The Next Best Book Club discussion

I can't seem to make my whole list fit in one post so I'm breaking it up from January-June and July-December.

January
1. Last Night at the Lobster
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3. Little Women
4. The Godmother
5. True Grit
6. The Shining

February
7. How Stella Got Her Groove Back
8. Stardust
9. Tales of Beedle the Bard
10. Twilight
11. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

March
12. Club Dead
13. Certain Girls
14. Handle With Care
15. 84 Charing Cross Road
16. Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
17. Basket Case

April
18. Dead to the World
19. Clementina
20. Case Histories
21. Watership Down
22. The White Tiger
23. 1984

May
24. Surviving Demon Island
25. Dead as a Doornail
26. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
27. I Capture the Castle
28. Come Closer
29. The Heroines
30. The People of the Book

June
31. Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume
32. The Beach House
33. The History of Love
34. I Hate Myself and I Want to Die:52 of the Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard
35. Anyone But You
36. Gathering Blue
37. One Fifth Avene
38. The Jane Austen Book Club
39. Fight Club
40. What It Is
41. Definitley Dead
42. Pride and Prejudice

Watership Down is an all time favorite. What did you think of it?

I really liked it. I'll have to look around for the discussions on goodreads-it's definitely a book that would be great to talk about.

definitely, who would've thought rabbits were so interesting...

There is a discussion on this group "wanna discuss this novel"...

Great, thanks Angela!

I am currently reading Maxim Gorky's short stories,my favor so far is "The Lover".

Just finished:

#22 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Just finished 2 more:

#23 1984 by George Orwell

#24 Surviving Demon Island by Jaci Burton

Two more to add

# 25 Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris

# 26 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

Haven't updated in a while.

#27 I Capture the Castle by Dode Smith

#28 Come Closer by Sara Gran

#29 The Heroines by Eileen Favorite

Just finished

#30 The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

#31 Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume edited by Jennifer O'Connell

#32 The Beach House by Jane Green

#33 The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

#34 I Hate Myself and I Want to Die:52 of the Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard by Tom Reynolds

#35 Anyone But You by Lara Zeises

#36 Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

#37 One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell

#38 The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler

#39 Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

#40 What It Is by Lynda Barry

#41 Definitley Dead by Charlaine Harris

I'm behind on my updating

#42 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

#43 Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

#44 The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain

#45 The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

#46 The Freddie Stories by Lynda Barry

#47 The Potty Training Answer Book by Karen Deerwester

Hmmm...I picked up Last Night of the Lobster several times but each time I put it down, distracted by other, shiny things. Now that I see you gave it 4 stars I'm tempted to give it a try after all.


Good luck with the goal and Congrats on the new baby! My son is expecting his baby in Sept as well. My first grand-baby! A little girl! I'm obviously a wee bit excited....

Well I made it to my goal of reading 50 by the time I have my second baby in September. I think now I'll just see how many I can get done before the baby is born.

#48 Lucia Lucia by Adriana Trigiani

#49 Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson

#50 The Protest Singer:An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger by Alec Wilkinson

#51 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

#52 Sold by Patrica McCormick

#53 Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay


#54 Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger

#55 Marley and Me by John Grogan

#56 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

#57 Smashed Squashed Splattered Chewed Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle

#58 Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

#59 Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield

It's drving me insane that I can't add my last book for July to my list above since the body is too long (although I keep cutting things out and it still says it's too long-ugh!) Anyway I'm continuing my list here.

July
43. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
44. The Postman Always Rings Twice
45. The River Between
46. The Freddie Stories
47. The Potty Training Answer Book
48. Lucia Lucia
49. Peaches
50. The Protest Singer
51. The Graveyard Book
52. Sold
53. Sarah's Key
54. Chasing Harry Winston
55. Marley and Me
56. The Year of Magical Thinking
57. Smashed Squashed Splattered, Chewed, Chunked, and Spewed

August
58. Redbird Christmas
59. Ballet Shoes
60. The Reader
61. Choke
62. Dead Babies
63. 1001 Books for Every Mood
64. Garden Spells
65. Grave Sight
66. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
67. Wide Sargasso Sea
68. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

September
69. All Together Dead
70. On Becoming Babywise
71. Grave Surprise

October
72. Something Blue
73. Hope in a Jar

November
74. New Moon
75 From Dead to Worse

December
76. Absurdistan
77. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
78. Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone

Just finished The Reader. Still thinking it over.

The REader had that effect on me too..The only other book that made me feel like this was the Road. I didn't really enjoy reading it, but was drawn in and couldn't quit...and was happy to finish, yet was still thinking about it several days later. Understanding layers of why this one did this and why that one didn't do that.

Hmmm. I've decided this is the hallmark of a different kind of "good book!.

I think you're right Judy-anything that makes you think that much has to have something going for it. I know what you mean about The Road-I was horrified but had to keep reading. The Reader wasn't quite as powerful for me but clearly I'm still thinking about it.

#61 Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

#62 Dead Babies by Martin Amis

#63 1001 Books for Every Mood by Hallie Ephron

#64 Garden Spells by

#65 Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris

#64 Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

#65 Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris

#66 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson

#67 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

#68 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

#69 All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris

#70 On Becoming Babywise by Gary Ezzo

I have a feeling that my reading is about to decrease since I'm having the baby Friday but I'm pretty happy with what I've managed to read so far this year.

I just realized that I never added my books for the rest of the year.

#71 Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
#72 Something Blue by Emily Giffen
#73 Hope in a Jar
#74 New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
#75 From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
#76 Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
#77 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
#78 Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

I just realized that I never added my books for the rest of the year.

#71 Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
#72 Something Blue by Emily Giffen
#73 Hope in a Jar by Beth Harbison
#74 New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
#75 From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
#76 Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
#77 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
#78 Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone by J.K. Rowling