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A new month is here, and this month we'll be reading Saturday by Ian McEwan. So get hold of the book, read it and come back here to discuss it! After July the #books book club will take a break due to lack of interest and participation in the monthly reads. The club might start again, under different circumstances later on. Until then, happy reading and hope you enjoy "Saturday"!
Time to nominate a book for our upcoming July read!- Please make sure to include book link or book cover link. This can be done by clicking on the 'add book / author' link above the comment box. If not possible (because you're using the mobile app), then make sure you include both book title and author. Your nomination will not count if not in either of these formats.
- Please refrain from nominating any book that has already been a group read.
- Please do not nominate a book with more than 500 pages. We want to give all our members a fair chance to finish the group reads.
- Please do not nominate a second (or later) book in a series read. Your nomination will be not counted if you do.
- Only one nomination per person will be accepted.
- Nominations will close on Sunday 14th and will be followed by a poll starting Monday the 15th. The poll will close on the following Sunday, the 21st.
A new month is here, and this month we'll be reading Moloka'i by Alan Brennert. So get hold of the book, read it and come back here to discuss it!
A new month is here, and this month we'll be reading The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem. So get your copies, start reading - and come back here to discuss it!
I thought a lot about what could've been Leo's secret. And I thought about a lot of different options to that - but I didn't think the secret would be what it was, even though that seems quite obvious to the story after you find out. Having been in a relationship for six years with a person who has the same troubles that David doed (and yes, he is now a she) this story kind of got a bit too personal for me. It's an easy read, and the story is not out to haunt you - but it felt as if my ex was, somehow. Like this is the type of book he would've wanted me to read back then, to understand everything. So I couldn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to.
I also liked the part where they went to look for Leo's dad. But I also liked how things didn't turn out to be the way Leo dreamed that they would be - and that his mother got to be the hero, and the father remain the villain. Cause I don't think any of us thought she was a good mother throughout the bigger part of the book - but she got her redemption. :)
Time to nominate a book for our upcoming June read!- Please make sure to include book link or book cover link. This can be done by clicking on the 'add book / author' link above the comment box. If not possible (because you're using the mobile app), then make sure you include both book title and author. Your nomination will not count if not in either of these formats.
- Please refrain from nominating any book that has already been a group read.
- Please do not nominate a book with more than 500 pages. We want to give all our members a fair chance to finish the group reads.
- Please do not nominate a second (or later) book in a series read. Your nomination will be not counted if you do.
- Only one nomination per person will be accepted.
- Nominations will close on Sunday 10th and will be followed by a poll starting Monday the 11th.
April is here, so let's talk about this month's book: The Art of Being Normal. Read, think, discuss!
I thought this was a wonderful book, and I enjoyed it a lot. It's a book that suits Klonk very well - it's mellow, dramatic and full of emotions. I am also glad that you got to follow the complexity of several peoples emotions and troubles, and not just one person.And I believe with David. I also think Beck was a good guy, and he did try his best to be respectful and friendly with Vianne. He also tried to help her save Rachel, although they didn't follow through on their part. But he was also a military man under a lot of pressure - and I don't think it was easy for him. So in his final scenes, looking for the pilots, he had grown desperate and scared for his own life for the first time, and he couldn't put Vianne first anymore. I don't think he had been scared for himself and his life up until that point.
And I would probably be a lot like Vianne as well. I would've wanted to take risks and save people like Isabelle, but in reality I would've been more like Vianne.
What part of the book stood out the strongest for you guys?
Time to nominate a book for our upcoming May read!- Please make sure to include book link or book cover link. This can be done by clicking on the 'add book / author' link above the comment box. If not possible (because you're using the mobile app), then make sure you include both book title and author. Your nomination will not count if not in either of these formats.
- Please refrain from nominating any book that has already been a group read.
- Please do not nominate a book with more than 500 pages. We want to give all our members a fair chance to finish the group reads.
- Please do not nominate a second (or later) book in a series read. Your nomination will be not counted if you do.
- Only one nomination per person will be accepted.
- Nominations will close on Sunday 12th and will be followed by a poll starting Monday the 13th.
The winner for our March 2015 read was The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah! So, let's all read the book and discuss it here. Meanwhile, here's an exclusive Goodreads interview with the author: https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/...
Time to nominate a book for our upcoming April read!- Please make sure to include book link or book cover link. This can be done by clicking on the 'add book / author' link above the comment box. If not possible (because you're using the mobile app), then make sure you include both book title and author. Your nomination will not count if not in either of these formats.
- Please refrain from nominating any book that has already been a group read.
- Please do not nominate a book with more than 500 pages. We want to give all our members a fair chance to finish the group reads.
- Please do not nominate a second (or later) book in a series read. Your nomination will be not counted if you do.
- Only one nomination per person will be accepted.
- Nominations will close on Saturday 14th and will be followed by a poll starting the 15th.
Okay, February is almost over! Time to start discussing Snow Country everybody! :)
Time to nominate a book for our upcoming March read!- Please make sure to include book link or book cover link. This can be done by clicking on the 'add book / author' link above the comment box. If not possible (because you're using the mobile app), then make sure you include both book title and author. Your nomination will not count if not in either of these formats.
- Please refrain from nominating any book that has already been a group read.
- Please do not nominate a book with more than 500 pages. We want to give all our members a fair chance to finish the group reads.
- Please do not nominate a second (or later) book in a series read. Your nomination will be not counted if you do.
- Only one nomination per person will be accepted.
- Nominations will close on Saturday 14th and will be followed by a poll starting the 15th.
We have a winner for the second #books book club, and the winner is "Snow Country" by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata. Get your copies and let's start reading!
This is not a book that I would have read myself, if it wasn't voted to be a group read. And I'm not as fascinated or struck by it as many of you seem to be. Although, I like that he realized that he was the odd one, the exception, the legend.
