Okay, so I guess the last book club kinda bombed. I was out of town, unfortunately, so I apologize for that. A Train to Potevka is an excellent book and an easy read, for those who might still be interrested in reading it. It's also perfect for this time of year.
So, moving on...we need a new book suggestion. I heard that Kristanne had a couple--feel free to post them, and hopefully we can get input and read something that everyone is interested in.
One that I have not read (so I can't vouch for the content), but is on my "to-read-list" is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Another one that I just very recently (today) finished is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, but it does have swear words. (Short synopsis: it's about a foster girl growing up in Germany during WWII.)
Other suggestions that I can think of:
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
(Leave suggestions here, in the comments.)
12 years ago
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Well I actually have three - One is the Worthing Chronicles by Orson Scott Card - it is a futuristic book about whether we need opposition in our lives. It is really, really good. Another is also by Orson Scott Card called Saints. It is about Mormons and polygamy - essentially told from the point of view of one of Joseph Smiths polygamist wives. It really makes you see how polygamy can work. And the last one is Molakai by Alan Brennert - about a young girl who gets leprosy and is removed from society and her family for most of her life - but over all how she deals with it and still finds joy in life. Those are my suggestions.
I've read the Worthing Chronicles, or at least one or two. Molakai sounds like it would be a great read, too. Hopefully we'll hear some input from others, too.
I recently read "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. It was pretty harsh, but very readable. Some unnamed disaster ended the world as we know it and a father and son survivors are trying to find more good people. Has anyone read the book "Mrs. Mike" by Benedict and Nancy Freedman? I absolutely love that book. --Jill
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