Darn, I thought that an entire year had gone by since my last post, but I'm just shy by about three measly weeks. If anyone happens upon this blog out here in internet-Siberia, I have a request. I need suggestions for my next book club (it's this Wednesday). I want something really good, and I can't seem to come up with a book.
I've thinking about something by Richard Brautigan, because I've never read Trout Fishing in America (though I can say that In Watermelon Sugar and The Abortion were excellent). I am also considering bringing in a YA book since I'm fairly certain that most of my members don't venture into that 'genre'. Here are my top YA choices:
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Here is a list of our previous books - an asterisk indicates a book that the club read and a # indicates books that I suggested as additional reading - the rest of the books were options that I brought to a meeting as possible reading choices.
* Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (our current selection)
# The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
# Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
# Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
* Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
* The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
# The Three Incestuous Sisters: An Illustrated Novel by Audrey Niffenegger
# French Milk by Lucy Knisley (graphic novel)
* Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Five Quarters of an Orange by Joanne Harris
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
The World to Come by Dara Horn
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
# The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly
2 comments:
Good to see you posting! How about Bel Canto by Ann Patchett? http://www.amazon.com/Bel-Canto-P-S-Ann-Patchett/dp/0060838728/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232555618&sr=1-2 It's an interesting read--the ending is a bit controversial--as in I have no idea why she wrote it, but it should make for good discussion. There's also Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris: http://www.amazon.com/Then-We-Came-End-Novel/dp/0316016381/ref=ed_oe_h It's about unemployment/being laid off. The POV was a bit grating for me though. And it's set in Chicago, which isn't a city I care all that much about. I also think you have my copy of The Red Tent still, which I really liked--though it's been awhile so I don't remember why: http://www.amazon.com/Red-Tent-Novel-Anita-Diamant/dp/0312427298/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232556046&sr=1-1 And there's also Secret Life of Bees, which though I'm not so sure about the movie, but the book was definitely a good read. Good luck Kat!
What did you end up choosing? There are a lot of good titles on your list!
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