Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Need a book title for a book club?

I need to submit an idea for a book for my local branch of the public library to read for the book club. Current title is The Time Traveler's Wife.Need a book title for a book club?
I've been trying to get my book club to read The Life of Pi. After reading it, I had so many things I wanted to discuss with others!
Oldie but goodie...I just reread it. ROOTS...Alex HaileyNeed a book title for a book club?
Have you all read many of Oprah's books? She is picking "classics" these days. However, one really good book (that I read before Oprah picked it!) is _Heart is a Lonely Hunter_ by Carson McCullers (I think that's it). Also consider Sue Monk Kidd's new book, _The Mermaid Chair_. I haven't read it but my mom loved it and I know her first book (or last book before this one) _The Secret Life of Bees_ was really popular with book clubs.
If you don't mind some of the older titles... you can try Ho MinFong's titles..



Sing to the dawn (First prize, Council of Interracial Books for Children, 1975)

"In Sing to the Dawn, Ho brought her readers into a realistic rural Thailand through the eyes of a young village girl Dawan, whose struggle to convince those around her to allow her to take up a scholarship to study in the city reflected the sexual discrimination faced by girls in Thailand, especially in the countryside."



Rice without Rain

"A story centering around Jinda, a seventeen year-old girl from the fictitious Maekung Village which was caught up in the political winds sweeping across the country when a group of university students from Bangkok arrived to encourage the landless farmers to take up a rent resistance movement. Set against the very same historical background as Ho had experienced herself, Jinda's realization that the peasant class was but pawns in the ongoing political tug-of-war and her journey to find her own path in life told the untold stories during those years of turmoil that shrouded Thailand."





The Clay Marble

"Once again, she presented a strong female protagonist, a twelve year-old girl named Dara who was one of the thousands of refugees escaping to the border at the end of the Khmer Rouge regime when Vietnam invaded the country. She also employed the theme of family unity in the face of adversity, as Dara persuaded her elder brother not to join the army but to return with family, which had already lost the father, to restart life back at home."



Truly inspiring for young females....Need a book title for a book club?
I recommend Wally Lamb's "This Much I Know is True."
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Peace Like A River by Leif Enger

The Fool's Tale by Nicole Galland



Just a few from our book club this year - all very good discussion books!
Saturday by Ian McEwan
My suggestion for a book title is Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Matthew Pearl's "The Dante Club" or "The Poe Shadow" or Ian Caldwell and Dustin Tomason's "The Rule of Four".
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1455鈥?/a>



Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom



Midwives by Chris Bohjalian

http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2010鈥?/a>



Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult

http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2140鈥?/a>
Angry housewifes eating bon bons by lorna landvick



Seriously, use this one, it is a fiction story about a group of women who start a book club follows through their lives and tells each one's story. Is an excellent story even has discussion topics at the end. Really good!
bookworms r us

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