All you have to do is leave a comment with the book title and author. If you're feeling ambitious you can throw in a link and/or why you think it would be good.
- Post one book per comment so others can comment on it to support or question it without confusion.
- When commenting on a suggestion be sure to reply to the comment itself and not the post in general.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
ReplyDeleteA favorite of mine. It is a bit dark, but beautiful and hopeful still.
There's a lot to ponder & discuss.
It's pretty short (and there's the audio version) so we could read it maybe in Sept/Oct when everyone is a bit frazzled and doesn't have much time, but beginning to pine for some intellectual stimulus.
There is an audio version read by Ray Bradbury which is interesting to hear him, plus it has an interview with him on the last disc that is good. Here is a link to info about that, but that also talks about the story in general.
http://www.raybradbury.com/books/fahrenheit451.html
FYI. 176 Pages.
DeleteA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. 240 Pages
ReplyDeleteThis is a non-fiction story. As you might gather from the title it is violent in parts, which I think is why it hasn't been suggested as a book group book before. He doesn't describe things in a terribly graphic way though.
This book has been on my mind after reading Poisonwood Bible though and I keep thinking we should read it.
Here is the official site for the book:
http://www.alongwaygone.com/
I don't have specific books in mind right now but wanted to share this cool website!
ReplyDeletehttp://whatshouldireadnext.com/006092988X/isbn
You type in the title of a book you like and it suggests other similar books. Kind of fun!
I feel weird posting as "Rob"
ReplyDeleteThis is Chelsea, by the way..
Another one that would be a good read and good discussion would be Katrina Kenison's Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry. It's another book about mothering, but very different from the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. I think it would be a good read around the holidays maybe. I liked it because she does offer an idyllic view of motherhood that we all want to strive for, but she balances that out with the realistic side of it all. I found it inspiring rather than defeating, overall. She makes several references in it to Anne Morrow Lindbergh's A Gift From the Sea which even though it's much shorter and of a similar style is so pretentious I've had a hard time finishing it even though parts of it are good and the whole of it is well-meant. An example of why Gift From the Sea can be hard to swallow? She talks about how it's better to do your housework yourself rather than hire it out. As if that was ever an option for me. Sheesh. Anyway, Mitten Strings is much more down to earth . And it is written in small bits so if we pick it now everyone could get a copy and slowly read it over the next 6 months and we can talk about it in Dec.
ReplyDeleteIt's also a good one because although we want everyone to read the book selection it isn't always feasible and this is one that even if you don't get the whole things read you could still easily participate in the discussion.
You can buy it for $4-$5. If we decide to read this one I think it's one you'll want to make notes in so you'll probably find you want your own copy. Even if we don't read it for our group, I recommend it for all moms.
http://www.betterworldbooks.com/mitten-strings-for-god-reflections-for-mothers-in-a-hurry-id-9780446525312.aspx#allavailable
Mutant Message Down Under is a great book.
ReplyDeleteIt is about an american woman doctor who is summons to a remote aboriginal tribe and accompanies them on a four month walk about. The insights gathered are worth discussing.
Non-fiction right?
DeleteThe Law of Similars by Chris Bohjanlian is one I would like to read. I loved his book Midwives.
ReplyDeleteI have since read this and it has some sexual language that may be uncomfortable to you, so I rescind this suggestion
DeleteAlso That Quail Robert by Margaret Stanger looks benign and amusing
ReplyDeleteI was also intrigued by and article about the book When I was A Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson that ponders America, faith and literature
I am reading on the corner of bitter and sweet, which is interesting about the Japanese in america during the war. It is fiction
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Mutant Message Down Under. I wish I could have been at the discussion.
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