What I've Been Reading Instead of Cleaning My House

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Book Club

It's my turn to pick a book for book club.

Any suggestions?

Please, nothing with swearing in it (we like to save all of our swearing for the actual discussion of the book).

12 comments:

Shana said...

Paris Hilton's "Confessions of an Heiress"

Tiffany said...

Amen to that (swearing at book club).

Geo said...

Well, there goes my suggestion.

Heidi said...

Have you guys read "THe Wednesday Wars?"

Janet said...

The Hunger Games....awesome! I can't remember if there's swearing or not, but we read it for our book club with lots of church ladies in it, so I don't think there was any. Good luck! I hate it when it's my turn to pick.

Nigel said...

"The Old Man From Nantaucket's Comprehensive Guide To Cursing, Swearing, And Obscene Innuendo" (2010 Revised Edition, With Dictionary And Thesaurus In The Appendix)by Nigel K. Pflaumenbaum.

Sophie said...

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, or The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.

lisa moore said...

These are the books for this year from my friends' book club. Don't know if you guys have already read them, or even if there is any bad content. :)

January – Belles on Their Toes by Frank B. Gilbreth
February – The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
March – Mutant Message from Forever by Marlo Morgan
April – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
May – Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
June – Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig
July – Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
August – Book club vacation
September – Map Thief by Heather Terrell
October – Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
November – Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
December – A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck

Leslie Jam said...

How about the classic "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Leslie Jam said...

Or 'Huckleberry Finn', Hemingway said all American literature derived from that classic.

SC_mommie said...

The Five Love Languages" by Gary Chapman... or any of the books in the series... they're specific to the relationship you'd like to improve- children, spouse, for singles, etc... GREAT books! Or What about something by Kevin Leman? Same concept, improving your relationships... They're Christian-themed, good use of your time, AND... NO CUSSIN'...

Lois said...

SHANA -- Oh, I'm really going to pick that now, just to spite you! Missed you at last month's meeting. Loved the cupcakes, though!

TIFFANY -- yes, it's too funny.

GEO -- yes, Shana beat you to it.

HEIDI -- I'm so sick of Young Adult fiction. Any other suggestions?

JANET -- Isn't that YA Fiction? Anyway, my friend just got me a copy. I'll check it out.

NIGEL -- you're bad, very bad.

SOPHIE -- are those fantasy books? I don't much care for fantasy. And YA Fiction again? Are all the adult books filled with swearing? Thanks for the suggestions, though.

LISA -- ooh, I love stealing ideas from other book clubs. Thanks!

LESLIE -- we did "To Kill a Mockingbird" already. "Huckleberry Finn?" Isn't that real literature? I try to avoid books that make me think.

SC MOMMIE -- but what if the main reason why I read is to avoid having relationships with those around me?