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June 2008 - Book Group Suggestions
- Thread starter Stewart
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saliotthomas
New Member
I agree with you Robert,easy to find,not to big,plus most of us bough them already.Maybe sandwitch Hemighway betwin the two Russian?
silverseason
New Member
We need to set up a discussion thread for The First Circle. I'm just getting into it, and I would like to comment from time to time as I read.
Robert
Active Member
I'd say we're past due to start that thread, silverseason.
Libra
Active Member
I am six chapters in so I would participate too.
If everyone agrees to Farewell to Arms I am in .
Robert
Active Member
I think we need to make a decision soon so those of us that don't have a copy have plenty of time to get one.
You can count me in.
Libra
Active Member
I agree. here are 3 of my favorite places for books:
BetterWorld.com, Used Book Shopping for Literacy: Search Results(free shiping within the U.S
AbeBooks: Search Results - ernest hemingwayshipped from countries closer to you
Thriftbooks - Search Page
Robert
Active Member
Are we going to do a vote? Titles suggested:
The Sea by John Banville
The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black
Embers by Sandor Marai
Suit Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
West of Rome by John Fante
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu
Joan: The Mysterious Life of the heretic Who Became a Saint by Donald Spoto
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A Farewell to Arms seems to have the most interest.
The Sea by John Banville
The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black
Embers by Sandor Marai
Suit Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
West of Rome by John Fante
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu
Joan: The Mysterious Life of the heretic Who Became a Saint by Donald Spoto
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A Farewell to Arms seems to have the most interest.
Robert
Active Member
Nice job Robert.
Is Stewart going to put a poll?
That's the idea.
Robert
Active Member
Updated...
The Sea by John Banville
The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black
Embers by Sandor Marai
Suit Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
West of Rome by John Fante
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev's
Joan: The Mysterious Life of the heretic Who Became a Saint by Donald Spoto
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Sea by John Banville
The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black
Embers by Sandor Marai
Suit Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
West of Rome by John Fante
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev's
Joan: The Mysterious Life of the heretic Who Became a Saint by Donald Spoto
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Libra
Active Member
these would be my top 5 picks.
Robert
Active Member
I don't see it, but perhaps you have a better understanding of the book.
Libra
Active Member
No Robert, just from a search I did on it, nothing more.
"In this classic satire of small-town America, beautiful young Carol Kennicott comes to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, with dreams of transforming the provincial old town into a place of beauty and culture. But she runs into a wall of bigotry, hypocrisy and complacency."
"In this classic satire of small-town America, beautiful young Carol Kennicott comes to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, with dreams of transforming the provincial old town into a place of beauty and culture. But she runs into a wall of bigotry, hypocrisy and complacency."