April Nominations

I still don't have the Lake House - too popular at the library! I'd love something a little easier to acess (older book?) and something maybe a little easier to read? Lake House just looks intimidating! LOL (512 pages! I usually stick under 400)

 

A Little Life

 

here are a few from my list - if they aren't suitable due to language etc i havent read them so i don't know...:
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro -older (2006) and shorter (p.288)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18515951-never-let-me-go

California by Edan Lepucki -2014, p.393
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18774020-california

Disclaimer by Renée Knight - from Apr 2015, p. 304
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23346719-disclaimer

 

The Road

 

ok, I've read this one recently and it was good.
Saving Amelie by Cathy Gohlke

Or, something lighthearted? I Love the Shopoholic books, but have not read anything else from Sophie Kinsella, but she's great in the Shopoholic series
Can you Keep a Secret

 

I remember reading (at least some of) this in high school, and I recall it was very interesting. I remember my teacher wanted us to read them out loud ... and to read them with *feeling.* I horribly disappointed her on my turn. It is a collection (totally fictional) of grave epitaphs from an early 1900s American town. Probably a very quick read.

Spoon River Anthology
http://www.amazon.com/Spoon-River-A...7491494&sr=8-1&keywords=spoon+river+anthology

 

By the way ... are we limited to fiction? My old book club was really fun, we did all kinds of books: fiction, non-fiction, contemporary, classics, children's book, even a cook book once. And then we got together and brought food from the recipes!

 

Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard

 

i would love to try a range of genres

 

I recently read this Farrah. It is HUGE and emotionally heart wrenching. I was SOOOO happy that I read it at the same time as my walking partner because I couldn't have stood it if I hadn't had someone to talk to about it that understood all the emotions I was going through. I'm still thinking about that book. I rated it 5 stars, but I'm still debating that rating because of the way the book made me feel (sad, mad, angry, sickened, sad and around again). But on the other hand, I am still thinking about it and I'm still FEELING it. Ya know? There are some really tough subjects in there!

 

we are reading it for my book club based on @mrs2a50 's recommendation

 

It's such an excellent book, one that will stick with me pretty much forever. It's not for everyone, but I do agree that it's a great read for a book club because it has so many things to discuss. Given the length, if it's chosen I would suggest that we think about a two-month read for this one.

 

I just picked up The Lake House from my library yesterday! How can we already be picking for April! LOL

 

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Larson is on my nightstand to be read. If everyone has already read it, I wouldn't mind reading her new book Furiously Happy.

 

I have A Little Life on my Kindle from the library right now but I haven't started it yet. Y'all are scaring me though cuz no one around here has read it. Should I make my DH read it, too???

 

Sara, there are probably enough of us here who have read it - we could to a book conversation if we don't choose it for book club.

Honestly, I would love EVERYONE to read it. It was pretty impactful for me.

 

OMG that woman is hilarious. My neighbor across the street knows her in real life too!

 

Read this in his high school as well. Also saw it performed on stage which was much better. Definitely would create interesting conversation.