book club
I'm a book nut. While I don't have a lot of time to read these days, I still manage a few chapters before bed each night or during lunch break. I joined a book club last year and it has really helped to expand my reading material and try out new authors (I'm an author snob, it seems). I mostly read fiction and my bookshelf consists mainly of Stephen King and Dean Koontz and similar authors, however I'm slowly expanding. Here I'm sharing my book list reads, with reviews as time permits. * indicates a book club read
2010
- Buried Lives
by Nancy Star - City of Bones
by Michael Connelly - The Host
by Stephenie Meyer - World Without End
by Ken Follett
2009
- The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett - The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
My review on this book - Just After Sunset
by Stephen King - Vanishing Acts
by Jodi Picoult - Dead and Gone - ( True Blood series, Book 9 )
by Charlaine Harris - From Dead to Worse - ( True Blood series, Book 8 )
by Charlaine Harris - All Together Dead - ( True Blood series, Book 7 )
by Charlaine Harris - Definitely Dead - ( True Blood series, Book 6 )
by Charlaine Harris - Dead as a Doornail - ( True Blood series, Book 5 )
by Charlaine Harris - Dead to the World - ( True Blood series, Book 4 )
by Charlaine Harris - Club Dead - ( True Blood series, Book 3 )
by Charlaine Harris - Living Dead in Dallas - ( True Blood series, Book 2 )
by Charlaine Harris - Dead Until Dark - ( True Blood series, Book 1 )
by Charlaine Harris - A Stranger in the Mirror
by Sidney Sheldon - The Doomsday Conspiracy
by Sidney Sheldon - Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Part 4)
by Stephanie Meyer - Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Part 3)
by Stephanie Meyer - New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Part 2)
by Stephanie Meyer - Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Part 1)
by Stephanie Meyer - The Time Traveler's Wife *
by Audrey Niffenegger
2008
- Four Letters of Love *
by Niall Williams - Tell Me Your Dreams
by Sidney Sheldon - Are You Afraid of the Dark
by Sidney Sheldon - The Friday Night Knitting Club *
by Kate Jacobs - The Glass Castle: A Memoir *
by Jeannette Walls - My Sister's Keeper
by Picoult - The Moonlit Cage *
by Linda Holeman - The Road
by Cormac McCarthy - Amsterdam *
by Ian McEwan - Rage of Angels
by Sidney Sheldon
Our first book club meeting was tonight. It was fantastic! I managed to read the entire book in two hours yesterday. (I am the queen of procrastination!) Jennifer cooked a wonderful dinner of grilled swordfish with rice, salad and various dishes the other group members brought. I usually don't care for any kind of seafood, but YUM was it good!
This is my first book club experience so I really didn't know what to expect, but it was so much fun! If any of my blog readers are here local and want to join let me know. We meet once a month on Tuesday evenings for dinner and discussion. The next book is "The Moonlit Cage" by Linda Holeman and the next meeting is July 29 (*hint hint to Jenn Lee!*).
I'm also looking for future book recommendations, so if anyone has any good ones let me know! I'm already raiding Pigs' list for the next meeting deliberations. :)
Something I have always wanted to do is join a book club...and now I'm a member of one! As we were having dinner with our friend's Jennifer & Scott last week I found out that she was starting a small local book club. She asked if I was interested and I jumped at the chance to try it out. We'll be discussing our book over dinner and wine for our first meet-up. The first meeting is next week. The book of choice this month is "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan. If anyone has read this book I'd love to hear opinions.
I have the book, but I haven't even read the first page yet, but it's only 193 pages so I should be fine. I'm already in the middle of a Patricia Cornwell book and I hate to start a new book when I'm in the middle of reading something else, but I guess I'm going to have to due to lack of time to sit and finish the other one first. I tend to stick with authors that I know and like and don't venture out much unless something is recommended to me, so I'm hoping this club will open me up to trying new authors and different types of writing styles. We'll see what happens!
