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)

Participants in spoiler

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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

[MissPuff]

@nche  Umm, I have an unhealthy love for this movie and would gladly discuss it no matter how much later the original comment 🙂 I totally agree, the book was so bad that I couldn't believe the movie salvaged the majority of the plot and then made it BETTER.

The Harry Potter book thing had me dying because I've had bosses where when you achieve the impossible once, they just find progressively more and more insane tasks for you do (which, when you somehow manage to actually complete those, makes them assume it's all a walk in the park). Would I do that job now as a full on adult? Never (who has that energy!?), but as a 20-something, just out of college...absolutely and I actually have (not in that field, and certainly not glamorous, but with a boss fairly nutty and beyond demanding).

Can I also add that Andy's boyfriend was a giant jerkface in the movie, how was he meant to be sympathetic at all?! 

[nche]

@MissPuff Hahaha I don't seek it out but I watch this movie every time its shown on cable - which is actually quite often strangely.

It's funny because I made my husband watch it once a long time ago and he's become super into it too - maybe because it is actually a work dramedy and not a rom-com. He has a lot of opinions. Especially about the boyf. He hated the unsupportive boyf who didn't care how Andy was struggling or her accomplishments. This was hilarious to me because he loved entourage and the actor is the main guy from that show. 

I know exactly what you mean about impossible tasks. I had a boss that gave me increasing number of duties and when I finally found a new job and gave notice, he had to get 3 people to do my work. lol. And he told them my tasks are easy and when I trained the 3 PEOPLE, they were like this is not easy at all. This is so complicated. Yup, it was easy for him to review because I did the work properly. Now I'm older with boundaries (but I still say yes too much). 

[lnum]

A couple of us talked during the meetup about reading “More Than Enough” by Elaine Welteroth since we had the chance to get it signed at the NYC Color Up Close event. Im going to try and start this week. 

@clairedabear @trishavt @ElleElleG @michelleshops @unfungirl @Cyncynn @jen143xo @darkiceis 

[ElleElleG]

I haven't started as of yet @lnum .  Would love to hear everyone's feedback though!

[jen143xo]

@lnum  YES I have already started!! 😄

[unfungirl]

@lnum  thanks for the reminder! i started the book on my flight home, and i am already halfway through! i would love to discuss it with you ladies after we all read it! it's impossible to put down.

[lnum]

@unfungirl Ohhhh I’m going to try and start it this week!!! We can video you into our book club meeting. 😄

[unfungirl]

@lnum yes! I would love that! ❤️

[lnum]

@darkiceis had the brilliant idea to start a book club and meetup for us NYC gals. I was thinking of creating a WhatsApp group if you all use WhatsApp? 

@MlleCC @jen143xo @michelleshops @clairedabear 

[SportyGirly125]

Currently reading the final third book of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy “Rich People Problems” and then I’m going to read Fire and Blood. 

[Titian06]

@SportyGirly125 @KehDee - I thought this thread was dead, but it turned out I hadn't been receiving my subscription e-mails for over six months!  I just finished Crazy Rich Asians.  I'm on the wait list for the second book, and have the third book on my wish list.  I have another book on the wait list and three more books on the wish list.  The book I checked out is The Devil Wears Prada.

[SportyGirly125]

@Titian06 the first book took me forever to read. The 2nd and 3rd book are so much better. 

[KehDee]

I’ve heard those books are so good!

[SportyGirly125]

@KehDee several people on here have read the books and enjoyed them. I also like “To All the Boys I Loved Before” series books. 

[KehDee]

My new current read. I was hoping to have it done by now but I’ve still got a lot left

[Mallerlyn]

Omg I’m also working on this collection! I’m halfway through the second book

[ElizabethJoy09]

Wait til you get to A Dance With Dragons! Talk about a long read

[SportyGirly125]

@KehDee hopefully you can finish all 5 books before he releases the newest one that was suppose to come out 2 years ago but keeps getting postpone. 

[KehDee]

This Is my current read

[StTropezBarbie]

@KehDee like the children described in the book, my marshmallow are eyeshadow palettes and I’m trying not to buy anymore until the end of the year. Hopefully, my self control is strong!

[greeneyedgirl107]

Was wondering if anyone had any good books they'd recommend for summer reading.  I just finished reading "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane" by Lisa See, "Half Broke Horses" by Jeannette Walls and "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett.