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Seeking Fun Book Club in North Dallas or Plano
Asked by S. from Dallas
on September 19, 2007
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I am looking for a book club to join. I am open to reading both "serious" works and lighter fiction novels.
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- I'd be interested in joining a book club as well. I was part of a book club a few years ago that disbanded.
- I don't have a book club for you to join, but I'm in the North Dallas / Addison area and I am interested in a similar sort of book club. Perhaps we can organize one h...
- We have a book club made up of mamasource moms. We read a variety of books and take turns making suggestions. Our last book was "What the Dead Know," which is a myster...
Book Suggestions
Asked by L.M. from Minneapolis
on June 27, 2008
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I have recently re-discovered my love for reading, and need some suggestions of what to pick up for myself the next time I haul the kiddies to the library :) All sugge...
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- Check out www.bookcrossing.com...It is a website for booklovers to trade their books, read them, release them, and share...It is all free and you can find some great r...
- Hi L. - I'm in two separate book clubs - and these are some of my favorites: The Glass Castle The Other Boelyn Girl Eat, Pray, Love
- "The Spirit Catches you and You Fall Down: A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the Collision of two cultures" by Anne Fadiman. One of the best books I've ever re...
Book You Can't Put Down?
Asked by A.M. from Dallas
on September 9, 2008
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Can any moms recommend a book they've read that is SO engrossing that they can't put down? I have not read anything good lately!!! Some books I REALLY enjoyed: Emma an...
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- Rest of Dan Brown's series - Deception Point, Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress. Harry Potter series by J K Rowling. My favourites are 5,6 and 7 - Order of the Ph...
- If you liked Other Boleyn Girl, etc., I highly recommend The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory. It's my favorite of hers so far. Jean Plaidy wrote very similar subject...
- the twilight saga books by stephanie meyer. i read them while breastfeeding/pumping. i have two kids & no time to read so when i get a chance i dont like to read an...
Good Book Advice
Asked by H.H. from Los Angeles
on July 22, 2010
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I want to get a great book while I'm in the hospital and for nursing at home. After an unexpected 6 days in the hospital with my first child, my mother read her book ...
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- You have to read The Help. It is one amazing book and it won't spook you in the middle of the night.
- I think it really depends on what genre you like. If you are into thrillers, try Dean Koontz, he has a ton of books in paperback. I would recommend Watchers for a fi...
- You've gotten some great answers already! I would agree that "Little Bee" is good, but I found it disturbing. "Water for Elephants" and "The Help" are also great rea...
Good Summer Reads...
Asked by M.. from Appleton
on June 10, 2011
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Does anyone have any recommendations for some good books to read this summer?
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- I've just started re-reading Shanna Swendson's Enchanted Inc series, because i found out there was a fourth book. I love them. They're light reading, if you like magic...
- It's a few years old, but I just finished "Little Bee" and it was fantastic! Extremely touching and poetically written novel of how two radically different women's liv...
- In April 2010 I posted a question asking for good light reads for a trip--"chick lit" type stuff and beach reads. I got a lot of good responses that you can probably ...
Books on Women's Issues
Asked by T.R. from Philadelphia
on February 18, 2009
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Does anyone have any suggestions on some good books fiction or nonfiction about women and women's issues?
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- I read "The Secret Life of Becky Miller", I don't know the author off hand. It was christian based about a SAHM and how she juggles everything. It was a light fun re...
- I am reading a book now that deals with woman issues....it doesn't tell you how to deal with them...just makes you feel a bit normal for having them...it is a novel......
- T. check out this web site paperbackswap.com it is free but you have to be a member. It will explain to you how to join. It's great. I love it. Pass it on too. C.
Need a Good Book for Vacation Reading
Asked by K.B. from Columbus
on June 24, 2010
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I'm looking for a good book recommendation for vacation. I'll be taking my Kindle, so I may order more than one book. I just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett an...
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- My aunt just had her first book published and it's available: "Shades of Sin" by Michele Vargo - it's a fast read and great story about a woman that had a hard start i...
- Chelsea Handler's books are a good read. I finished the second book - Are you There Vodka, Its Me Chelsea and it was hard to set down. She's an "adult" writer and ve...
- The Art of Racing in the Rain is a GREAT book!!!!!
Favorite Book of All Time
Asked by J.F. from Boston
on April 30, 2010
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Hi moms, I've recently re-joined a bookclub and was just looking for some fresh suggestions on some really great books to read. I've read a lot of books (believe me!),...
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- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth is my all-time favorite! Also one of the longest I've read...but definitely worth it! (Though probably too long for a book club read.) ...
- I loved " The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series. "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Classics: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Passage to India - EM Forster Contemporary: Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
What Has Been Your Favorite Book Club Book?
Asked by J.B. from Atlanta
on October 29, 2011
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Hi Ladies (and a few gentlemen),
I'm so excited that a friend of mine is starting a book club! Some other friends and I used to have one, but it slowly dissipated, ...
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- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman. This was voted the best book read in years by the book group I was part of for 10 years. It is an amazing...
- Sarah Key Pillars of the Earth World without End Picking Cotton This Much I know is True or any Wally Lamb book
- "The Shack" is a personal favorite of mine.
Read "The Help" and Loved It, So I Am Ready for Your Next Suggestions Mamas <3
Asked by A.H. from Dallas
on November 11, 2011
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Read "The Help" and loved it, so I am ready for your next suggestions Mamas <3
Thank you so much for so many of you recommending it to me.
I stopped reading books YE...
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- I recently read 'The Wayward Apprentice', 'Poison: A Novel of the Renaissance', and 'Vestal Virgin' on my Kindle. They weren't spectacular but they were good. My mom...
- I LOVED the girl with the dragon tattoo set. Also, Children of Another God (The Broken World series) was really good, and the first book is free on Kindle! I just...
- My teenage daughter turned me on to two series of books. The Twilight Series (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn) and the Hunger Games series (Hunger Games, C...
