Book club happens when we discover a book we both haven’t read, we both want to read, and we both want to read at the exact same moment. This is always more difficult to coordinate than we expect.
Currently Reading:
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
Books Read:
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (Discussed here and here)
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Discussed here, here, and here)
Wildwood by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis (Discussed here)
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Discussed here, here, and here)
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (Discussed here)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Discussed here, here and here)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (Discussed here and here)
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (Discussed here and here)
Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris (Discussed here)
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Discussed here and here)
The Magicians by Lev Grossman (Discussed here and here)
Coming Up (in no particular order):
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
Tempest by Julie Cross
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
For a complete list of books read (both book club books and those read independently), click here!
Recommendations are welcome!
Katidid said:
Wildwood by Colin Meloy (it’s about Portland….kind of, in an alternate reality sort of way)
Kelsey said:
Great idea! It was a huge hit at Wordstock. We’ll have to track it down. Tell us if you like it if you get to it before us!
Katidid said:
I loved it (just finished a week ago). I wasn’t really sure where it was going or what would happen next which was refreshing for a book. I originally thought it would be structured in a similar manner to Name of the Wind with each book being a certain span of time (approx one day or so) but was pleasantly surprised to be dead wrong. It has a fun artistic feel to it and I cannot wait to see what happens in the following books. There were full page pictures in the book as well which were fun breaks although I did find that they were not always situated near the scene they depicted. I can’t wait to hear what you guys think.
Kelsey said:
Oo, what fun. I love books with illustrations. If you’re up for steampunk, check out Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. The illustrations are gorgeous. I’ll be talking about the third in the series on the blog here soon!
Maggie said:
!! I just picked it up from the library! Now cross your fingers that Kels gets a copy before I have to return it
Danielle Witt (@wittypdx) said:
i love that most of these books are also available for electronic check out from the library
Kelsey said:
Yay! I’m so glad you’ve gotten back into the reading swing of things.