Sorry but another request for a book club idea - please help!
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Hi, our book club is fairly light weight and its my turn to pick a book. I've enjoyed Patrick Gale - Rough Music and Notes from an Exhibition, The Other Hand, Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Secret Life of Bees, Random Acts of Heroic Love. Didnt like the Book Thief, Additions, Jodi Picoult ....
So, am looking for something not too heavy and not too long but with enough to talk about. Any ideas would be great as I'm off to the bookshop this weekend to try and choose.
Thanks a lot.
Our book club has just read East of the Sun by Julia Gregson which was really good and easy to read.
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller
The little Chinese Seamstress.
Crow Lake - Mary Larson, The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd - I think these both fit the brief.
Kicking myself for forgetting The Color Purple! Excellent book which generated a really good discussion.
But I think OP has already done her book shopping.
Oh and also The Colour Purple.
We have recently read
Suite Francaise - Irene Nemerovsky
The Accidental (divided the group!)
The History of Love - Nicole Krauss
Everything is Illuminated - Jonthan Safran Foer
The Book Thief (but I see you've done that)....
can't think of any more off the top of my head at the mo but these all led to good dicussions.
The Great Gatsby - lots to discuss (money, gender, sex, race ...)
Ameriacn Wife by Curtis Sittenfield
Run by Ann Pratchett
Spies by Michael Frayn
I've read it and enjoyed it. Quite a quick read for this time of year. What about the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas? My BG just read that and we had an interesting discussion.