D13 Book Club

amberpro

A book club was suggested, so let's get on that.

Please throw out any suggestions you have on possible books. It has been said that maybe we could start with The Fault in Our Stars. Any other suggestions are welcome. I'll create a poll with the suggestions after a day.

GO!

BoothBaby

Omg, how do you have time to read for pleasure?? I can't even get through the second half of my baby sleep book, and stopped checking the milestone book after like 10 weeks. :-/

ameegee

Oh! I really want to read Enders Game!

golfingdarwinfish

ameegee said:

Oh! I really want to read Enders Game!

It's a fantastic easy read.  I've read most of the books in that series (10 of the <I think> 15) and Ender's Game is the best by far.  We were considering Andrew/Ender as a name/nickname for our LO.

The movie didn't do the book justice.  It deserved to be 2 movies, just like some of the LOTR & Hunger Game books.

ameegee

golfingdarwinfish said:

ameegee said:

Oh! I really want to read Enders Game!

It's a fantastic easy read.  I've read most of the books in that series (10 of the <I think> 15) and Ender's Game is the best by far.  We were considering Andrew/Ender as a name/nickname for our LO.

The movie didn't do the book justice.  It deserved to be 2 movies, just like some of the LOTR & Hunger Game books.

That would be an awesome name/nickname! I don't honestly know how I've gone this long without reading it....

Lawren

emilysalley said:

The Book Thief.

One of my all time favorites! Soooo good.

golfingdarwinfish

Lawren said:

emilysalley said:

The Book Thief.

One of my all time favorites! Soooo good.

I've been meaning to read this one!!! I watched it on a plane and was making awkward sounds as I choked back tears

leahraewku

Reconstructing Amelia.

leahraewku

Defending Jacob.

Both of my suggestions revolve around parenting and whether or not we ever really know who our kids are.

wmarley

Gone Girl is the next book on my kindle I have to read so I'd be up for doing that one.

As for my inputs, I LOVE all of Sarah Jio's books and recommend them to anyone and everyone. They are all sort of historical fiction/romantic/mystery novels. The Bungalow was my favorite but I also loved Blackberry Winter and Violets of March.

JRT512

I've had Gone Girl on my kindle forever and never got around to reading it. Loved Defending Jacob and TFIOS. I heard This is How I Leave You is good too, and the movie comes out in August. Please don't flame me for this, because I don't want it to come out the wrong way, but I would prefer to steer away from the young adult books. It's been all easy reads since LO came, and I need the motivation to read something more challenging. But if the group would rather do a YA, then I will definitely still participate! Just wanted to put that out there in case anyone else feels the same

golfingdarwinfish

Confession: I saw a commercial for TFIOS, promptly googled it, and read the complete Wikipedia entry.   ~:>  I ended up doing this with Flowers in the Attic series also.  I'm no fun (read: impatient)!

MissyC979

ClaireFraser said:

A Discovery of Witches

I've been wanting to read this! I also just ordered the audiobook for the Ocean at the End of the Lane from my library.

blainethetrain

MissyC979 said:

ClaireFraser said:

A Discovery of Witches

I've been wanting to read this! I also just ordered the audiobook for the Ocean at the End of the Lane from my library.

Ocean at the end of the Lane was ah-mazing.

amberpro

ClaireFraser said:

A Discovery of Witches

Just finished my reread. Reading Book of Life now! So good!

I'm at the lake, but I'll make time to put up a poll today. Very excited! A few I have read and loved, a few on my list, and a few that look great!

I'll leave the poll up for a couple days, then we can decide on a time frame.