City-Data "Book Forum" Book Club (stephen king, review, non-fiction)

[ontheroad]

I think all reading clubs have the same concerns: and keeping up is probably right up there with "my choice" of book.

I'll put your name on the list.

Happy Holidays and welcome to City-Data.

Originally Posted by Bansidhbabe

I am a new member but I love to read and would be interested in a reading club. Like some of the other posts I read, I am concerned about being able to keep up, but I'd really be interested in giving it a go. Thanks.

[RDSLOTS]

Any/all of these look fine to me. I can read anything.

[little_thirsty]

Hiya all! Can you sign me up too OTR? Thanks

[ontheroad]

Sure, little_thirsty.


Happy New Year.

Originally Posted by little_thirsty

Hiya all! Can you sign me up too OTR? Thanks

[Jess5]

tigerlily, thanks for that link. Is the shipping very expensive? WAR AT HOME, BOX CHILDREN both look good. I love memoirs. BC seems to read like one. WAH is a semi autobiography? Does that mean its partly true? The only one I've read is "Prayer". I couldn't stand it and felt like it was a big waste of my time. I couldn't stand him "screaming" all the time.

[ontheroad]

I'm going to experiment and see if I can do a poll with all our suggestions, and then post them in a new thread by the middle of this week.

I'm also going to DM all the signed up, tentative members to alert them about the poll, and see if they are on board and still interested.

If all goes well, we'll give ourselves some time to buy/borrow the book(s) for our first read.

Any suggestions for a time-table?

[ontheroad]

Here's what I think is our combined list of recommendations. Please look it over and check it out, and feel free to add any:

Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
* Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver
* Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
* To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
* The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
* Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
* The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay
* Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
* Cider House Rules - John Irving
* Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen
* The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields
* The Once and Future King - T. H. White
* Watership Down - Richard Adams
* Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins
* Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle

The Plot Against America - Philip Roth
Fall on your Knees - Anne Marie MacDonald
The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
Amsterdam and The Innocent - Ian McEwan
Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver
" The Memory Keeper's Daughter" - Kim Edwards
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving (F)
Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini (F)
Boom - Voices of the 60s - Tom Brokaw (NF)
The War at Home - Nora Eisenberg (semi-biographical)
Kaffir Boy - Mark Mathabane (autobiography)
Box Children - Sharon Wyse (F)
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War - David Halberstam

[ontheroad]

Here is the list of recommended books for the first reading. The poll will be multiple choice, and close on January 7.

[Jess5]

I have 4 pages around here somewhere of books that I'd like to read. (at least I did, until my son "cleaned".) Of those listed, I've read
Prodigal Summer
The Poisonwood Bible
To Kill a Mockingbird
Fall on Your Knees
The Glass Castle
Prayer for Own Meany
Hopefully, I'll find my list sooner or later.

[ontheroad]

I just did a practice poll. We have 29 books on the list, and can only have 30 on any given poll.

I can edit it, but I'd like to firm it up in the next couple of days, and have us vote and close the poll on January 7.

I've read quite a few on the list, including some you mentioned, Jess5.

And I do hope this works for us all!!