Book Club

[Janet]

I'm not real big into thrillers/mysteries and that sort of thing. I'm more into novel types. Peoples lives in different places. Here are some of what I have, been quite some time since I've read them, but I always place a red dot on the ones I truly enjoyed:

Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard (also a movie)

American Icon by Pat Booth

Gap Creek by Robert Morgan

Jewel by Brett Lott

A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton

Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay

It doesn't really matter how many we have in the book club. Some selections may appeal to some while they may not to others. We could have like 30 - 60 days to read it and then come together in one thread where no other posts would be allowed except for the discussion of the book. What do you think?

[Necee419]

Sounds good to me Janet. I am pretty open to reading all types of books so I am ok with whatever anyone else would like to suggest. It has been my experience that sometimes the book that doesn't necessarily fall into your preferred category, turns out to be the one you enjoyed the most. So, where to we begin?

[Ponyup]

I only read Dean Koontz. I'm a little OCD & I had trouble finding books I really love. Well I started reading him when I was a sophomore in high school & have only read books by him since (unless I have to read something for school). I have over 60 of his books now, some of which are out of print & cost me a pretty penny on ebay. If you guys decide you want to read one by him I'm all in. I would suggest Watchers, it is a thriller, but it has a really nice love story & a very special golden retriever.

[SweetCuteness]

Originally Posted by Ponyup

I only read Dean Koontz. I'm a little OCD & I had trouble finding books I really love. Well I started reading him when I was a sophomore in high school & have only read books by him since (unless I have to read something for school). I have over 60 of his books now, some of which are out of print & cost me a pretty penny on ebay. If you guys decide you want to read one by him I'm all in. I would suggest Watchers, it is a thriller, but it has a really nice love story & a very special golden retriever.

Dean Koontz is great! I also have a hard time finding books I like... so I just don't read much anymore. But I love his books.

I also just posted a new thread (this thread "inspired" me to post it) about a really good book I read over the weekend. Here's the link in case anyone wants to check it out: http://www.4womentalk.com/forums/sho...=8763#post8763

[magnolia]

Originally Posted by Ponyup

I only read Dean Koontz. I'm a little OCD & I had trouble finding books I really love. Well I started reading him when I was a sophomore in high school & have only read books by him since (unless I have to read something for school). I have over 60 of his books now, some of which are out of print & cost me a pretty penny on ebay. If you guys decide you want to read one by him I'm all in. I would suggest Watchers, it is a thriller, but it has a really nice love story & a very special golden retriever.

I posted in another thread about you being a Koontz fan. And I don't blame you on being OCD where his books are concerned. He knows how to take the reader to the edge with most of his books. I don't have as many as you do but I've borrowed and read quite a few. There was one book of his that I just could not get going on - not sure why and can't even remember the name! I'll have to check at home and see if I still have it and let you know the name of it. It might have been Watchers but not sure - I know it started out with this woman and her son and some old lady looking in the window at them - scared the boy - just couldn't get beyond that to read the rest of it.

I also like some of Patricia Cornwell's books. Only one of her's I struggled to get through (and I mean struggled!!!) was the one she wrote about Jack the Ripper. Here I thought it was going to be a mystery type along the lines of Jack the Ripper and his tyrade on England back in the late 1800's - but nooooo.....it was HER theories on who he could have been based on her investigation into it - can you say BORING?!?!?!?! Other than that, I've liked all the books by her I've read. They aren't the same "thriller" that Koontz writes, but they are suspense filled!

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by magnolia

I posted in another thread about you being a Koontz fan. And I don't blame you on being OCD where his books are concerned. He knows how to take the reader to the edge with most of his books. I don't have as many as you do but I've borrowed and read quite a few. There was one book of his that I just could not get going on - not sure why and can't even remember the name! I'll have to check at home and see if I still have it and let you know the name of it. It might have been Watchers but not sure - I know it started out with this woman and her son and some old lady looking in the window at them - scared the boy - just couldn't get beyond that to read the rest of it.

I also like some of Patricia Cornwell's books. Only one of her's I struggled to get through (and I mean struggled!!!) was the one she wrote about Jack the Ripper. Here I thought it was going to be a mystery type along the lines of Jack the Ripper and his tyrade on England back in the late 1800's - but nooooo.....it was HER theories on who he could have been based on her investigation into it - can you say BORING?!?!?!?! Other than that, I've liked all the books by her I've read. They aren't the same "thriller" that Koontz writes, but they are suspense filled!

I can't think off the top of my head which book that would be, but I know it's not watchers. How long ago was it you tried to read it, was it a new book out at the time?

[magnolia]

Originally Posted by Ponyup

I can't think off the top of my head which book that would be, but I know it's not watchers. How long ago was it you tried to read it, was it a new book out at the time?

It had come out in paperback so it had been released the year before in hard cover - and it's been probably 5-6 years ago. I went to Amazon cause it was killing me not knowing the name of it and I found it - The Servants of Twilight Do you remember that one? If so, should I go back and try to stick it out, get through the first chapter?

[Ponyup]

Originally Posted by magnolia

It had come out in paperback so it had been released the year before in hard cover - and it's been probably 5-6 years ago. I went to Amazon cause it was killing me not knowing the name of it and I found it - The Servants of Twilight Do you remember that one? If so, should I go back and try to stick it out, get through the first chapter?

I've read it, but it's been a little while. It's not one of my favorites that stick out, but I did finish it & like it. I'll have to go home & refresh my memory as too what it was about.