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What would you think if your book club had chosed a "chick-lit" book?

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mm22bys · 09/01/2009 20:44

My book club, only been going a few months, has as its next book Cecilia Ahern's "Thanks for the Memories". I don't know who made the decision, but our last one was completely different (A Fine Balance), and maybe whoever decided on chick-lit thought we wanted something a bit lighter.

I am struggling through it so I know what I am talking about when I give it a bollocking when we meet up, but would you be a bit (or maybe a lot?) if such a book had been chosed by your book group?

There are so many books so much more "worthy" of discussion I am really disappointed!

AIBU?

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madwomanintheattic · 10/01/2009 17:39

and everyone else whinges that my choices are too long/ complicated/ boring/ up themselves...
but i can take it...

madwomanintheattic · 10/01/2009 17:37

i think the beauty of a book club is that you get to read stuff that you wouldn't otherwise choose to - and whilst i have been shamefully guilty of being well sniffy about other people's book choices in the past, it's also meant that i've had a good couple of 'holiday reads' as well as approached some genres i wouldn't have touched with a bargepole lol.

MinaLoy · 10/01/2009 17:31

On the subject of A Fine Balance being so good that nothing could follow it up...(which was my sad feeling on finishing it, years ago,) are any of the other Rohinton Mistry (how spell?) books any good?

Hayao · 09/01/2009 21:10

You could always ask them if they think Chick-Lit is just tarted up Mills&Boon? or something...

TotalChaos · 09/01/2009 21:08

oh yes MinaLoy is absolutely right - after we slagged off a chit lit book someone had chosen she never came to our book group again . I think part of the beauty of a book group is reading stuff you would not have bothered to in the ordinary course of things - there are likely to be as many gems as stinkers overall.

Hayao · 09/01/2009 21:08

A fine balance is an amazing book, there's not much that could follow it up!

it's almost one of the best things about book club, sometimes it leads you to gems you might not have read, sometimes, it's just cack.

LiffeyOink · 09/01/2009 21:07

Cecilia Ahern really is as crap as it gets. I like chic lit, but CA is shite.

BUT, looking on the bright side, don't bother to read the book, just read the reviews on amazon and then turn up for the wine and cheese straws.

MsG · 09/01/2009 21:05

I wouldn't mind what someone chose - as a book you really dislike can lead to a very interesting discussion. I would rather read an easy read than a really heavy one that's a struggle from start to end, personally!

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MinaLoy · 09/01/2009 20:56

Yes do go along, you may bond with another member who didn't like it either! The early days of a book-club require tact.

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mm22bys · 09/01/2009 20:51

We're only new and I've only been twice so I don't know who made the decision, or what the choices were, but I would have liked something a bit more challenging too!

Will go along, one good has come out of it, it is very slightly better than PS I Love You (which I couldn't stand...)!

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deanychip · 09/01/2009 20:48

I would give it a go even though i wouldnt touch a book like that ever personally.
I think that you can sometimes be pleasantly surprised by an unusaul book.
Besides that they are such easy reads arent they.

MinaLoy · 09/01/2009 20:47

I would be really hacked off. My book-club was very highbrow though, one of my best friends started it and she was the boss of it and invited people to join, so we read some amazing (and stretching) books. The difficulty is that most book clubs are democracies! So it all depends on who's in them.......

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mm22bys · 09/01/2009 20:47

Oops, oh dear! Obviously too wound up to edit properly!

Sorry about that one... blush]

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themoon66 · 09/01/2009 20:45

We have a vote at the beginning of the year.

LOL at thread title though