I started a book club back in the spring of 2009. Unfortunately, the exact start date is questionable but it was around the same time as our Bitchin' Bowling League. Anyway, the book club has been going strong ever since!
One thing I regret every time we meet, yet I still don't do it, is not keeping a journal of every book we've read, who attended, what was served, etc.
At our last meeting we were able to list most of the books we've read. Surely we are missing a few since we are heading into our 5th year and we've met nearly every single month!
Drowning Ruth
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Whistling in the Dark
Water for Elephants
Unaccustomed Earth
Interpreter of Maladies
The Shadow of the Wind
City of Thieves
The Night Circus
Cutting for Stone
The Good Earth
A Reliable Wife
The Forgotten Garden
Alice I Have Been
Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Lonesome Dove
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Thirteenth Tale
Gone Girl
The Help
A Year of Living Biblically
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Fault in Our Stars
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Little Bee
The Great Gatsby
Life of Pi
Come Closer
The Light Between the Oceans
A Hundred Summers
The Round House
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves
Defending Jacob
The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club
Object of Beauty
Thousand Splendid Suns
The Lost Years
Same Kind of Different as Me
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Taft 2012
The Shadow of Your Smile
Hunting and Gathering
Love the One You're With
The Orphan Master's Son
This year, in an effort to keep the attendance and reading rate higher we are going to meet less often, maybe every 6-8 weeks instead of every month. We've also hooked up with the Covington Public Library and rented their book club kits. Basically, we all got a copy of our next book, The Book Thief, with some questions all ready for us. This will help as well since we've all had trouble getting the book in time.
So, ladies,(and Eli!) from this list could you comment on what your favorite book has been? Also, any book that I've missed! We can report back to the library so they'll add kits with some books based on what we've liked the best.
And here's to another year of the Bitchin' Book Club!