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nikki35 (original poster new member #29212) posted at 10:17 PM on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Interesting in participating in the Book Club, what is currently on the reading list?
Much appreciated
nikki35
Hope24 ( member #9344) posted at 10:53 PM on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
We don't have an official book club here. Just a bunch of threads with books we find interesting for various reasons.
There may be interest in starting one, though. 
She packed up her potential and all she had learned and headed out to change a few things.
GabyBaby ( member #26928) posted at 3:13 AM on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
I could get on board with a book club...
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DD(27), DS(24, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself (May 2015) in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
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really trying ( member #5311) posted at 4:49 AM on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Me: late 40's
XH: A parasite and that might be a compliment
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trumanshow ( member #25624) posted at 1:02 PM on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
remarried 11-15-15
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nikki35 (original poster new member #29212) posted at 10:32 PM on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
This sounds like fun how do we want to go about it. (Do we want to ready infidelity books or other great classics).. I would really like your input...
NewAttitude ( member #1030) posted at 10:56 PM on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
we did a book club here once upon a time.
We read The Secret Life of Bees.
I wouldn't mind being in a book club if we could stay away from Oprah type books and read some interesting things.
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Threnody ( member #1558) posted at 11:51 PM on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
I'm beginning to think SI is the only place I'm ever going to find people willing to have a thoughtful discussion on a book... or anything else, for that matter. The book clubs I've been involved in IRL end up being "ha ha ha, read the book or Threnody will ask you the hard questions, ha ha ha!" I've become a joke, apparently, because I actually read the book and want to discuss it. 
I thought that's what book clubs did.
So I'm up for one, but for crying out loud, if we read Oprah books nonstop I'm going to drop my friendly online persona and go right for someone's jugular. Just, uh, FYI.
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GabyBaby ( member #26928) posted at 1:36 AM on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
I'm also going to jump on the 'Please gawd no Oprah books' bandwagon, LOL!
Me - late 40s
DD(27), DS(24, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself (May 2015) in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
lingerdog ( member #24459) posted at 3:55 AM on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Hmmmm, I may be in if we can add a no twilight amendment to the no oprah books rule.
What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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nikki35 (original poster new member #29212) posted at 6:09 AM on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
It sounds like we should come up with a list, everybody post a few books we could possibly focus on one book for one month. Does this sound ok? Definitely not up for any Oprah books or twilight. Couldn't agree more.
Hope24 ( member #9344) posted at 5:26 PM on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Hmmmm, I may be in if we can add a no twilight amendment to the no oprah books rule.
She packed up her potential and all she had learned and headed out to change a few things.
GabyBaby ( member #26928) posted at 5:38 PM on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Here are some of my 'picks' for possible book club discussion:
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Me - late 40s
DD(27), DS(24, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself (May 2015) in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
Threnody ( member #1558) posted at 6:45 PM on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
The Company by K.J. Parker
Four Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Devil in the Details by Jennifer Traig
“If you don't like my opinion of you, you can always improve.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant
"Great love requires determination." ~ tryingtwo
"Don't try to win over the haters, you're not the jackass whisperer." ~ Brene Brown
NewAttitude ( member #1030) posted at 7:23 PM on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Arianna Franklin: Mistress of the Art of Death
James Alexander Thom : Follow the River
Jen Lancaster : Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
Skye ( member #325) posted at 12:01 AM on Thursday, August 5th, 2010
summerbaby ( member #28879) posted at 2:45 AM on Thursday, August 5th, 2010
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authenticnow ( member #16024) posted at 12:45 PM on Thursday, August 5th, 2010
ME!!! I wanna be in the club too!!!
DS, you are forever in my heart. Thank you for sharing your beautiful spirit with me. I will always try to live by the example you have set. I love you and miss you every day and am sorry you had to go so soon, it just doesn't seem fair.
PerpleNerple ( member #3224) posted at 12:21 AM on Friday, August 6th, 2010
Me too! Or three! I am currently sucked into the Eve Dallas series and just finished up Merry Gentry (by Laurel Hamilton) and am doing the Anita Blake vampire hunter series but can always take a break from that for something else
"Unconditional love does not mean unconditional crap absorption"
~Oh, what tangled webs we weave, when first we practice to deceive~ Sir Walter Scott
nikki35 (original poster new member #29212) posted at 1:24 AM on Friday, August 6th, 2010
Hi All,
Sorry so late posting my list, it has been a crazy couple of days. So here goes,
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
The Falls Joyce Carroll Oats
The Black City George Sand
And then there were none Agatha Christey
The Runaway Alice Munro
(this appears to be a favorite) Time Travelers wife Audrey Niffenegger
We could all give it a couple of days. Preferably Monday, for everyone to get their lists up. Maybe Monday we could start a vote for book titles. Please let me know if this is doable..
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