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

[mermadelove]

 @Tamara76 Girl! You know we want you to join us whenever you can!!! xoxoxoxo ❤️

[Tamara76]

Awww - Thank you, @mermadelove!   Can’t wait to catch up with y’all - love this book!💗

[mermadelove]

It's SO good! @Tamara76

[PrettyPaint]

@Tamara76 Awesome! 🙂

[Tamara76]

Thanks, @PrettyPaint!  Can't wait to discuss it with y'all! ❤️

[Titian06]

Welcome @Tamara76!  I'm glad you want to participate!  We'll start discussing on Feb. 2 (if I remember correctly).

[Tamara76]

Yay!   Thanks for including me so late in the game, @Titian06!  I have time carved out to keep reading tonight, so I hope I make the deadline - I am in love with Celeste Ng's writing style already!!! ❤️

[ZombieMetroAnt]

Oh YAY!!!  This is great   I'm half way through (EEK!) and should be finished by our deadline.  This is SO exciting - can't wait for the discussions to commence.  

[Tamara76]

Thank you, @ZombieMetroAnt!!!!  I'm about a third of the way through and I don't want to put it down - Feeling so nostalgic for the '90s!!!! ❤️

[fatimamummy]

I have at least two weeks until I get “Murder on the Orient express” from the library. Since next book “Great Gatsby” is available right now, so would it be cheating if I read that first?  I’m sure I’ll catch up with you guys on the Orient express before everyone finishes it.

[melanito]

that was the only book that I could get quickly from the library so the rest of them are on hold. I'm going to start reading it too

[mermadelove]

I thought we were reading "Little Fires"? ARe we reading and discussing both come Feb 2? @prettyinpa

[fatimamummy]

@mermadelove I finished “Little fires everywhere” about a week ago. Since I do need to read something at night (old habit) and Great Gatsby is available at the moment and might not be available later, so I was referring to read it in advance and hopefully get to the orient train when the group will be reading it.

We are supposed to finish and discuss only “Little fires everywhere “ by Feb 2. I’m sorry for the confusion I may  have caused.

[mermadelove]

No worries @fatimamummy! I understand your situation as I have been doing the same since I was 5!!!!  I still remember the first night vividly! Hiding under the covers with a book and a flashlight, having just figured out phonics!!! New worlds were opened.....

[Titian06]

@mermadelove - I used to do that too with my Nancy Drew books!

[heartsmyface]

I loved  Nancy Drew!!!   I remember feeling so mature reading those after graduating from Sweet Valley High books!   @Titian06

[mermadelove]

@heartsmyface  I read SVH AFTER I read Nancy Drew..... Does that mean I went backwards??? LOLOLOL!!!!!  Also, who else loved Anne of Green Gables and Little House on the Prairie????  And Heidi?> And the Pippi Longstocking books????

[Titian06]

@mermadelove - I read the Little House on the Prairie books.

[Seymore3]

@mermadeloveI decided not to participate in the book club since I read quite a bit but I am fairly picky about which books and authors I like but I noticed your comment about Anne of Green Gables while browsing.I love all the Anne books and the others by L.M Montgomery(A Tangled web is my favorite) and have also read all five volumes of her journals.

[mermadelove]

@Seymore3  I have not read as much of her as you have! I am very picky about books, too and decided that it was time to expand my range, so joining this BIC book club seemed like a good idea! SO far i Loved the first book!

[Titian06]

I'm the same way @mermadelove and @Seymore3.  I'm picky about the books I read and thought this would be a good way to expand my horizons.