Book Snails Book Group discussion

What would you like to read for BOTM February 2017? We'll vote on the suggestions in this thread!

Ev, I'll second:
WILD from your list.
I'd also consider LOOKING FOR ALASKA, or the Greg Iles book.

More suggestions:

1) The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business


2) The Light Between Oceans


3) A Court of Thorns and Roses


4) Soulless


5) Children of Time

I've been anxious to get to A Court Of Thorns and Roses. Good choice!

I read Looking for Alaska quite awhile ago and remember liking it. "Straight and fast" has stuck with me years later. (Read it to get the reference.) I do recommend that one.

But, I HATED The Light Between Oceans. It made me super angry and I do not recommend that one. I was going to give it 2 stars, it really deserves 2 stars, but the ending... (view spoiler)[It basically delivered the same message as Mitch Albom in The Five People You Meet in Heaven that "Holding anger is a poison" so I had to let some of my anger go and give it an extra star. It's as if the author tried to piss readers off to see if they could let go of their anger at the end. Grrr! (hide spoiler)]

Also, re: The Light Between Oceans, (view spoiler)[I've had 2 miscarriages myself and still cannot relate to bat-crap crazy Isabel's decisions. (hide spoiler)]

10 Current FEBRUARY nominations (by highest to lowest GR rating):


1)   4.31 - Children of Time - SF

2)   4.30 - A Court of Thorns and Roses - Fantasy/YA/Romance

3)   4.11 - Looking for Alaska - YA/Contemporary

4)   4.11 - Natchez Burning - Mystery/Thriller/Crime

5)   4.00 - The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business - NonFiction/Psychology/Self-Help

6)   3.99 - The Light Between Oceans - Historical Fiction/Australia

7)   3.95 - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - NonFiction/Memoir/Travel

8)   3.91 - Soulless - Fantasy/Steampunk/Romance/Paranormal

9)   3.89 - The Zero Game - Thiller/Mystery/Suspense

10)   3.66 - On Beauty - Fiction/Contemporary

PLUS some recent nominations from members:

11) All the Bright Places

12) The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

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I think we have "seconds" for
# 2, 3, 4, and 7

But only 3 Snails have chimed in. Please let us know your likes (if any) from the above suggestions, or any new book suggestions. February will be here before you know it!
Thank you.

#7 has always seemed interesting to me, and I've read #8, which was pretty decent. So I second (or third?) those!

Kelsey wrote: "#7 has always seemed interesting to me, and I've read #8, which was pretty decent. So I second (or third?) those!"

Thanks for your input, Kelsey...

I've read #8 (Soulless) also, and liked it as well.

If picking one I haven't read yet,
#2 (A Court of Thorns 7 Roses)
and #7 (Wild)
appeal to me the most.

PS: #7 (Wild) was made into a movie in 2014, starring Reese Witherspoon.

I'm gonna toss in All the Bright Places since I'm not digging any of the options so far, aside from Looking for Alaska, which would be a reread for me.

I've read some spoilers from Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail and I absolutely will not read that book.

And I'll suggest The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.

Erin wrote: "And I'll suggest The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August."

Thanks, Erin... I added that one to my wishlist today already. Looks really interesting.

I saw that... Another Goodreads "friend" of mine from another group read it and gave it 5 stars. It looked interesting, but I can't get an ebook from my library, so I was reluctant to add it to my tbr list. I can borrow a hard copy though, so I decided to finally add it.

Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shefak

The poll for Feb. 2017 is now available!

Tough choice, as there are a few titles I found interesting and actually would like to read. I eventually decided to go with #5 though, mostly because it has been on my TBR list for a LONG time, plus I already have the book (bought it more than a year ago but never got around to reading it), so should be easy for me to go pull it from my shelf and dust it off, lol.