Oprah's Book Club (Official) discussion

Finally finished The Dovekeepers. It was a bit of a struggle. Too long! Gave it 3 stars. Re-reading The Giver & also reading Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Enjoying both.

I just started reading "Horns" by Joe Hill

About to start Mother's Day Out

Finished The Silkworm. A very readable book! Many of the same characters that were in her last book The Cuckoo's Calling.

Recently Finished: Oliver Twist by Charles DickensIt only took me a few hours to read it Sunday Morning! (may have taken less time if I had just read it straight through no breaks) :-)

Currently Reading: Wicked by Sara Shepard

Finished 4 Stars!!

Talk about an emotional rollercoaster! Cancer, Tension between father/daughter, book references, oh and an arrest for murder! Couldn't put this one down!

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I just finished The Hand That First Held Mine. 5 stars for this beautifully written story. My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Just started A Song for Issy Bradley: A Novel

I am reading A Million Little Pieces by James Frey and I just finished reading Night ny Elie Wisel.

Last night I finished A Song for Issy Bradley: A Novel. I loved this moving story about a grieving family. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....

I'm about to start Thieving Forest.

I've been reading The Dominic Grey Series by Layton Green and have finished

Summoner, The

Egyptian, The

The Diabolist

Just finished Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Absolutely loved this book, didn't want to put it down.

Lynn ,
This has been on my tr list for a while . I guess I need to move it up .

I read this in May 2013 and it was an excellent read. I just couldn't put the book down, you'll enjoy it, I'm sure. Definitely move it up on your TBR pile!

Cheers,
Louise

Think I need to add this to my List!

Just ordered a copy of "The Beloved Daughter" written by Alana Terry. I am sooo looking forward to this read after having a taste of it's contents, a "look inside." "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd will be the very next... I only needed to read the first paragraph to develop a craving for this read. (Her style of writing is quite similar to my very own). '-)

Just finishing up Americanah, really great book, I've enjoyed reading it and have learned a lot about Nigeria, it's people and culture.

Finished by Mary Alice Monroe-- 3 Stars!!!

Sea Turtles coming to shore mixed with family secrets unraveling all as Cara Rutledge comes home to help her mother...

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Beth wrote: "Just finishing up Americanah, really great book, I've enjoyed reading it and have learned a lot about Nigeria, it's people and culture."

I really liked it, too. Have read a few recently set in Nigeria and written by Nigerian authors. Some great writing!

Just finished

The Light Keepers

Bonded

Broken: Book 2 of the ShadowLight Saga

by: Mande Matthews

Beth wrote: "Just finishing up Americanah, really great book, I've enjoyed reading it and have learned a lot about Nigeria, it's people and culture."

I'm going to have to add this to my TBR list. It just keeps growing and growing and growing. lol

Recently read Thieving Forest and All Good Women: A Novel, both got three stars from me.

Also read Other People's Houses, four stars. My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Just started Evergreen

Recently finished The Bell Jar - 4 stars, very good. Had to Google Sylvia Plath to find out more.

Now finishing up my last summer read - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, and saying hello to my new fall reading list.

Colleen wrote: "Recently finished The Bell Jar - 4 stars, very good. Had to Google Sylvia Plath to find out more.

Now finishing up my last summer read - [book:Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of th..."

The Bell Jar is one of my most favorite ever books - I have read it over and over throughout the years and think it is an amazing piece of work - art in it's highest form.

Hello Guys,

I am Okwudili Iloka, I'm happy to be here.

For Christians who feel that the religion of Christianity isn't offering the original inspiration that came from Jesus himself, you are not alone... Christ himself has something to say about that and here in this book, Christ inspires the christian world to rethink their exclusive doctrines and embrace the true gospel he preached.

Dear friends, get copies for yourself and your friends and recommend this book to any christian who needs their spiritual worldview adjusted.

Once again, im glad to be here, let's get connected, Thanks :)

Just finished Silo Saga: Unhinged by Brigid D'Souza

@Beth,
It really gets to you doesn't it? I found her voice so strong, yet so lost at times and I felt so frustrated due to the better treatments we have nowadays. I was so happy and relieved when the character made it out alive, with just hopes about the bell jar never to descend again.

Colleen wrote: "@Beth,
It really gets to you doesn't it? I found her voice so strong, yet so lost at times and I felt so frustrated due to the better treatments we have nowadays. I was so happy and relieved when t..."

But of course knowing that later on she stuck her head in the oven really makes you think so hard about the intensity of depression that she fought with for most of her adult life. What a strong person she must have been to survive what she did and to try so hard to rebuild her life. Such an incredible shame that the bell jar did in fact descend again and this time no one found her in time to help her.

Okwudili wrote: "Hello Guys,

I am Okwudili Iloka, I'm happy to be here.

For Christians who feel that the religion of Christianity isn't offering the original inspiration that came from Jesus himself, you are not..."

This isn't the place for posts of this kind.

I am currently reading Silkworm!

@Beth ,
I agree . This is a book club , not a religious forum . There may be other groups where the post might be more appropriate .

Finished - 3 Stars!

I would recommend to those who enjoy YA Dystopian trilogies :)

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I have read more than thirty books since reading The Invention of Wings. I am really wondering when a new book is going to be announced for the book club!

I have just read Evergreen, a sad but powerful story was 5 stars for me. My sort of review :
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Kim wrote: "I have read more than thirty books since reading The Invention of Wings. I am really wondering when a new book is going to be announced for the book club!"

I know, it is really strange that the administrator of this group doesn't keep it more updated.

I just started Eleanor & Park this morning and already 40% of the way through - good book so far.

Just finished

The Line

The Source

by J.D. Horn

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Finished White Dog Fell from the Sky last night. I would have liked it better without the illogical love story thrown in. Carrying on now with The Farm. Half-way into it & I like it so far.

Just read The Little Android by Marissa Meyer

Finished by Laurie Halse Anderson- 3 Stars!!

Historical fiction set in the 1790s. Yellow Fever strikes Philadelphia and its inhabitants. How will they survive without modern medicine...

My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

To love a man by Karen Robards

Reading SATURDAY by Ian McEwan. Find the main character's mental ramblings distracting.
Friends have raved; so far would only give it 3 stars. I'll keep you posted...

I just finished Eleanor & Park and started Inferno

I am currently reading Ulysses in a readalong in another group. It's my personal challenge to get through it and I am determined!
I will also start today Gracelin O'Malley


Just finished Rose of Sarajevo. 4 stars. My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I've finished the brilliant Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

My review is at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday.

Angela, it sounds like you are not enjoying ULYSSES. I'm so sorry. The English major in me loved those books!

May ,
I am enjoying it ! It is a challenge, though . I don't know enough about The Odyssey or the references to Aristotle and other classical works so trying to figure those out is work .
I was an English major as well and having read The Dubliners and Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man made me want to finally get to it
I'm determined to read it . Will I love it like you ? Too early to tell . :-)

Hi, Angela: If you like historical novels, I loved Susan Meissner's A Fall Of Marigolds, about two women in different time periods. It is set in New York and flashes back and forth from today and historical events on Ellis Island. It beautifully ties in 9-11 with the past in a story that is unforgettable and heartwarming. Just my thoughts!A Fall of Marigolds

Angela wrote: "Hello, my name is Angela

I'm looking for something new to read.

I love historical romance, fiction and non-fiction.

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie was really good! Another two that I read this yea..."

I loved Garden Spells, and love anything by Sarah Addison Allen.

Janet wrote: "The Language of Flowers
Garden Spells
Life After Life
The Forgotten Garden"