BIC book club!

[prettyinpa]

Some of us here have expressed an interest in a book club, myself, @mermadelove, @LCResz, @ZombieMetroAnt, @Mcakes. If you'd be interested in joining, reply below. My initial thought was to mail the books around but if it means that some people can't participate, then I'm all for dropping that requirement. I'd love this to be a place where we nominate our favorite book and others can read it and comment. Something fun for the new year!  ETA: the booklist:

1. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (16)
1. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (16)
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (13)
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (11)
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (11)
4. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (11)
7. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (10)
7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (10)
7. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (10) Discussion begins 8-13.
7. The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck (10) Discussion begin 9-2.
11. The Fault in our Stars by John Green (9) Time to discuss 9-26
11. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (9) Now discussing below.
11. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (9)
11. What Happened by Hilary Clinton (9) Now discussing below.
11. Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (9) Start reading now.
11. The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Ashford (9)
11. milk and honey by Rupi Kaur (9)
18. A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (8)
18. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (8)
18. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (8)
18. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (8)
18. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence (8)
18. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (8)
18. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (8)
18. The Paper Magician by Charlie Holmberg (8)
18. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (8)
18. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (8)
18. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (8)
18. The White Queen by Phillipa Gregory (8)

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Participants:

PrettyinPA

AlexaSteph

Beadshopgirl

LCResz

Kim888

SoBeautiful

Fatimamummy

ZombieMetroAnt

PalomaFoster

k617

bakeamuffin
Susubee
Skcfan
Lazybeautybeast
SpaceLlama
greeneyedgirl107

Mermadelove
Mcakes
Aaliaa
Serenely
Myinsidevoice
MissPuff
juliehnguyen
lmi82
Knowledgebeauty
Titian06
quspork
darlyndar
KellW
misscg
EuniceO
Elles117
ClassicallyFab
ShiraBT
melanito
Heylady14
ChicagoEngineer
Imightneedthis
PrettyPaint
rachface2921

[GG84]

@Elles117 you can have my spot. 

[prettyinpa]

OK, I'll give your spot to someone else. @GG84, sorry you won't be participating.

[kalex]

Oooh can I still join?!  I love books and I'm in a bit of a reading rut right now...

[mermadelove]

Yay! @kalex 🙂 So glad you are back playing and reading with us!!!

[prettyinpa]

Sure @kalex and @tsavorite- I'll PM you the link. Think of this group as you can participate as much as you want, if you get behind in a book or something, there's always another coming down the line.

[fieldsofclover]

More LEs in my life! lol

[tsavorite]

This is a great idea!  I have never been in a book club, but I read all the time. I don't know about reading something chosen by someone else? Is that what happens, a book is chosen and everyone reads and discusses that one book? I may need to be an informal observer or participant.

[Shakivero]

I️ would like to join.

[prettyinpa]

Sent you a link, @Shakivero.

[Shakivero]

Thank you!

[prettyinpa]

I sent everyone (hopefully) a link to the Google form, if you didn't receive one, PM me and I'll resend. Let the voting begin, looking forward to all your suggestions. Again, many thanks to @skcfan for setting up the form, she's a genius!

[Kim888]

Thank you for organizing! I can’t wait to find out what our first book is

[bakeamuffin]

Thank you so much @prettyinpa and @skcfan for organizing this!

[mermadelove]

@prettyinpa @skcfan Thanks for ding this!!! Do you want us to fill all ten slots???

[prettyinpa]

Sorry, @mermadelove and other participants, feel free to fill out as many of the 10 slots as you wish, I personally am having a hard time coming up with 10, but it's better to have more slots than less if someone has a big list.

[mermadelove]

@prettyinpa. No worries!!!

[skcfan]

@mermadelove I don’t think you need to fill all 10...I just didn’t want to make it too short.

[mermadelove]

@skcfan. Thanks!!!!! I’ll be replying shortly!!

[alexasteph]

I'll try to fit as many "book club friendly" suggestions I can on my list! I tend to read non-fiction, usually about psychology or human nature and behavior in some way, shape, or form, but those aren't interesting to everybody haha. I still might sneak Freakomonics on the list though 😋

[MissPuff]

@alexasteph haha, that's me! I read almost exclusively non-fiction, lots of econ, business, and pub policy. I can just picture the book club looking at my list...zzzzzzzzzz...

If you liked Freakanomics, another good read (though it's probably a bit dated by now) is Naked Economics by Wheelan. 

[alexasteph]

@MissPuff Me too! Haha. I also read books about decision making, the brain, etc. A lot of that ties in to behavioral economics, as well as traditional economics and psychology.  Unless you're interested in those topics, they can be quite boring! I haven't heard of Naked Economics, I'll look it up!