What book would you most like to discuss with a group?
Kris
I'm currently reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and there are so many interesting facets to it, I'd love to discuss it with a group --- or even just one other person. It has a multitude of elements worthy of comment: a star-crossed love story, a murder mystery, missing persons, interlinked relationships, even minor characters who grab your attention. It's the kind of book I think people will read years from now after other stylish new fiction has faded away, and a book I foresee myself rereading at some point just to catch nuances I missed the first time around.
DesrosierP@aol.com
I'd love to discuss Jodi Picoult's new book, My Sister's Keeper.
Butterfly4Shelly@aol.com
A Painted House by John Grisham is the book I would like to discuss with a group.
Vikkivand@aol.com
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Stichigh@aol.com
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
JRG0143@aol.com
I would say The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
monysmom@comcast.net
Lady of the Reeds by Pauline Gedge
bookldy@penn.com
The book I'd most like to discuss in a book group is Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi.
Rsnlc@aol.com
Journey to a Closed City With the International Executive Service Corps by Russell R. Miller
JBrown2511@aol.com
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
NFrazelle@aol.com
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. I'm still not sure "who done it"!
woodyc@dslextreme.com
I'd love to discuss The Crazed by Ha Jin, which I just finished reading, and thought was wonderful in every way. I love his lean style, and I loved the way he combined a large political issue with a romantic overlap.
df_greenrose@hotmail.com
I would want to discuss The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley at my next book group. This book has so many layers to it that a group could go on like forever in talking about it!
maestraw@msn.com
I would like to discuss Paranoia by Joseph Finder with a group.
eternal_priestess@comcast.net
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
rsaxe@utoledo.edu
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
johnsda@earthlink.net
I would like to be in a book discussion of Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas Cahill. I would like to be in a discussion about any of his books.
resan@nyc.rr.com
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
cummings112@cableone.net
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
FRANCES732@aol.com
Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke
BERNTONE@aol.com
The book that has most inspired me is The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. I was very moved by this short yet powerful story. It was incredibly creative and thought-provoking. Yet at the same time the author managed to avoid the pitfalls of approaching the subject of death and the hereafter without actually identifying any particular religious group or belief. That took a great deal of talent and ability on the part of the author. I feel he accomplished that well and conveyed a very believable and inspiring story that causes you to think about your own journey in life and the people who cross your path along the way. That is why I believe this book would inspire an interesting and personal discussion.
Britadon@aol.com
The Sign and the Seal by Graham Hancock. I found this such a convincing book about the location of the Ark of the Covenant and I wonder how many others would view it. It was my follow-up toThe Da Vinci Code.
vicklea@bealenet.com
I would love to discuss My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult with a group. The idea of the suicide of a sibling was fascinating and the twist in the plot was absolutely unbelievable!
LadyHawke1043@aol.com
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
PooohCat@aol.com
The book I would like to discuss with other readers is the fabulous Jodi Picoult book, My Sister's Keeper. This is quite a deep and thought-provoking novel by one of the best authors around today.
GandmaRI@aol.com
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Judyal7@aol.com
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I just finished this book and the ethical and moral issues it raises beg for a discussion! I will be nominating it for my book group.
Peggy from Succasunna
The book I would like to discuss with a group right now would beAngry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik. This book is actually about a group of women in a book club. I liked the way the club started, the lives of the women in the group and the books they chose to read. Being that there were several women in the group with all different lives, I feel that there is room for a great discussion. There seems to be a little bit of something for most women to relate to and to understand. It was an easy read, but a meaty read. My book club "The Book Borrower's" is actually going to be discussing this book at our next meeting and I cannot wait!
mwrightrv@comcast.net
Perfectly Legal by David Cay Johnston, because it's such an eye-opener about how typical working Americans are financing our wealthiest citizens. We need to be talking about this book in small groups, and then carrying copies into congressional district offices and having a "little chat" with our elected representatives.
ellist@netscape.net
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
draffers-harpercollins@yahoo.com
I would love to discuss Rohinton Mistry's novel Family Matters with my book group. It's a fascinating study of how a small mishap can irrevocably change the lives of an entire extended family. Although it takes place in India and is rooted in a very different culture than our own, the matters it addresses are universal: the values of family loyalty, duty, and love vs. self-interest and self-preservation. It should be of particular interest to the "sandwich generation," those of us who are still raising children yet find ourselves duty bound to care for our elderly parents as well. How can we balance these roles without shortchanging our children, our parents or ourselves?
I'd also like to discuss Heaven Lake by John Dalton when it comes out in paperback. I found it to be a refreshing addition to the sub-genre of fiction about China. The main character, Vincent, is a young American who goes to Taiwan as an idealistic missionary, only to fall from grace. His journey to mainland China is related as he perceives it, a true outsider's perspective. The reader grows in understanding as Vincent does, experiencing cultural confusion and misunderstanding, yet gradually gaining some insight into both Chinas, and also into the human heart.
Marcia1215@aol.com
Miriam the Medium by Rochelle Shapiro
Heringbess@aol.com
Alexandra Fuller's Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight. It is nonfiction but addresses many discussable issues.
smleonetti@yahoo.com
The Bible
QUEENGRET@aol.com
The book I would most like to discuss with a group is The Five People You Meet in Heaven.
cdonovan@peoplepc.com
I would like to discuss Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane.
lawrncet@nccray.com
Book and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich would be a great book for discussion as it reveals so many interesting revelations about the life of a 47-year-old woman who gave birth to a daughter and wanted to have the opportunity of taking the 18-month-old child along with Father to the land of her heritage. There are illustrations of ancient tracings and also characters who seem to have been sketched by the author, which adds another depth to this journal of one of our greatest authors in America.
CravenM@fulton.k12.ga.us
Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill
Anonymous
The Promised Land by Mary Antin
MDwyer207@aol.com
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
BRIDGIEBEE@aol.com
I would like to discuss Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve.
