below. I would love it if you'd weigh in on these or add some of your own. Thanks! - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
- A Little Life by Hanna Yanaguhara
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithu and Abraham Verghese
- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
- Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasu
- The Winder by Emma Donoghue
Of these, I have read #3 and #5. Loved them both. For a book club discussion, I recommend #3, as this book is rich with topics for discussion.
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Post by peasapie on Jun 15, 2017 12:32:06 GMT
I'm curious what people liked about When Breath Becomes Air - to me it just seemed very predictable and cliche. I would think a good book for book club is Between the World and Me - amazing book I saw you used the word cliche in the reading thread, too. Can you explain a little more about what you mean? I found it to be the true story of a brilliant physician who is dying from cancer and who is making incredibly insightful and thoughtful decisions for his own life, as well as reflecting upon how physicians treat patients (and about how he treated patients while still practicing). His insights into what happens in hospitals and doctors' offices gave me a lot to think about, and I found his writing to be almost poetic in quality - beautiful descriptions and summaries.
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Post by worldwanderer75 on Jun 15, 2017 13:04:31 GMT
I've read all the books on your list. My bookclub read "small great things" by Jodi P. Last month and had a really great discussion
From your list I liked "when breath becomes air" and "Homegoing" the most. Both are excellent choices with lots of discussion potential.
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Post by birukitty on Jun 15, 2017 23:27:58 GMT
It's my turn to choose the next book for my book club. I would like to find a book most people would like, but more importantly, I'd like to choose a book with an impact--something that gets duscussion going. We're a pretty eclectic group of readers, as am I. My favorite genre is suspense, but I enjoy many others as well. I looked at the latest Weekly Reading thread, as I always do, fr udeas. I was going to scan a bunch of past threads too, but the search feature isn't working and I haven't the patience to search manually. Some books that im currently considering are listed below. I would love it if you'd weigh in on these or add some of your own. Thanks! - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
- A Little Life by Hanna Yanaguhara
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithu and Abraham Verghese
- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
- Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasu
- The Winder by Emma Donoghue
From this list I have read: 6. Homegoing-Excellent. A 4 star book 4. Life After Life-Good, but tedious. I only gave it 3 stars on goodreads.com Wouldn't recommend it for the group. 7. The Wonder-Great, but a bit slow at times-I gave it 4 stars Wouldn't recommend it for the group. Some further suggestions from my already read list at Goodreads: Totally agree with "Small Great Things" by Jodi Picoult if others in the group haven't read it yet. Also I loved "The Other Einstein" by Marie Benedict which is a historical fiction book. "The One Man" by Andrew Gross is a historical fiction book based heavily on fact about two or more men who escape from Auschwitz with an important purpose. Incredible read. Highly recommended. 5 star book. "Invasive" by Chuck Wendig is a fun, scary sci fi read about what happens when genetic engineering goes wrong. I really enjoyed this one. 4 stars.
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Post by jackie on Jun 16, 2017 1:36:00 GMT
Thanks for the additional suggestions Debbie. I'm going to check these out!
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Post by GiantsFan on Jun 16, 2017 2:00:56 GMT
The only one of those I've read was Life After Life, which I thought was a most fitting title as it dragged on and on. I actually never finished it. It was the same for me. I usually make myself read fifty pages, then make the decision to ditch it or continue. I don't know if I even lasted fifty pages on this one.
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Post by birukitty on Jun 16, 2017 2:53:28 GMT
Thanks for the additional suggestions Debbie. I'm going to check these out! You're welcome Jackie. Not sure how well they'd do for book club material since I've never been in a book club but thought I'd suggest them anyway. The last 3 are ones I haven't heard mentioned elsewhere but ones that kept me turning the pages. On my recent trip to Krakow, Poland I took a 3 hour tour with a man who has his graduate degree from the University in History there. It was a solo tour-just the two of us of the Jewish district in Krakow. At one point we came to a statue of a man on a bench and he starts telling me the story of the book "The One Man". I got all excited and I interjected with "I know this story, I just finished reading a book about it!" The statue was dedicated to the man who the book is about. Such an amazing thing to happen right after I finished that book and to learn he was from that area.
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