In Monday’s Book Club 101 post, we talked about how a fabulous book club discussion starts with the right book—and it takes more than a great book to make a great book club novel. Lots of familiar books on these lists but new ones as well. The Kitchen Boy – Robert Alexander. I’ve emailed your link out to our book club guest list along with your Book Club 101 post so that they can read it before our first meeting. Nonfiction. But I’d say that Gaudy Night and The Hiding Place are two of the best books I’ve ever read. I wanted to see the ending so bad I think I missed out on the great writing style. The monthly selections are chosen by member majority. Tue, Jan 19, 7:00 PM EST. They are the same person and Rendell’s books are so much better. We have been meeting in Tacoma since 1994 and at King's Books since May 2011! Oprah Winfrey Book Club Selection. Those are such great suggestions. We also read A Secret Garden, Jane Eyre and Great Expectations together for the classic definition of “Romance” which is not a love story but the Hero’s Journey of transformation. The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell–set in 1920s NYC, with an unreliable narrator. Canterbury Classics is an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group, printing classic book series in colorful and inventive forms like Word Cloud Classics. We’ll see…this is a great list for us to start with, Anne. Is it just the writing style or what? Classics Club: Essays, Poems and Addresses By Emerson, the Iliad and the Odyssey By Homer, Meditations By Marcus Aurelius, on Politics and Education By John Locke, Selected Works By Cicero, … Think I need to move on from that little annoyance? Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Shadow of Rocky Flats Once we read Are You There God? I enjoyed The Likeness much more—and I think it would also make a wonderful discussion—but I could talk about the end of In the Woods for hours. I also think book clubs that focus on the classics are fun. “Five Days at Memorial” was fascinating, but I got way too involved when I read it! I’m still trying to find someone to discuss it with and I read it a year ago. Lastly, the book The Circle by Dave Eggers was not well received in our book club, but there was a really good discussion about the book and technology and this book would come up in subsequent gatherings, which meant that it really did “stick” with many members. Maybe we’ll want to select one book from each genre. We will be meeting on January 12, 2021, from 7-9 PM EST via Zoom (link to come) and discussing Albert Camus’s classic … January Classics Book Club — Albert Camus’s The Plague. We are all young mothers and this selection keeps us on the pulse of current children’s lit. TBR list keeps growing and growing and……………. The Shell Seekers – Rosamunde Pilcher Thank you, I am pinning this for reference! There were just so many facets to discuss! You’ll read classics that you can’t believe you didn’t “get” in high school. All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood, Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death at a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures, https://modernmrsdarcy.com/2015/03/book-club-101/, Links I love and what's on my nightstand. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson Success! Book Absalom, Absalom! And because I am biased, since Margaret Atwood is one of my most favorite authors! How Like a God by Brenda W. Clough , Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Classics I Forgot To Read. You’ll read about characters who were forced to make a life-changing decision, or an impossible one. I read We Were Liars over Christmas and thought it would be an excellent book club pick. The Salon: Classics Book Club is dedicated to classical literature. And Tracks by Louise Erdrich. East of Eden – John Steinbeck This list contains old books, modern classics, contemporary fiction. These novels are packed with discussion fodder. “NYRB has made a specialty of rescuing and reviving all kinds of ignored or forgotten works,” … Join a Classics Book Club—where you can love the rich, powerful classic stories and get ahead in your literary understanding for high school, college, and beyond.Enjoy these powerfully written stories (there’s a reason why these books are classics… The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan The Classics Book Club meets the second Wednesday of every month on Zoom [at King's Books]. My favorite books of 2020 What I’m … The club reads just as the name would suggest – the classics! I loved it! Flagging a group will send it to our team for review. This moderator is inactive. King Lear By Shakespeare. I want to read it again. Glad to see it on your list! The group will meet at the … The Chosen is excellent!!! I got lost in that world and fell in love with Doc. Our book club has read three of these–The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Language of Flowers, and The Husband’s Secret. I would add another