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alb · Marc Jacobs

This Year's book club list

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

That looks like a really good list! I recently read The Piano Teacher - it was very good.

alb · Marc Jacobs

Good to know, thanks!

gossipgirl · Dooney & Bourke

Our club loved the Glass Castle, but the reviews were mixed on Water for Chocolate.

Our next book is The Kids are Alright

alb · Marc Jacobs

gossipgirl - do you mean Water for Elephants or Like Water for Chocolate? We are reading Water for Elephants. I've heard of The Kids Are Allright. Let me know how your club likes it!

gossipgirl · Dooney & Bourke

hehe - mistake - I meant Water for Elephants. I liked it, maybe not as much as the Glass Castle, but some weren't thrilled with the story line.

alb · Marc Jacobs

I've already read the Glass Castle and loved it. We are also reading Never Let Me Go and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

gossipgirl · Dooney & Bourke

alb wrote:

I've already read the Glass Castle and loved it. We are also reading Never Let Me Go and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

Please let me know how you like them!

alb · Marc Jacobs

I will!

Pastorale · Nine West

Thanks for your list :) I'm need to search something to read when I'm free

-- Edited by Pastorale on Friday 24th of September 2010 05:27:37 AM

Boots · Gucci

You have a David Sedaris! If you've never read him before, you're going to love him. He's so funny and weird.

alb · Marc Jacobs

Boots wrote:

You have a David Sedaris! If you've never read him before, you're going to love him. He's so funny and weird.

I love funny and weird! A lot of us have read him and we kind of just picked him by default because we were trying to find something light. All (or most) of our other choices were a bit heavy and we wanted light reading during the winter months. I'm looking forward to reading it, but after the meeting I remembered a book called "Sh*t my Dad Says" that I want to read that I think would have been great. Have you heard of or read that one?

Any other light (but not chick lit) books that you guys recommend?

Boots · Gucci

Have you ever read A Year in Providence by Peter Mayle? It's about an English couple who move to a quaint little town in France. The book is nonfiction and quite funny. Anything that can go wrong with the house does and the culture shock of living in a small French town is hilarious. He wrote a series of books on his experiences in Providence, but I think the first book was the best.

I haven't read Anthony Bourdian's new book, Medium Raw, yet, but I loved his other books.

alb · Marc Jacobs

Boots wrote:

Have you ever read A Year in Providence by Peter Mayle? It's about an English couple who move to a quaint little town in France. The book is nonfiction and quite funny. Anything that can go wrong with the house does and the culture shock of living in a small French town is hilarious. He wrote a series of books on his experiences in Providence, but I think the first book was the best.

I haven't read Anthony Bourdian's new book, Medium Raw, yet, but I loved his other books.

Thanks, Boots. Yep, I've read A Year in Provence and liked it! I've also read one of Anthony Bourdain's book - Kitchen Confidential I think. Going to check out Medium Raw now. Thanks for the rec!