LDS Ladies Book Club discussion

Hi Ladies! We are going to try a new thing here in the group where we have a theme every month. Members will vote on the theme and then nominate books in said theme. This will give us a great list of clean novels in a variety of genres - something for everyone! So, we need some suggestions on themes. What do you want to read? What are your favorite kind of books? Let us know! In future months, we'll be pulling from this list to create our themes.

Ideas:
Proper Romance series
Regency romances
Classics (Dickens, Austen, Bronte, etc.)
Western Historical
Non-fiction - improvement
Biography
Written by Prophets
Mysteries
Contemporary Romance
Action/Adventure
Series (Work & Glory, Hamilton Family by Stansfield, Children of the Promise, etc.)
Let's keep it going!

* Renaissance fiction
* Fantasy
* Children's Classics (Sign of the Beaver, Julie of the Wolves, Island of the Blue Dolphins, etc)
* International fiction (meaning, a book written in a language other than English, but then translated into English)

Autobiography or Biography
Fantasy (Harry Potter, Brandon Mull books)
"Give it a second chance" books
Book over 500 pages
Book under 200 pages
Banned Books
Book made movie

Ooh, I love the "second chance" idea! I'm currently trying The Book Thief again and loving it! No idea why I couldn't get into it a few years back!

Mysteries
Murder Mysteries
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Self Improvement

Classic Book by British Author
Classic Book by an American Author
Classic by a French or Russian Author
Book by an Asian author
Book by an African Author
Book by a South American Author
Book by an Aboriginal

Sam wrote: "Hi Ladies! We are going to try a new thing here in the group where we have a theme every month. Members will vote on the theme and then nominate books in said theme. This will give us a great list ..."


Inspirational
Self-help
Mystery/Suspense

How about award winner books (newberry/caldecott, etc)

Debbie wrote: "How about award winner books (newberry/caldecott, etc)"

Debbie, I belong to another group, the Children's Books group (https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...) They have a picture group section that is working through all the Caldecotts and Honors as well as a Newbery section working through those and some of the honors. It's kind of fun to see the discussions pop up, and there are international members as well, so their takes are pretty interesting.

SamZ wrote: "Hi Ladies! We are going to try a new thing here in the group where we have a theme every month. Members will vote on the theme and then nominate books in said theme. This will give us a great list ..." I enjoy mystery and psychological suspense novels. I suggest Josi Kilpack's culinary mystery novels for a topic. All her books have recipes and culinary descriptions in addition to the mystery present in the book! Great for food lovers and mystery lovers!