Book Snails Book Group discussion

Suggest a book or two for a good JULY Book Snails group read!

► Reminder: to see list of books we've already read as a group, see the "Bookshelf" link under Book Snails Group

A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

StarMan wrote: "
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar"

My aunt suggested I read this one! She’s been pretty good with her recommendations.

Good one StarMan!

How about a classic...

Vickie wrote: "
How about a classic...

Classics are always good nominations. I'd read F-451 again, or a Doyle book.

They're all really good selections. I've never read Tom Sawyer (😳 I always meant to) or Fahrenheit 451. Any of these would be good, except the dog one. I want to cry right now and I don't even know what it's about. But anytime there's an animal in the story it's gonna be a weeper.

Keli wrote: "They're all really good selections. I've never read Tom Sawyer (😳 I always meant to) or Fahrenheit 451. Any of these would be good, except the dog one. I want to cry right now and I don't even know..."

I don't blame you, Keli. I agree about animal books usually make people cry. Those stories break my heart, but sometimes they do have good endings.

7 nominations for July...

If y'all have any others, please comment soon. Thanks!

The Night the Lights Went Out

Erin wrote: "The Night the Lights Went Out"

That looks good. And i need to read a chick lit book for a challenge.

Ok, so I nominated only Kathryn Harrison novels. I picked up A Thousand Orange Trees about a decade ago and loved it. It was haunting and though not historically accurate in the details I think she captured the powerlessness of women in a time dominated by the church, how women's sex and bodies are used against them and as means to subjugate, and how women exercised elements of power, moments of autonomy and dignity in brutal times. I'd happily read it again when not in a depressive phase cos I might get something new from it. I won't lie, it could use some editing to make it more concise. Like me, it's wordy.
I've read the Binding Chair, too and it deals with the same subjects; power, class, and feminism. But this is an easier more straightforward read than A Thousand Orange Trees/Poison.
I've not read either of the others.

The poll is now closed, so here's the link to the new thread. :-)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...