Nominations for next book club book!

[Isa]

So we're not quite done with the Jane Austen book club, but we will be fairly soon so I thought now would be a good time to start looking at which contemporary book we'll read next, so post your suggestions!

[belle]

I thougt we could maybe read "The uncommon reader" by Alan Bennett. Its a novel about the love for literature and the Queen - they match, believe me! Bennett makes lots of references to other books, which most of you have already read, I suppose. So it's perfect to start further discussions, beyond this book.

[neveralone]

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch or Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

I was going to reccomend The Uncommon Reader too but a lot of people have read it here already. I'm actually going to go pick it up at the library tomorrow

[belle]

Oct 21, 2008 18:09:14 GMT -5 neveralone said:

I was going to reccomend The Uncommon Reader too but a lot of people have read it here already. I'm actually going to go pick it up at the library tomorrow

I don't think that many people have already read it. When I first recommended it on the board it seemed like most of the members didn't know it.

But I would also like to read Special Topics in Calamity Physics.

[Kristie]

I can't even rememer if it's time for a contemporary or classic in the discussion

[Hanna]

I think contemporary, Kristie:)

Haven't a lot of us read Special Topics in Calamity Physics? (or maybe I'm so self-centered that when I've read a book I expect everyone else to have read it as well;)) How about Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, or maybe something by Tom Wolfe?

[Melissa G.]

I would like to do Special Topics in Calamity Physics.

[Isa]

I'd love to do STCP since I just bought it, but in the past we've had more success discussing shorter novels...

[Dominique]

That's true, everyone's interest in discussing it always seems to taper out towards the middle with the longer ones, because by the time we get up to the middle sections a lot of people have read ahead and finished the book weeks ago.

Coming up I'd like to read Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran, but I don't really mind what we do. If it starts before late November I will probably be too busy with exams to participate so don't put too much stock in my opinion

[lindsay]

I may also be self centered but I seem to remember alot of people reading Special Topics in Calamity Physics but again that just might be because I've read it.

[cauthoncrazy]

Even though I have already read it (just finished actually) I think a FABULOUS and easily accessible book would be Ordinary People by Judith Guest.

[Kristie]

I've read STCP already and I don't really see myself reading it again. It was good, but too long to read again I think.

Dom's suggestion of Pomegranate Soup is great! I have that sitting on my shelf at home, still waiting to be read. And it's a shorter one, too. I will have plenty of time after the first week of November to do discussion for whatever book we choose (unless its STCP lol).

[Carma]

hmm, I don't know a lot about contemporary books, but I've already read STCP. I'd like to reread it, but I also think it's too long for a discussion...


I think I'll decide when the list of nominees is known..

[Isa]

How about "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss, "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett, "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards or "The View from Castle Rock" by Alice Muro (some random titles from my TBR pile)?

[Halie]

I second Bel Canto.

Others (I don't know if these have been read): The Poisonwood Bible, Prague: A Novel, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox