http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions ColumbusUnderground.com Messageboard en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:48:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/search.php http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-214298 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:21 +0000 Frida Kahlua 214298@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>What about "Confessions of a Pagan Nun" by Karen Horsley? I suggested it for our book club based on (scandalous) title alone, and it turned out to be a fine summer read. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-214295 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:31:55 +0000 cr0m 214295@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>I guess A Clockwork Orange would be out of the question? Sorry, I had to... </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-214254 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:55:04 +0000 librarianleader 214254@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>I am a librarian that moderates a book club with about 45 people, mostly women over 50. I myself am 55. I would recommend Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai, One Thousand White Women by Fergus, The Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Vreeland, Year of Wonders by Brooks (actually anything by Geraldine Brooks) and Middlesex by Eugenides.<br /> I saw someone suggested Toni Morrison's latest, I assume they mean A Mercy. I personally enjoyed it but it is only for those who enjoy difficult literature. I recently did this book and had to run the book club like a class, complete with blackboard and diagrams!! Hope this was helpful. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211448 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:38:48 +0000 Mercurius 211448@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>Rick Carraway wrote <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211384"> &gt;&gt; </a></cite><br /> Perhaps <em>The Poisonwood Bible</em>??</p></blockquote> <p>I just finished Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer and before that, My Life in France by Julia Child. Either would be good choices. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211412 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:02:25 +0000 Anne 211412@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>CMH Gourmand wrote <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211381"> &gt;&gt; </a></cite><br /> I would like to try on online CU BookClub in the winter...we pick a book and discuss on a thread on CU.....good discussion for sure and easy to schedule.</p></blockquote> <p>Great Idea! </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211403 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:34:17 +0000 berdawn 211403@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Even if they don't usually enjoy non-fiction, they might like "Used &#38; Rare" about a couple who become rare book collectors. It's well-written and fun.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Used-Rare-Travels-Book-World/dp/0312187688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1245760413&#38;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Used-Rare-Travels-Book-World/dp/0312187688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1245760413&#38;sr=1-1</a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211392 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:27:43 +0000 nexttuesday 211392@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>The Book of Salt by Monique Truong. A fictional story imagining the life of a Vietnamese cook working for Gertrude Stein in Paris. It was really good. I'm waiting to get it back from my friend so I can read it again. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211384 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:11:08 +0000 Rick Carraway 211384@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Perhaps <em>The Poisonwood Bible</em>? </p> <p>Or Toni Morrison's latest? </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211381 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:02:26 +0000 CMH Gourmand 211381@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>I would like to try on online CU BookClub in the winter...we pick a book and discuss on a thread on CU.....good discussion for sure and easy to schedule. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211370 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:52:58 +0000 TaraK 211370@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>How about "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. Not exactly historical, but history-critical. </p> <p>Could you give some examples of other titles they've read? That might help give a sense of their taste within those sub-genres. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211350 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:16:03 +0000 FaireM 211350@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Thanks! I've read that before and really enjoyed it. That's a great suggestion. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-211016 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:40:19 +0000 jeff_r 211016@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thirteenth-Tale-Novel-Diane-Setterfield/dp/0743298039">The Thirteenth Tale</a> by Diane Setterfield. <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/profile/amandaknpp">amandaknpp</a> recommended it to me originally and I thought it was just fantastic. It's a great book club pick as well, since it's something of an homage to Jane Eyre and related Gothic family mysteries.</p> <p>I've heard it referred to as a book-lovers book, and I suppose that's not far from the truth. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/book-club-suggestions#post-210996 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:45:56 +0000 FaireM 210996@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>So my mom is in a book club and its her turn to choose next month. Its a group of women in their 50s. The book has to be fiction, they don't care for nonfictions typically. Historical fictions and murder mysteries have been popular with them. Previous reads include <em>The Woman in White</em>; <em>Snowflower and the Secret Fan</em>; <em>On the Corner of Sweet and Bitter</em>; and <em>Devil in the White City</em>. I suggested <em>The Time Travelers Wife</em> or <em>Atonement</em> but was shot down on both. Anyone have other good suggestions? </p>