To give us plenty of time to try and pick a book for our first month, I thought I would set up the suggestion post with plenty of time!

So, everyone who wants to join, if you add 1 suggestion each of a book you would like the group to read for our first month, then in a week or so, we will close to suggestions and set up a poll for everyone to vote for the book they would like (that isnt their own choice!!) and the book with the most votes will be the one we read next month

Sounds like a plan!!!!

My suggestion is

Girl on the Run by Jane Costello xx

Ok mine is The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Dont think its something I would usually read, and I think thats the point in a book club, to read new stuff!

ooh i dunno will have a think

Is that one the first in the set of 3 Lisa? Dave wants to see the films, but i have considered reading the books (just because i keep seeing them ).

I cant think of anything to add, im stuck for books to read for myself.

It is yes Shona, the films are supposed to be good but I like to read the books first before watching them cos books are always better . I suppose if anyone likes it they could read the rest or leave them if they dont!

yeah i like to read the books first too, they are always better than the films.

see im the opposite i like watching the film first cos if i read the book first i tend to be disappointed by the film and dont enjoy it

lisa84 wrote:Ok mine is The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Dont think its something I would usually read, and I think thats the point in a book club, to read new stuff!

I've read it and it gets quite complicated

can i suggest nineteen minutes by Jodi Picoult


Synopsis:

In this emotionally charged novel, Jodi Picoult delves beneath the surface of a small town to explore what it means to be different in our society.

In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old high school student Peter Houghton has endured years of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of classmates. His best friend, Josie Cormier, succumbed to peer pressure and now hangs out with the popular crowd that often instigates the harassment. One final incident of bullying sends Peter over the edge and leads him to commit an act of violence that forever changes the lives of Sterling’s residents.

Even those who were not inside the school that morning find their lives in an upheaval, including Alex Cormier. The superior court judge assigned to the Houghton case, Alex—whose daughter, Josie, witnessed the events that unfolded—must decide whether or not to step down. She’s torn between presiding over the biggest case of her career and knowing that doing so will cause an even wider chasm in her relationship with her emotionally fragile daughter. Josie, meanwhile, claims she can’t remember what happened in the last fatal minutes of Peter’s rampage. Or can she? And Peter’s parents, Lacy and Lewis Houghton, ceaselessly examine the past to see what they might have said or done to compel their son to such extremes. Nineteen Minutes also features the return of two of Jodi Picoult’s characters—defense attorney Jordan McAfee from The Pact and Salem Falls, and Patrick DuCharme, the intrepid detective introduced in Perfect Match.

Rich with psychological and social insight, Nineteen Minutes is a riveting, poignant, and thought-provoking novel that has at its center a haunting question. Do we ever really know someone?

I have read my sisters keeper, love the book and the film!

The next book I have to read after the one I am on now is Marley and Me! The film makes me cry every time and I thought I'd read the book and see if its better than the film!

I like the idea of comparing books to films, lots more to disect then

Shona, I took Marley 7 Me from your suggestions hun, I thought as Claire had already suggested a Jodi Picoult book, and you had said you have read P.S. I love you, I flipped a coin between the other 2