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I have book club this week and I am in charge of picking our next book selection.
Such pressure!!! I’ve got a few ideas but thought maybe I should call on all my blog friends to give me their suggestions.
So what have you been reading recently?
In fact, it doesn’t even have to be recently but I’d love for you to share with me one of your favorite reads. Maybe an old classic. Maybe something that your book club has read or it could be a book you read years ago but really loved.
I just ask that the books not contain a lot of language or be sexually explicit – thanks!
The book we will be discussing this week is My Abandonment by Peter Rock. It is a book based on the real life story of a father and daughter who were found living just beyond the fringes of civilization in the Forest Park area of Portland, Oregon. Those of you who live in the area may remember when it made the news.
I found the story interesting but didn’t like what the author did with the ending of the story as he imagined what happened to the father and daughter when they once again disappeared.
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“The Ladies Auxiliary” by Tova Mirvis
Great novel about how an (fictional) Orthodox community reacts when a new and unconventional young widow moves in. I enjoyed many aspects of this book – the plot, learning about Judiasm, and taking a look at myself and my “community” and how we might react to someone who is different than us.
Highly encourage it!
A terrific read that I have not seen mentioned in this wonderful listing
of books is the book, Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors. Just great, and my bookclub really enjoyed it.
I would recommend Chocolate Mama by Helen Bradley Hall it is a newly released book, it was a page turner. The title is different and so is the book. It was a great read for me.