Mary Russell Doria book, Doc, about a year in the life of Doc Holliday. Lord of the Flies (1954) William Golding. Yes! If they are unresponsive, please. Great post! ISBN: 9780141439754. Our book club just read “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown. No discussions have been started in this group yet. For some reason, the books that she writes under her own name are superb and the ones she writes under her pseudonym juts aren’t up to snuff. Our book club loved “The Nightingale” by Kirsten Hannah, “All The Light We Cannot See” , “The Orphan Train” “The Lake House” by Kate Morton, “The Life Intended”, The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goldman (very good) I want to start a book club so badly, yet I’m not sure of the response I may get in my small town. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is probably my favorite book because of her use of dialect as well as some beautiful prose! March by Geraldine Brooks Olive, Again. Columbine by Dave Cullen Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos Atonement should have been on this list (though it might have been on the previous book club novel post?) Ta-Nehisi … (I am still, 10 years later, amazed that an American female could grow up without Judy Blume’s assistance.). Elizabeth Strout. The Age of Innocence – Edith Wharton Where’d You Go, Bernadette? 12% off. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. We read fiction, essays, plays, anything that is at least 30 years old and still in print. Another book that probably had the longest discussion from our group was Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn (not a typical book to pick and some gruesome details, but there was a lot to discuss). Amazing discussions: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Gone Girl, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, The Girl With a Pearl Earring, The Passion if Artemed. I’d suggest “Oryx and Crake” and “Madd Addam” along with “The Year of the Flood,” since it’s a trilogy. Sooo much to talk about! Pilgrim at Tinker Creek – Annie Dillard having “more time” to read. 40 great book club novels. Leather-bound Classics Books 1 - 20 of 36 Refine Your Search: ... Audiobooks Book Club Newsletter Biography & Autobiography Business & Personal Finance Children Christian Cooking eBooks … It’s Me, Margaret and Forever. (And even as I type this I’m cringing at the word “just.”) As distinguished (in broad strokes) from genre fiction. I thought Girl on the Train was overrated but I do think it would make a fantastic discussion. I appreciate a mixture of old and new books. Right here –> https://modernmrsdarcy.com/2015/03/book-club-101/. was also one of our selections. Could not put it down. - Modern Mrs. Darcy, weekly geekly (3.27.15) | The Critic and The Fangirl, What I'm into (March 2015 edition) - Modern Mrs. Darcy, Book Club Resources - The Deliberate Reader, What I’ve Been Reading Lately: April 2017 - A Viking in LAA Viking in LA. Hardback. Our May selection is Girl on the Train. I miss being in a book discussion group, but this sit is the next best thing! Lewis Anything from Austen to Zola is included in the selections and books are voted on by the members of the book club. I would add anything by Thomas Hardy and Doris Kearns Goodwin (if the club is ambitious). Contemporary literary fiction. Both of … Your email address will not be published. Glad to hear that … especially because I still need to read The Hiding Place. US$19.13 US$20.44. Virtual Classics Book Club. I guarantee you that she could never back any of them up with facts. Thank you! Contemporary fiction. I read this book first in high school and thought it was *ok*. That one sparked really great discussion in our book club. Deep End of the Ocean by Jaquelyn Mitchard We had a fantastic discussion and everyone liked the book. A book club for those of us who want to read/re-read all of the classics. I’ve read almost none of those, Anne. Those sound like incredible discussions to have as an adult in a book club setting! (levity). My neighborhood book club, which I started 10 years ago, is the most enjoyable activity I participate in. Fast & Free shipping on many items! I was in a book club a long time ago, before children. I also included some of my personal favorites. Memoir. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin Absalom! Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann. Little Children by Tom Perotta “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,” is actually two books away in my TBR stack. Best book club discussion I’ve had the pleasure of participating in. I might add The Doctor’s Wife, although I didn’t love it personally. 