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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm fortunate to be in a great book group with women who really love to read, including two librarians and a former high school English teacher.  Everyone always reads the book and regardless of whether they loved it or hated it, everyone comes with questions.  That's not a requirement, but it's definitely our vibe and it makes for an interesting discussion.  Here are some of the books that inspired our most memorable discussions:

James -- Percival Everett
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store -- James McBride
The Covenant of Water -- Abraham Verghese
Circle of Hope -- Eliza Griswold
The Sentence -- Louise Erdrich
Matrix -- Lauren Groff
Short Stories by Jesus -- Amy Jill Levine
Pachinko -- Min Jin Lee
Priestdaddy -- Patricia Lockwood
Caste-- Isabel Wilkerson

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I'm in a similar book group and over the years we've read many of the books on your list. We have men and women members and ages span from 30s to 80s, everyone brings different experiences. Requirement is that everyone reads the book. The best discussions are when there are dissenting opinions, no one's hurt or made to feel their POV is bad. As a young mother I was once in a wine mommies group that read Kristin Hannah-esque novels and it was overal a pretty unsatisfactory experience.[/quote]

At a school event today one of my mom friends was recommending I read her favorite book by Kristin Hannah and in the conversation I was thinking, "I haven't read anything by her so why does that author's name sound so familiar?"

I just remembered reading it here and had to check.

That's disappointing since I think of this woman as a little more serious about literature than the wine mommy crowd.

My book club has enjoyed many of the books in the above post. I was surprised that Abraham Verghese was fairly divisive.[/quote]

You judged a woman's taste (and intellect) based on the fact she liked one popular author?? Seriously??[/quote]

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