The Syndicate

Roxy- We had grilled corn for dinner and thyme picked from the overgrown needing to be weeded garden. I strive to be a real gardener, but I just have the books really and not the time.

As far as books go, my go-to escape books are YA fantasy/sci-fi stuff, so yeah...not everyone's cup of tea. I am seriously over the vampires though. I blame the Twilight craze for somewhat ruining Buffy for me too.

It's going to take me days to pick the "perfect" submission. Decisions are so hard!!

A controversial and interesting book would be fine, but I def dont think a political one would be the place to start.

I think we all just PM our picks to Splints and she creates a poll, then no one has to feel judged for their suggestion. Especially by those not joining book club. lol.

Of course, I heard the review for the new book Grey are pretty atrocious. That could cause some fun controversy.

thellama73 wrote:

fingersplints wrote:

thellama73 wrote:This is the list I think you should use.

I vote Война и мир

Fun fact: мир can mean either "peace" or "world", so maybe the novel is really supposed to be called "War and the World."

It could be a good choice. Llama liked the War part and I'd liked the Peace part, so something for everyone.

I like the idea of each of us suggesting a book and then voting. We could have two rounds of voting, the first to get the top 2-3 picks and the second to form into reading groups, you pick which book you want to read.

Random is a fun idea, but I generally dont reread many books, unless I really love it, and wont read horror, extremely violent books, and some other topics, so I like to choose knowingly.

S~V~S wrote:No, lol. More books worth reading are NOT on that list than on it. That list just has a wide range of books, something for everyone, even if not all of it is highbrow. Basically a starting point for choosing something we all might like.

I myself am not a Bronte fan, too brooding/broody for the most part. Eighteenth & nineteenth century heroines are hit and miss with me.

I have read Goodnight Moon close to 100 times I would guess.

There are definitely some eyebrow raisers on this list, but many worthy reads as well.

I have heard really good things about the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and have been meaning to read it for a while. Here are some of the ones I haven't read that I have been meaning to and just jumped out at me.

My list:
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
In Cold Blood
Persepolis
Born to Run

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