6% off. I wish I had been in your book club. These are great suggestions. I LOVE that you did Are You There God? For a couple additions, I’d say Where’d You Go Bernadette, Tell The Wolves I’m Home, and Euphoria. I’m curious why you chose In the Woods rather than one of Tana French’s other books. The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni All are “discussable”—you’ll have enough material to last all night long. Peace Like A River by Leif Enger The Forgotten Garden By Kate Morton Many of these books tackle big—even uncomfortable—issues. My suggestions: What would you add to the list? Just my opinion. Many are polarizing. Fabulous idea. The NYRB Classics Book Club Order by January 13th to start a 13-month membership for the price of 12 months. Whether our Victoria Classics Book Club picks are old favorites or new discoveries, we hope that you will come along with us for this exciting chapter. This coming-of-age story is set in 1987 and centers … We especially love discovering "forgotten classics" and finally tackling those books … 31 Oct 2019. Better Luck Next Time (Barnes & Noble Book Club Edition) by Julia Claiborne Johnson. By William Faulkner We read a variety of … It is a fun and very different kind of book for our group. Rebecca – Daphne Dumaurier May I suggest Ruth Rendell’s other books if you liked Barbara Vine’s book. AND Forever, both by Judy Blume for a sprited discussion on how differently we looked at those books as moms/adults and it was especially fun with the single member in her 20s who had never experienced Judy Blume. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Help, A Child Called It, Gone Girl, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, The Prodigal Daughter, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel. We meet virtually via Zoom the third Sunday of the month, 2-3 p.m. I laugh whenever I see a reference to Year of Wonders b/c I lent it to a woman in my neighborhood I didn’t really know and never got it back. Pie Society, The Red Tent, and frustratingly- Olive Kitteridge! My book club has done only a few of these: The Help, Gaudy Night, Year of Wonders, Peace Like a River, Purple Hibiscus, and The Poisonwood Bible. Some of our best discussions were for The Time Traveller’s Wife and for The House of the Spirits. Two of my all-time favorites and fun to talk about are Patty Jane’s House of Curl and Cold Sassy Tree. Powerful works that were not easy but the discussions were the best I have ever experienced. The Water Dancer. Save US$1.31. I have read The Glass Castle in two different book clubs and thoroughly enjoyed the discussion each time. Our book this week will be Tender is the Night, the fourth and final novel completed by F. Scott … Location visible to members . We are a group of dedicated classics readers who enjoy a book for the overall experience and don't take ourselves too seriously. A few books that generated awesome discussion in our group were The Chosen (Chaim Potok), A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving), Atonement (Ian McEwen), The Sunflower (Simon Wiesenthal), and The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings (both by Sue Monk Kidd). The Classic Book Club reads books that are considered "classics"--ones that have withstood the test of time, whether that time period is over 200 years or 30 years. Recent selections are shown below. The Classics Book Club has been meeting at Towne since the mid-2010s and is led by longtime Towne customer Kathy. I’m thinking about what it might take to start a book club, as I’m not aware of one in my area. Frustratingly good: Olive Kitteridge. Atonement – Ian McEwan The Girl on the Train. The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett, Absalom! We read We Need to Talk About Kevin in my book club a few years ago, and it was definitely such a good book for discussion. I just tried reading Behind the Scenes at the Museum and couldn’t get into it. Controversial books often make for great discussions! The Road from Coorain – Jill Ker Conway Thanks. Pure Joy!! I also wonder if this is a bad time of year (right before summer) to start one, or if it is the perfect time with a lot of people (i.e. A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine This is a great list, Anne! We take abuse seriously, so please only flag groups that clearly need our attention. I read that book and although I thought the writing was good, I thought the book was a hoax. This is a public group. If you love "the classics" or just never got around to reading them, join the virtual Classics Book Club for an informal discussion the third Wednesday of each month. If you'd like to help out in this group, send them a message asking to be made a moderator. In my book club we have read four of the books mentioned. Life of Pi by Yann Martel was the longest discussion we ever had in our book club. What makes something Contemporary “Literary” Fiction? Loose definition: writing of literary merit, not just storytelling. Any recommendations on how to start a new book club? Is anyone a part of an online book club that works well? Mystery. My book club tends to try new books and then we are all so far on the waiting list that we have to buy the book. I must have been in a weird mood. 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