Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
Joan: the Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint By Donald Spoto
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Agnes Grey by Ann Bronte
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Precious Bane by Mary Webb
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Room by Emma Donogue
One or the other of my book clubs read and discussed
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I Capture the Castle (I think good, it's been a while)
Cutting for Stone (great)
The Road (we all hated it)
Room (great)
I love the idea of reading and discussing Nation, I'll have to consider suggesting it.
Good luck with your choices!
I loved:
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Atonement
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
The Road
I want to read:
Cutting for Stone
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Unbroken
OK, I admit it--I'd be happy to read anything on the list.
The Wednesday Wars! DEFINITELY.
ReplyDeleteI just finished the audiobook of Nation a couple weeks back. Quite enjoyed it.
Heard Room is really good but haven't gotten to it myself yet.
And of course A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a classic.
I LOVED Ella Minnow Pea; Cutting for Stone is really good too, but different (much more serious, not to mention longer!).
ReplyDeleteOnes I really, really want to read:
• Atonement by Ian McEwan (loved the movie)
• Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The whole list looks good, though.
Ella Minnow Pea was fun
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...Francie has always felt like a friend to me
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The Wednesday Wars
Atonement
Watership Down
Super huge thumbs up for Wednesday Wars, Nation, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I also think Atonement is a masterpiece, but it's not for everyone. It seems like people either love it or hate it. I obviously love it--it's one of my top five favorites.
ReplyDeleteOf the books I've read, I'd recommend I Capture the Castle (my classics group is actually discussing it next month); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; A Walk in the Woods (hilarious!); Atonement; and Major Pettigrew. I've read Ella Minnow Pea and I liked it but I don't know if it's a great book for discussion. A Long Way from Chicago is great but it's really short, I don't know that there's that much to discuss. I've read Watership Down but it was probably 30 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read Cutting for Stone but I've heard great things about it, I wish my book group would schedule it.
I think Major Pettigrew would make a great book club read. Lots to discuss.
ReplyDeleteOh I hope you do read Ella Minnow Pea, I Capture the Castle and Nation. Nation is on my list of favourite ever books.
ReplyDeleteI've read and loved:
ReplyDeleteElla Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Nation by Terry Pratchett
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Room by Emma Donogue
Just OK:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Agnes Grey by Ann Bronte
What a great list!