Welp, 2014 is wrapping up and you know what that mean- it's time to start thinking of 2015 books for Bon's Book Club. Before we dive into 2015, though, let's recap what we read this year!
January: The Husband's Secret by Liane Mortiary. Discussion here.
February: I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai. Discussion here.
April: Night Circus by Eric Morgenstern. Discussion here.
May: The Light Between Oceans. Discussion here.
July: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Discussion here.
August: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan. Discussion here.
September: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. Discussion here.
My favorite books of the year: Z and In Cold Blood (Also, I am really enjoying Wonder which was November's book but has now been moved to January's book for 2015.)
Least favorite books of the year: Night Circus, Divergent, Eleanor and Park
Books I learned the most from: I am Malala and Brain on Fire
2014 got off to a really rough start for book club. I did not enjoy the first four books, and I only really loved two of the books. My three favorite books that I read this year were not book club books. (Seabiscuit, Bringing up Bebe, and Me Before You). I am hoping 2015 brings in a better book crop! So let's get to it, shall we? We've got twelve months ahead of us and there are books that need reading!
There are some things I really like about book club the way it is now and some things that I am going to try to change to make it better. I love that the books are voted on and chosen in advance. This year I am going to choose three and have you all vote for the rest. We will have book club the THIRD THURSDAY of each month.
The biggest change for 2015 is that I am going to be asking for co-hosts for each month's book discussion. That will mean that one of you will read the book, give questions for the book one week before the discussion, and post the main discussion on my blog as well as on your own blog. I will add my two cents and respond to what you said in your discussion, but one of you will be the head honcho for the discussion. You will also be active with me in responding to comments in the discussion. I love book club so much, but I just can't keep up with reading the book, thinking of the questions, and leading the discussion every month. This way lots of you will get a chance to be more involved, and hopefully it will send some traffic over to your blog and you can make new book/ blog friends. Not a bad deal, huh?
One other small change- no December book! It's just impossible. January and February's book of 2015 are already chosen because they are the books we were supposed to read in November and December- Wonder and My Story: The Elizabeth Smart Story.
So, what we need now is to decide on what books we are going to read for 2015. We need books for March through November- nine books! I will choose three and you will vote for the other six. Throw your suggestions out in the comments on this post or you can also comment on facebook or twitter and those will be added into the mix too. On Monday of next week we will vote. Here are last year's finalists if you need help getting your book wheels turning. (Suggestions should be 400 pages or less and should be pg or pg-13ish in their content.)
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