Interesting List

Found this list of favorite book club books for December.

1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2. The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
6. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
9. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
10. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
11. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
12. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
13. The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
14. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
15. March by Geraldine Brooks
16. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
17. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
18. Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
19. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
20. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
21. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
22. World Without End by Ken Follett
23. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
24. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
25. Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo

Blogging, meetings, etc.

Hello book club members!

First of all I would like to thank all our new folks for joining us. I hope you stick with it. You have all been invited to be authors on this blog. You will need to create a blogger account to do that. I would love it if people would help me keep this up with interesting updates on things we discussed and links to articles and movies we reference. Or you can just comment below an entry to keep it interactive. This blog is open to the general public so let's keep it on a first name basis for privacy.

Also - We now have 12 people on the rosters, which is probably the maximum we can handle between the food, the living room and getting a word in edgewise. Let's hold off on inviting anyone new for a little while.

Here is a schedule of upcoming events:(all events start at 7 at Reid's).

March 2: Free Read. Potluck. Topic should relate somehow to Change of Heart. Book, movie, article etc.

April 6: Women of the Silk Frances's Choice. Book host will bring the food and info on the author as well as discussion topics. Please remember to bring a favorite quote or passage to meetings.

May 4: Free Read. Potluck.

June 1: Loving Frank Carolyn's Choice

July 6: Free Read. Potluck. (possible summer break)

August 3: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. Reid's choice.

September 7: free read. potluck

Change of Heart

Here's are some discussion questions for Change of Heart.

This book, while not one of the best from a literary perspective, possibly generated one of the best conversations we've ever had. First of all, TEN women attended this meeting (a record) and so it was a bit challenging to even get a word in edgewise. The topics ranged from discussions on the death penalty to organ donation to gay rights. No topic was left untouched. Frances pointed out, and Reid agreed, that the book too closely followed many of the plot lines in "The Green Mile," almost to the point of seeming stolen at times. We also debated our favorite characters. Some preferred redemption-seeker Michael while others preferred wise-beyond-her-years Claire. Jane E. liked the honest voice of Lucius. Many agreed that June was underdeveloped. And Amy said she was disappointed in the "Chick Lit" relationship between the too-good-to-be-true Doctor and Maggie. We would highly recommend this book to other reading groups because of the nature of the discussions it generated, and we can't wait to see where people go with this for their free read next month. Thanks Kerri for recommending a great book!

The Quality of Life Report

Click Here for a Reading Group Guide on this book.

This was our book for December. (Hoping somebody will write a review here).