1. Water for Elephants By: Sara Gruen
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan By: Lisa See
3. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
By: Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Suite Francaise By: Irene Nemirovsky
5. The Memory Keepers Daughter By: Kim Edwards
6. EMPIRE FALLS, by Richard Russo, 2001 - 483 pages ...Winner of Pulitzer Prize, National Best Seller Listings, One of the first books suggested for the New York Times Book Club., has been made into a TV Movie.
"Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at Empire Grill for 20 years...A job that cost him his college education and much self-respect." What keeps him there? Is it his bright, sensitive daughter who needs his help? Is it Janice, Miles' soon- to-be ex-wife who has taken up with a Health Club Director? Or perhaps Francine, who owns everything in town and seems to believe everything includes Miles himself! The stirring mix of poignancy, drama and comedy overflows with hilarity , heartache and grace.
7. THIRTEEN MOONS, by Charles Frazier, 2006 - 420 pages ...The author won a National Book Award for his book, COLD MOUNTAIN. The book is a fictional account of a twelve year old orphan, Will Cooper. Will was originally an indentured servant, struggling to prosper in the upper South and in Washington, DC from the pioneering 1830's into the 20th Century complete with automobiles and telephones. The book is well worth reading, at times poetic and at times sorrowful
I should note that I have not read any of these books. I did some research online and these looked interesting to me. Amazon has summaries on them all. I added 2 more that my friend, Nancy told me about and she sent these summaries. Enjoy!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
December 11th
Next book club will be at Amy's house at 8pm. We are have a book exchange. Please bring your favorite children's Christmas book wrapped and ready to exchange.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Here is my List:
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy.
McCarthy is one of the world's best living writers. I think this is his most engaging story and would give us plenty to take about. Its was recently made into a movie.
The Unheard, a memoir of deafness and Africa by Josh Swiller.
My moms book club just read this book and it was one of their favorites.
All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones.
He wrote " The Know World" which I think we read a while back. He is also a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This is a stunning collection of short stories. Most of the stories take place in Washington D.C. but the people are very ordinary. Jones is the king of heart stopping one liners. I think it would be fun to pick a few short stories from tis collection.
Plainsong by Kent Haruf.
This book was a National Book Award finalist. I don't know much about this book but a friend of mine read it in her book club and they had a great discussion.
The Zoo Keeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman.
This is historical fiction. It is based on the true story of a woman and her husband who were horrified by Nazi racism and who managed to save over three hundred people.
McCarthy is one of the world's best living writers. I think this is his most engaging story and would give us plenty to take about. Its was recently made into a movie.
The Unheard, a memoir of deafness and Africa by Josh Swiller.
My moms book club just read this book and it was one of their favorites.
All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones.
He wrote " The Know World" which I think we read a while back. He is also a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This is a stunning collection of short stories. Most of the stories take place in Washington D.C. but the people are very ordinary. Jones is the king of heart stopping one liners. I think it would be fun to pick a few short stories from tis collection.
Plainsong by Kent Haruf.
This book was a National Book Award finalist. I don't know much about this book but a friend of mine read it in her book club and they had a great discussion.
The Zoo Keeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman.
This is historical fiction. It is based on the true story of a woman and her husband who were horrified by Nazi racism and who managed to save over three hundred people.
What I think...
I haven't been to book club for a long time, but I'm looking forward to the next one! I don't have many suggestions, but I have been wanting to read: Reading Lolita in Tehran. A friend just lent it to me and really recommended it. I've also heard Water for Elephants is good too, but maybe you've all already read it. I'm great with any book everyone decides on, I'm sure you're all much more well read than I am!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
A Recommendation
Hi Ladies,
I came across a book I think would make a great book club read:
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali . It's a memoir of a woman who tells what it is like to be a Somalian Muslim. She risked her life to tell her story. From Amazon...
"Readers with an eye on European politics will recognize Ali as the Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament who faced death threats after collaborating on a film about domestic violence against Muslim women with controversial director Theo van Gogh (who was himself assassinated). Even before then, her attacks on Islamic culture as "brutal, bigoted, [and] fixated on controlling women" had generated much controversy. In this suspenseful account of her life and her internal struggle with her Muslim faith, she discusses how these views were shaped by her experiences amid the political chaos of Somalia and other African nations... "
I came across a book I think would make a great book club read:
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali . It's a memoir of a woman who tells what it is like to be a Somalian Muslim. She risked her life to tell her story. From Amazon...
"Readers with an eye on European politics will recognize Ali as the Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament who faced death threats after collaborating on a film about domestic violence against Muslim women with controversial director Theo van Gogh (who was himself assassinated). Even before then, her attacks on Islamic culture as "brutal, bigoted, [and] fixated on controlling women" had generated much controversy. In this suspenseful account of her life and her internal struggle with her Muslim faith, she discusses how these views were shaped by her experiences amid the political chaos of Somalia and other African nations... "
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Amy Eagleston's Nominations
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
I haven't read any of these books but have researched them on Amazon and they are supposed to be great book club reads. Please comment if you have read one or more of the above books and let me know what you thought.
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
I haven't read any of these books but have researched them on Amazon and they are supposed to be great book club reads. Please comment if you have read one or more of the above books and let me know what you thought.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
This is how I work...
Add a new post to this blog with the title and author of the book(s) you think will make for good book club discussions in 2008. Amy Eagleston, your self-imposed club president, (I've always wanted to be president of something so I figured now was my chance) will create a poll on this website for each entry and you will all get a chance to vote on five books for next year. We will start with February through June (we are reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult for January) and then choose four more books in May for the second half of the year (we don't meet in July and do a book exchange in December). You need to have all your entries posted by Monday, December 3rd. The voting will begin on Tuesday, December 4th and end on Monday, December 10th. the winners will be announced at our Christmas book exchange on Tuesday, December 11th.
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