Anonymous
03/13/2025 16:33
Subject: Re:Book Club Ideas needed
The Best Part
Anonymous
03/13/2025 11:38
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How literary is this group? My mom's book club reads much more serious/literary stuff than what I tend to like.
Assuming you don't need super literary:
The Rosie Project - It's a little older but I just read and really loved it, on a friend's recommendation
Annie Bot - a short, really engrossing novel about a sex bot who seeks autonomy (this one is pretty literary but I know my mom would hate it; I usually use her as my metric for what a book club will and won't like)
Wedding People - you might love it or hate it, but I thought it was good reading! It tries to tackle some serious stuff - somewhat successfully - but is also a fun romp about a woman whose husband's left her who's figuring out what comes next (TWs: there is some talk of suicide and death)
DC local Linda Holmes has a new book out about a podcaster searching for love - I am not a big romance reader, so I haven't read more than her first novel but I know a lot of people really love her work
You have to give us some recommendations from your Mom’s club too!
I can give you a few of her recent reads!
Horse by Geraldine Brooks - she loved this one
The Lion Women of Tehran - she LOVED this one
The Vegetarian - she hated this one; like months after reading it she's still saying how much she hated it - but all the stuff she hated sounds like things I think I would like, so I might read it
Basically, she and her friends are always reading Barbara Kingsolver-type stuff. And who doesn't love BK? (Me, I like shorter books.)
Anonymous
03/13/2025 11:09
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
On the lighter side, lately I've enjoyed Remarkably Bright Creatures, Embassy Wife, and The Fortunes of Jaded Women.
Anonymous
03/13/2025 10:31
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
Anonymous wrote:How literary is this group? My mom's book club reads much more serious/literary stuff than what I tend to like.
Assuming you don't need super literary:
The Rosie Project - It's a little older but I just read and really loved it, on a friend's recommendation
Annie Bot - a short, really engrossing novel about a sex bot who seeks autonomy (this one is pretty literary but I know my mom would hate it; I usually use her as my metric for what a book club will and won't like)
Wedding People - you might love it or hate it, but I thought it was good reading! It tries to tackle some serious stuff - somewhat successfully - but is also a fun romp about a woman whose husband's left her who's figuring out what comes next (TWs: there is some talk of suicide and death)
DC local Linda Holmes has a new book out about a podcaster searching for love - I am not a big romance reader, so I haven't read more than her first novel but I know a lot of people really love her work
You have to give us some recommendations from your Mom’s club too!
Anonymous
03/13/2025 10:08
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
How literary is this group? My mom's book club reads much more serious/literary stuff than what I tend to like.
Assuming you don't need super literary:
The Rosie Project - It's a little older but I just read and really loved it, on a friend's recommendation
Annie Bot - a short, really engrossing novel about a sex bot who seeks autonomy (this one is pretty literary but I know my mom would hate it; I usually use her as my metric for what a book club will and won't like)
Wedding People - you might love it or hate it, but I thought it was good reading! It tries to tackle some serious stuff - somewhat successfully - but is also a fun romp about a woman whose husband's left her who's figuring out what comes next (TWs: there is some talk of suicide and death)
DC local Linda Holmes has a new book out about a podcaster searching for love - I am not a big romance reader, so I haven't read more than her first novel but I know a lot of people really love her work
Assuming you don't need super literary:
The Rosie Project - It's a little older but I just read and really loved it, on a friend's recommendation
Annie Bot - a short, really engrossing novel about a sex bot who seeks autonomy (this one is pretty literary but I know my mom would hate it; I usually use her as my metric for what a book club will and won't like)
Wedding People - you might love it or hate it, but I thought it was good reading! It tries to tackle some serious stuff - somewhat successfully - but is also a fun romp about a woman whose husband's left her who's figuring out what comes next (TWs: there is some talk of suicide and death)
DC local Linda Holmes has a new book out about a podcaster searching for love - I am not a big romance reader, so I haven't read more than her first novel but I know a lot of people really love her work
Anonymous
03/13/2025 10:02
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
Elin Hildebrand, The Identicals or Five-Star Weekend
The Identicals is a spin on the Parent Trap, two adult identical twins who spent most of their lives on different island (Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard) switch islands/lives for the summer.
Five-Star Weekend: A woman brings together 4 friends from different stages of her life for a weekend on Nantucket.
Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows
A collection of stories about the animals/plants in her backyard, this may not sound super compelling but it's beautifully written and feels very relevant.
The Identicals is a spin on the Parent Trap, two adult identical twins who spent most of their lives on different island (Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard) switch islands/lives for the summer.
Five-Star Weekend: A woman brings together 4 friends from different stages of her life for a weekend on Nantucket.
Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows
A collection of stories about the animals/plants in her backyard, this may not sound super compelling but it's beautifully written and feels very relevant.
Anonymous
03/08/2025 07:41
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
Margot’s Got Money Troubles
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom
True Biz
Better Living Through Birding
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom
True Biz
Better Living Through Birding
Anonymous
03/07/2025 17:30
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
What Alice Forgot. Easy, fun book and has great discussion topics.
Anonymous
03/05/2025 12:45
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
My book club had a great discussion after reading Shark Heart.
Anonymous
03/04/2025 16:40
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
My book club just finished A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende. Great read & fun discussion.
Anonymous
03/04/2025 16:40
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
Two I read recently on recommendations. One new, one older.
The Wedding People
The Glass Kitchen
The Wedding People
The Glass Kitchen
Anonymous
03/04/2025 16:38
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
Just finished Shark Heart. Quirky, light, but interesting. Women gets married to a man who, through a genetic mutation, turns into a shark.
Anonymous
03/04/2025 13:44
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
Nora Goes Off Script
Anonymous
03/04/2025 12:59
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
The Wedding People
Anything by Sara Confino Goodman (Behind Every Man, or Don't Forget to Write)
Anything by Sara Confino Goodman (Behind Every Man, or Don't Forget to Write)
Anonymous
03/04/2025 12:41
Subject: Book Club Ideas needed
What are some great choices for a Womens book club with a focus on light, fun reads? Books that would inspire conversation around various themes, strong character development, etc. Looking to bring together a group versus have controversial discussion. Thanks!