For Book Clubs Only

I have been in the Bookies book club since August 2001.  I love our group and through the years we have morphed from reviewing in restaurants, to home reviews with themed foods to the books, to dress up events that make me THRILLED to talk about my awesome book club any day … any time!  :D

What you will find here is a list of what I think were the best of the best book club reads.  Some have ideas attached to them, food to serve, extras we did during the review.  Not all of them do but I would be happy to share any ideas to go with a book you are reading for book club to jazz up the review a bit.  I also, have included discussions posts surrounded by book club themes.

I love the little extras we put into the reviews.  They have for us, strengthened out group and made up a book club of 16 strong that I adore! 

 

The Making Of A Book Club

What Makes A Great Book Club Read?

How Does Your Book Club Choose It’s Books?

How to have a Book Exchange

 

 

Bookies Queen Event 2014

A Dress Made Out Of Books and a New Queen 2013!

Bookies Queen Event 2012

Bookies Queen Event 2011

Bookies Queen Event 2010

Bookies Queen Event 2009

Bookies Queen Event 2008

Crowning a Queen!

The Book Club Cook Book  (looking for AWESOME books to review and food to go with them?  This is the book you need!

 

 

That Night by Chevy Stevens

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Moloka’i by Alan Brennert

A Constellation Of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

Giants In The Earth by Ole Edvart Rolvaag

Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl

In The Belly Of Jonah by Sandra Brannan

The Language Of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Wizard Of Oz by Frank Baum

Very Valentine by Adrianna Trigianni

Henry’s Sisters by Cathy Lamb

Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff (and our very own host Cleopatra!)

The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

Room by Emma Donoghue

Sundays AT Tiffanys by James Patterson

Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

A Tiger In The Kitchen a Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lein Tan

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Before I Go To Sleep by S J Watson

Still Alice by Lisa Genova

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

 

  1. Wow your book club sounds AMAZING… I wish I could find one like that near me :)

  2. Jerri Patton

    I loved ‘Sundays at Tiffany’s’ and ‘Olive Ketteridge’
    .

  3. i recently read Birthmarked and just reviewed it on my blog and would love if you could check it out. i think you would like it.

  4. following up on budgetbooksandbeauty, I recently read Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, and wrote a review (short, but nevertheless a review) over here: http://lustforstories.blogspot.ca/2012/07/shatter-me-by-tahereh-mafi.html

    I’m wondering if I could get some feedback on my review so I know how I can do better, but if it’s not possible, then it’s alright; you probably have tons of other request to finish.

    Thank you~

  5. have you considered “The Way of the Bull” by Leo Buscaglia? How about “The Christmas Train” by David Baldacci? Let me know what you thinnk of them… Cheers!

  6. The Forgotten Garden is my all-time favorite book. :)

  7. Hi, Just found your website recently and just today saw your book club section. really cool. I started a book club 5 years ago in Sacramento. 2 years ago I moved to Seattle and the book club continued. I now fly back every other month to attend (my sister also lives in Sacramento ). we’ve read several of the same books as your club- Room, Moloka’i and Cutting for Stone. Loved them all and not the stuff I might have read in the past.
    Here is our blog with food and stuff if you want to take a look. We have a Constellation of Vital Phenomena coming up soon so after reading your review, I wonder what our group will think. Keep writing! http://beehiveladiesbooks.blogspot.com/

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