PenPal Readers discussion

We're going to try and get group reads going again! Please post any books you're excited about right now and want to read in the next few months, and we'll see if we can get some participation in reading a book together.

Here are the upcoming themes. You can also suggest a book outside of those themes...

November 2018: "Books about Books"
Any book where book(s) is a central theme of the story.
For book ideas, see Goodreads lists, such as Books about Books

December 2018: "Made you laugh"
Any book with humor, silly, fun
For book ideas, see Goodreads Humor genre page, or see lists such as Books that Make you Laugh

January 2019: "Game Time"
Any book featuring games of any kind - video games, war games, mind games, contests, competition
Book ideas:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

February 2019: "Roses are Red"
Any book featuring poetry, or flowers/gardens, or colors
- Poetry can be traditional, haikus, limericks, avant-garde, beat, childrens, translated etc)
- Or books featuring flowers, trees, or gardens in the title or theme.
- Or books featuring colors in the title or theme
Book ideas:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://bookriot.com/2018/04/01/books...

I have some most excellent books of Russian poetry.
Ray Bradbury always said everyone should read poetry every day. I'd be very disappointed if everyone didn't read a poetry book for this.

November's theme is "Books about Books"

What books-about-books would you like to read in November? Post your book suggestions, and we'll organize group/buddy reads! Feel free to nominate and/or second a nomination.

📚 📚 Summary of book suggestions: 📚 📚
The Shadow of the Wind
The Diary of a Bookseller
84, Charing Cross Road x2
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

Might I suggest
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Hanff was in search of obscure classics and British literature titles that she had been unable to find in New York City when she noticed an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature. She first contacted the shop in 1949 and it fell to Doel to fulfil her requests. In time, a long-distance friendship developed between the two and between Hanff and other staff members, as well, with an exchange of Christmas packages, birthday gifts and food parcels to help with the post-World War II food shortages in Britain. Their letters included discussions about topics as diverse as the sermons of John Donne, how to make Yorkshire Pudding, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the coronation of Elizabeth II.

I second 84, Charing Cross Road. It sounds like a very interesting read.

Kristina wrote: "I second 84, Charing Cross Road. It sounds like a very interesting read."

That was my late mother's favourite book and she owned it in a number of different editions.
Another book I am reading this month which might qualify is
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan