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Friday, March 18, 2011

Book Club Voting List 2011-2012

Here is the list our book club came up with for potential reads next year. Let us know which ones you think we should for sure choose! Most of these are book club sets, which is how they ended up on this list.


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


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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    One or the other of my book clubs read and discussed
    Atonement (great)
    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!

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  2. Utah MomMarch 18, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    I loved:
    Ella Minnow Pea
    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.

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  3. AngieMarch 18, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    The Wednesday Wars! DEFINITELY.

    I 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.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    I LOVED Ella Minnow Pea; Cutting for Stone is really good too, but different (much more serious, not to mention longer!).

    Ones 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.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    Ella Minnow Pea was fun
    Nation

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  6. Caroline Starr RoseMarch 19, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...Francie has always felt like a friend to me

    The Road

    The Wednesday Wars

    Atonement

    Watership Down

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  7. ShelleyMarch 19, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    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.

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  8. Karen K.March 19, 2011 at 5:04 PM

    Of 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.

    I haven't read Cutting for Stone but I've heard great things about it, I wish my book group would schedule it.

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  9. LisaMarch 19, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    I think Major Pettigrew would make a great book club read. Lots to discuss.

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  10. Michelle Fluttering ButterfliesMarch 21, 2011 at 3:31 AM

    Oh I hope you do read Ella Minnow Pea, I Capture the Castle and Nation. Nation is on my list of favourite ever books.

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  11. Melissa (Avid Reader)March 23, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    I've read and loved:
    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
    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!

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