Comments on: Bookworm Report: the thisfish book club

By: Wallace Vanderbilt

Wallace Vanderbilt — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:56:26 +0000

I like Spencer a lot, She just makes the story more interesting

By: Monique

Monique — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:03:42 +0000

Speaking as a woman in her thirties, I would also recommend The Hunger Games series – they are quick and enjoyable reads. I also really enjoyed Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and for good measure will throw in a new suggestion: The Birth House by Ami McKay. It’s set in Atlantic Canada, which gives it a unique cultural angle and the woman who wrote it did a fair amount of research on the history of midwifery, which the heroine practices.

Also, Haruki Murakami is great for provoking interesting discussion (he might not be for everyone, but what’s a book club good for, if not exposing us to things we might not otherwise try) and Christopher Moore is always an enjoyable read. Oh, and I just finished Unbearable Lightness which was sad/interesting/revealing.

It seems I read a lot…

By: lawyerchik1

lawyerchik1 — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:12:17 +0000

I love the ideas in the comments, let alone the Features! How cool!!

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:55:42 +0000

“Lullabies For Little Criminals” (Heather O’Neill) was fantastic, very descriptive from a 12 year old’s perspective about her very troubled relationship with her drug-addicted father.

Also “The Glass Castle” (Jeannette Walls) is the true story (but it seems like fiction!) of a girl’s eccentric, poor, travelling family growing up.

I haven’t finished it yet but “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” (Jonathan Safran Foer) is written in a really interesting way, from a little boy’s perspective, travelling through NYC looking for clues after his dad dies in 9/11.

By: j.j.

j.j. — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:22:43 +0000

I second The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It’s a trilogy which is being made into a movie. In store, you do find it in the ‘teen’ or ‘young adult’ section, but everyone I know who has read it is 30+ – male and female combined.

Recently finished (and loved) Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse by James Swanson. Until reading this, I never put that timeline of history – evacuation of Richmond and retreat of the Confederate government, surrender at Appomattox, assassination of Lincoln – of occurring in the context of Saturday to Monday.

Just started The Worst Date Ever by Jane Bussman. It has to be ordered on amazon since it can not be published in the US. She is a British writer who moved to LA to write movies but takes a job as a celebrity journalist to earn an income. It’s snort out loud funny so far.

Great idea for a book club!