I’m finally making good on old threats. We’re starting a book club! Even better, it’s an Interwebs book club so you 1) may absolutely wear your pajamas 2) don’t have to provide finger food 3) don’t have to drive anywhere if you accidentally imbibe too much wine whilst discussing the general hotness of Mr. Knightley. WHOSE NAME IS GEORGE. I know. Disappointing.
Anyhow, I’m in the middle of Emma, so if you want to catch up, we’ll be dishing at the end of the month (via book report post and comments). And after that, my rather lofty ambitions for February consist of reading Pretty Little Liars, by Sara Shepard. Don’t judge. I know you read Twilight.
- January: Emma
- February: Pretty Little Liars
- March: Suggestions?
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Heather Hunter, aka This Fish, is is from Dallas, Texas via Boston, New York and some other cold, snowy places. She spends a bunch of her time blogging, planning her May wedding and eating things made mostly of melted cheese. |
Couple of suggestions for the March book (or any month after that to be honest)
Anything by Kristin Hannah
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
My blog has more book suggestions but these are my latest “book club” recommendations!
P.S. LOVE the new layout. Good for you!
I HIGHLY recommend either Room by Emma Donoghue or The Blessings of the Animals by K. Kittle.
Excited to join!
I’ve just read We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. I’d love to get some feedback from other people about what they thought of it.
May I suggest The Little Friend by Donna Tartt? Or anything by Wally Lamb. I love this book club idea and plan to join in February’s reading.
My suggestion for a book is The Disappeared by Kim Echlin. Its a tragic love story that brings to light the atrocities in Cambodia during the reign of Pol Pot. Eye-opening and heart-wrenching, but a great read.
PS – the new blog is great.
I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins several months ago. Yes, it’s technically “young adult”, but I thought it was a really engaging and enjoyable book.
love the idea of an online bookclub, am totally in for Emma this month!
I just finished The Thirteenth Tale last night (Diane Setterfield) and it was the most amazing book I’ve read in months, possibly years. Gothic like a mix of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights with a dash of….something I can’t put my finger on. It was so good I can’t stop thinking about it. Highly recommended!!! (p.s. love your new site….so good to have you back!)
Love the Book Club idea. I am so happy for you Fish. THink back 2 – 2.5 years and the leaps and bounds that have been made personally, professionally and it is all well deserved.
Thanks for the update on the archives also
I shall wait… albeit patiently.
The new Site is as my Papa here in australia would say “The Ducks Nuts”
My suggestions:
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor (I re-read this book every few years, and lend my tattered copy to everyone I know because it is THAT good)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Seconding The Thirteenth Tale from Rikki and Katie. Just finished and loved. If you want to throw some scifi in–I mean, why be like every other book club- Enders Game by Orson Scott Card (you’ll love it).
How about The School Of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister?
Patricia Volk’s
“To My Dearest Friends”
or
Lionel SHriver’s
“The Post-Birthday World”
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!
“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.
I love the ideas in the comments, let alone the Features! How cool!!
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…
I like Spencer a lot, She just makes the story more interesting