The Next Best Book Club discussion

I'm finicky about my P. J., so I'm only going to do the albums that still get rotation regularly in my (yes, I'm old) CD player. These are the albums that helped shape who I am. Here's hoping that some of the books do the same.

Rid Of Me (1993)

“Rid Of Me”- Finally give in and read that one book that keeps popping up in your feed
“Missed” – Read a book you didn’t get to read in the year it released

“Legs” – Read a book with a body part on the cover

“Rub 'Til It Bleeds” – Read a book that contains a lot of blood

“Hook” – Read a book that features fish or fishing

“Highway '61 Revisited” – Read a book that takes place on the open road

“50Ft Queenie” – Read a gender bending book

“Yuri-G” – Read a book where the main character has a unique or uncommon name

“Man-Size” – Pick up some feminist fiction and read the fuck out of it

“Dry” – If you read a book that left you unsatisfied, take credit for it here

“Me-Jane” – Read some fantasy or a fairy tale retelling

“Snake” – Read a book with an animal on the cover

“Ecstasy” – Read a book that you immediately fall in love with

To Bring You My Love (1995)

“To Bring You My Love” – Read a sprawling, epic novel that covers a lot of time or distance

“Meet Ze Monsta” – Read some good old fashioned horror

“Working For The Man” – Read a book where the protagonist is a pencil pusher / works a hum-drum job

“C'Mon Billy” – Read a book with a person’s name in the title

“Teclo” – Read a book that features a made-up language or strange slang

“Long Snake Moan” – Read a book with witchcraft, voodoo, or weird ass weirdness going on

“Down By The Water” – Read a book that takes place on, in, or near water

“I Think I'm A Mother” – Read a book about parenthood of any kind, in any form

“Send His Love To Me” – Read a book that has letters, emails, or texts in it
“The Dancer” – Read a book that features music or dancing

Is this Desire (1998)

"Angelene” – Read a book with a kickass female protagonist
“The Sky Lit Up” – Read a book with end of the world / alien invasion type shit

“The Wind” – Read a book that heavily features one of the four elements (earth, air, water, fire)

“My Beautiful Leah” – Read a book about a main character who is sad or suffers from mental illness

“A Perfect Day Elise” – Get some fresh air and go read outside
“Catherine” – Finally read that book you’ve jealously watched others read and love
“Electric Light” – Read a digital book

“The Garden” – Read a book that mostly takes place outdoors

“Joy” – Read a book with a one word title or that has an emotion in the title

“The River” – Read a book about transformation

“No Girl So Sweet” – Read a book that makes you swoon

“Is This Desire?” – Read a book that doesn’t fit neatly into one genre

Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)

“Big Exit” – if you DNF a book, take credit here
“Good Fortune”- Read a book you picked up at a book sale or bought for crazy cheap

“A Place Called Home” – Read a book that takes place in your hometown/state

“One Line” – Read a book of poetry

“Beautiful Feeling” – Read a book that gives you all the feels

“The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore” – Read a book that features sex and/or drugs

“This Mess We're In” – Read a book that’s a hot hot mess

“You Said Something” - Read a book that takes place in a big city

“Kamikaze” – Read a book that features flying or outer space

“This Is Love” – Read a book by a favorite author

“Horses In My Dreams” – Read a book that prominently features an animal (bonus points if the author isn’t a dickhead and animal doesn’t die)

“We Float” – Read whatever the fuck you want and take credit for it here

Uh Huh Her (2004)

“The Life And Death Of Mr. Badmouth” – Read a book by an author who is no longer living
“Shame” – Read a book you would not want someone to catch you reading

“Who The Fuck?” – Read a book by a new-to-you author

“The Pocket Knife” – Read a coming-of-age story
“The Letter” – Read a book about writing

“The Slow Drug” – Read a book that takes you a while to warm up to

“No Child Of Mine” – Read a book that features a child protagonist
“Cat On The Wall” – Read a book with an animal on the cover
“You Come Through” – Read a book a buddy recommends for you

“It's You” – Read a book told in second person or a book that breaks the fourth wall

“The End” – Read the last book of a series or published by an author

“The Desperate Kingdom Of Love” – Read a book you desperately wanted to love but didn’t

“The Darker Days Of Me And Him” – Read a book about a break up

I love her older stuff the best too! Thanks for playing along!!

Two nerdy books down.

Four nerdy books down.

Seven nerdy books down.

I'm up to 10! Not bad for AWP prep season!

Go Leah Go!!!!