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Suggestions:February 2010 Book of the Month

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The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed through his Writings, Letters, and Speeches, by Merlie Evers-Williams

It would be a good book to read for Black History Month. I plan on reading it regardless of whether or not it is chosen for the group discussion.
 
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón

I don't know if you've guys already read this,I just thought I'd give it a shot.:)
 
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

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In my TBR pile and always places highly in the Angus and Robertson Top 100 (Australian book shop list voted on by readers).

From Amazon:

Alice Sebold's haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, The Lovely Bones, unfolds from heaven, where "life is a perpetual yesterday" and where Susie narrates and keeps watch over her grieving family and friends, as well as her brazen killer and the sad detective working on her case.
 
I'm going to nominate An American Dream by Norman Mailer. Here's the official synopsis:

Stephen Rojack is a decorated war hero, a former Congressman, and a certified public intellectual with his own television show. He is also married to the very rich, very beautiful, and utterly amoral Deborah Caughlin Kelly. But one night, in the prime of his existence, he hears the moon talking to him on the terrace of a fashionable New York high-rise, and it is urging him to kill himself. It is almost as a defense against that infinitely seductive voice that Rojack murders his wife.

In this wild battering ram of a novel, which was originally published to vast controversy in 1965, Norman Mailer creates a character who might be a fictional precursor of the philosopher-killer he would later profile in The Executioner's Song. As Rojack runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty. Sensual, horrifying, and informed by a vision that is one part Nietzsche, one part de Sade, and one part Charlie Parker, An American Dream grabs the reader by the throat and refuses to let go.
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Fantasy Moon said:
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed through his Writings, Letters, and Speeches, by Merlie Evers-Williams

It would be a good book to read for Black History Month. I plan on reading it regardless of whether or not it is chosen for the group discussion.
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i'm not voting because i won't be taking part in the discussion but i just wanted to say that this is a very good idea
 
Fed_Da_Man said:
i'm not voting because i won't be taking part in the discussion but i just wanted to say that this is a very good idea
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If the very good idea refers to Black History Month, I agree. However, I'm not sure how many appropriate titles will be available at my library. :sad:

Fingers crossed that I can access whatever is picked!
 
I love the idea of something for Black History Month...Roots by Alex Haley is the first to come to mind but I have also been wanting to read the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, I think it is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass...Cane River is another on my list, by Lalita Tademy. Excuse me if any of these have already been discussed.
 
eldog_oz_2008 said:
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

lovely_bones.jpg



In my TBR pile and always places highly in the Angus and Robertson Top 100 (Australian book shop list voted on by readers).

From Amazon:

Alice Sebold's haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, The Lovely Bones, unfolds from heaven, where "life is a perpetual yesterday" and where Susie narrates and keeps watch over her grieving family and friends, as well as her brazen killer and the sad detective working on her case.
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Good one,and I also suggest The Almost Moon.
 
I also like The Lovely Bones suggestion.

I would also like to suggest Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.

Of course, the other suggestions in this thread might be good reads as well, but I don't have them in my TBR pile. :lol:
 
Hi all... well, since I join B&R, I haven't been much into book of the month, but starting 2010 I have set a plan to dramatically increase my reading rate and consequently I will be joining you guys in the book of the month. :D
Happy New Year everyone! :cool:

Fantasy Moon said:
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed through his Writings, Letters, and Speeches, by Merlie Evers-Williams

It would be a good book to read for Black History Month. I plan on reading it regardless of whether or not it is chosen for the group discussion.
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I second this book, as what I have read about it seems worth reading. Plus, I am not much aware of the black history in the US, so it would be a great opportunity.
 
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