Book Club

I think there were a few people interested in an OhBaby book club when it was mentioned, did anyone start a thread? If not, here it is! lol

On eof my new years resolutions was to read 50 books this year - so far I've done 12 and this is week 13 so reasonably on track.

What have you all been reading lately? What are your favourite books and authors?

I have just finished reading 'Always and Forever' by Cathy Kelly and it was a lot better than I anticipated. It was actually really good - one of the characters it was like reading about myself!

I also read 'My Sisters Keeper' by Jodi Picoult earlier this year and really enjoyed that. Was so not expecting the ending - total surprise and lots of tears!

I enjoy authors like Marian Keyes, Cathy Kelly, Jane Green etc but am trying to broaden my horizons. Usually read these cos you don't need to think too much.

I'm interested in a book club! or a book swap if anyone wants to do that. i used to read heaps bt now often fall asleep - damn children! am reading Stanisvoski (probably sp) theories on acting at present. funnily enough very easy to read. fav book is Keri Hulme - The bone people. but love all the girly lit. mainly as I can read a page, get distracted by child, pick it up an hour later and still know what's going on. Don't like fantasy books - people with strange names confuse me - Lord of the rings was an effort - bloody Arwen and Eowyn.

LOL Lizzle - the last thing I read was a 1000+ page fantasy book with LOTS of funny names in it. I only read it because Christopher is reading it and has trouble with comprehension so I read it so that we can talk about it after his reading sessions every day. In the end, I didn't mind it too much actually.

I love to read. I think a book club idea is really good. How would it work?

Once you've decided how you want to organise it I'm happy to give you a book club sticky.

Maybe choosing a book each month and everyone tracks down their own copy (library, TM, borrow etc.)and then have a discussion about it? At the end of each month I could "unsticky" the thread and sticky a new one for the new book, that way the threads won't get too long and unmanageable.

I'd love to be part of it, will try to keep up but I've been a bit slack lately.

Last book I read was Mitch Albom's "Five People You Meet in Heaven" that I mentioned in the Tuesdays with Morrie thread. It was excellent, a few tears at the end.

Have read My Sisters Keeper, I personally didn't think it lived up to the hype, but I know my mum enjoyed it.

I'm elbow deep in review copies for our book review section, have just finished Nicola Miller-Clendon's Life after Baby Loss and have embarked on Birth:A History by Tina Cassidy - I swear I know more about pregnancy, childbirth and childraising than I ever cared to know!

i'm halfway thru reading a book i borrowed off emma called midwives by chris bohjalian and am really getting into it.

I'm in! I'll start thinking too...

Actually, inbetween study and children, having something to read and discuss sounds like heaven!

Ive read that My sisters keeper. Was pregnant at the time and it made me panic cos in it there is the polar bear named Kobe and also my last name which is not very common is in it to and I thought hmmm is this a sign that i should be thinking about that stem cell collection and storage thing but after talking to my midwife decided it wasnt worth it.

Anyway i like Marian Keyes and basically all the others you ladies have mentioned, Paullina Simmons, Jodi Picoult. I read anything and everything, dont like sci fi at all but like Patricia Cornwall type ones oh and also been reading Jeanette Wilson and Alison Dubois, the medium type stories. Not really into ghost stories as such though.

Just finished reading this really weird story called the Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, all about Dracula but not directly if that makes sense. Was sooo odd but i also wanted to know what happened so didnt stop reading it but man it took me ages cos it was so slow and hard going. Now Im reading Chart Throb by Ben Elton. My hubby has started buying me books for my birthday and buys really odd ones (like the historian) but it means i broaden my reading subject!

April being the first month sounds great.

Perhaps we all think of three books that we would like to read, or have read and would like to read again. Come back on the 30/31st and see how many are for each book (i.e. kinda voting) maybe have a theme eg romance, nz fiction, biography etc.....

Thoughts???
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What a good idea reading a book a month then posting reviews.

I have no idea what book to start with though!! lol

With think...

Lovely Bones was good aye but I found it really hard to read as in sad just thinking about it (read it just before my sisters keeper and was going through the whole pregnancy worry about everything, what if something happened to my children phase)