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Book Club 2nd Birthday Special: Best of Book Club
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To mark our 2nd birthday, we are having a special birthday edition of book club: Best of Book Club!
So, no nominations this month, you'll have a choice from the amazing titles we've read so far.
This thread will be open for a while before we add the poll for discussion. What did you love reading? What did you really dislike? Which months did you miss?
And looking forward, what themes would you like to see?
(Apologies for not including the covers this time, there are too many!)
October 2011: One Day by David Nicholls
November 2011: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
December 2011: The Wind Singer by William Nicholson
January 2012: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
February 2012: When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
March 2012: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
April 2012: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
May 2012: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
June 2012: World War Z by Max Brooks
July 2012 (non-fiction): Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
August 2012 (children's): The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
September 2012 (classics): Persuasion by Jane Austen
October 2012 (coming-of-age): To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
November 2012 (horror): The Passage by Justin Cronin
December 2012 (dystopia): The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
January 2013 (crime): Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
February 2013 (LGBT): Orlando by Virginia Woolf
March 2013 (adaptation, joint with film club): The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
April 2013 (Japan): Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
May 2013 (graphic novels): Maus by Art Spiegelman
June 2013 (animals): Timoleon Vieta Come Home by Dan Rhodes
July 2013 (sci-fi): I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
August 2013 (summer reading): American Gods by Neil Gaiman
September 2013 (magic): Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
So, no nominations this month, you'll have a choice from the amazing titles we've read so far.
This thread will be open for a while before we add the poll for discussion. What did you love reading? What did you really dislike? Which months did you miss?
And looking forward, what themes would you like to see?
(Apologies for not including the covers this time, there are too many!)
October 2011: One Day by David Nicholls
November 2011: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
December 2011: The Wind Singer by William Nicholson
January 2012: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
February 2012: When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
March 2012: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
April 2012: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
May 2012: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
June 2012: World War Z by Max Brooks
July 2012 (non-fiction): Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
August 2012 (children's): The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
September 2012 (classics): Persuasion by Jane Austen
October 2012 (coming-of-age): To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
November 2012 (horror): The Passage by Justin Cronin
December 2012 (dystopia): The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
January 2013 (crime): Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
February 2013 (LGBT): Orlando by Virginia Woolf
March 2013 (adaptation, joint with film club): The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
April 2013 (Japan): Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
May 2013 (graphic novels): Maus by Art Spiegelman
June 2013 (animals): Timoleon Vieta Come Home by Dan Rhodes
July 2013 (sci-fi): I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
August 2013 (summer reading): American Gods by Neil Gaiman
September 2013 (magic): Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
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However, talking about books, I recently read 50 Sheds of Grey, it's an amazing charming love story, which made me laugh, most of the way through it, it's one of those books that really does want to keep you reading! http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/280-3806424-2841421?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=50%20Sheds%20of%20grey%20 Sadly school won't let me click it, but they have another parody coming out soon to called Fifty Sheds Damper! Always worth the read really quick book to read, I read it within a college Lunch time!
Best wishes,
Angel
You can join in with discussion even if you don't come to chat, there's always a thread
What's been your favourite so far?
That quesion should never be asked when talking about books, it's to difficult to answer. But the last book I read and have honestly fallen in love with was The Fault in Our Stars. It's a charming and beautiful book. One of those books that really do want you to not stop reading! Love can be found in strange places Even if the setting is a support group!
I have read to Kill a mocking bird, which is another book I had fallen in love with, it's difficult to choose a book I actually like, when they are all enriched with a variety of emotions. I remember me and my friend talking about books killing us inside, and it's like we can't talk to anyone about it, because they wouldn't understand, haha! I'm guessing Shutter Island is the same as the film? I've loved books more than Films because they have the extra details in and stuff, and you can image it up, instead of actually seeing it.
But your questions is like, asking a squirrel to choose between which nuts he wants to nom on!
Best wishes,
Angel
The Fault in Our Stars and To Kill a Mockingbird are two of my all-time favourites. I also love American Gods by Neil Gaiman, and (although we've never read it in Book Club) Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson.
I'd really like Book Club to read The Fault in Our Stars again, I think a lot of people would enjoy it.
I'm not sure what I'd like to read. Whilst I have enjoyed the ones I've read, some of them I wouldn't read again, or at least not so soon. The Passage was great, but took me 3 months to get through! The Handmaid's tale was memorable, but again not so soon. The problem is, I've read the majority of the books from book club within the last 3 months!
Maybe The Hobbit - my mum always gives it bad press but if everyone else loves it, I should give it a go!