My book club met last night to select books for our 2009 reading list. We pick books for the entire year so it’s an event that we always look forward to. It does provide a bit of stress though when you can’t come up with THE perfect book or you decide on a great book only to find out that most of the group has read it.
After pitching our selections, we ended up with twenty-four books so we had to narrow it down a bit and we did that by taking a vote. Here are the final thirteen (thirteen because we figured that was close enough). They haven’t been assigned to a month yet but when they are, I will list them here, which you will be able to access by clicking on the button in my sidebar. That was my first attempt at a button too. Needs some work but not too bad!
Okay… enough yammering, here’s the list:
1. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
2. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3. Prayers for Bobby by Leroy Aarons
4. Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
5. Finn by John Clinch (my pick)
6. The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff (also my pick…I was lucky!)
7. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
8. Netherland by Joseph O’neill
9. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
10. A Mercy by Toni Morrison
11. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
12. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
13. In The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
It’s an interesting mix isn’t it? I am REALLY excited about this list. I’ll be posting all the reviews as we read and discuss them. Out of this list, what stands out? Anything that piques your interest?
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