You look for that quiet reading spot.
Maybe a hammock in the shade.
Or sitting on the beach, listening to the waves.
Perhaps tucked into a porch corner enjoying the breeze, the music of bird song, the taste of an iced tea.
And there is a book in your hand, and you are enjoying an alternate world. What will you be reading? What would book group members who have gone before you suggest?
Here is a recent list of what Book Group Members have read, and would recommend.......
- Ways to Disappear: A Novel, by Idra Novey (2016)...for fans of Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore and Where'd You Go, Bernadette.
- Lilac Girls: A Novel, by Martha Hall Kelly (2016).....for readers of The Nightingale and Sarah's Key
- The Pecan Man, by Cassie Dandridge (2012)....the novel has been described as To Kill a Mockingbird meets The Help (Amazon).
- Cobbled Court Quilts , by Marie Bostwick....mysteries, a 6 book series
- The Other Side of the Bridge, by Mary Lawson (2007)....from the author of Crow Lake
- I am Pilgrim: A Thriller, by Terry Hayes (2014)....the NY Post calls this book the next Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- The Aviator's Wife: A Novel, by Melanie Benjamin (2013)....in the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife
- Circling the Sun: A Novel, by Paula McLain (2016)...by the author of The Paris Wife
- The Lovers: Afghanistan's Romeo & Juliet, the True Story of How They Defied Their Families & Escaped an Honor Killing, by Rod Nordland (2016)....a real life equivalent of The Kite Runner (Amazon).
- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, by Erik Larson (2016)...from the author of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic & Madness at the Fair That Changed America (2004).
- Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett (2010)......see the 2010 movie (you'll find it at the library: DVD Pillars)
- A Bend in the River, by V.S. Naipaul (1989)...."reflects the emerging world in Africa," and "most accurate depiction of Central African society" (Goodreads).
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- "Between the pages of a book is a lovely place to be."