tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post3235937896984330197..comments2023-10-31T04:33:30.335-06:00Comments on The Life of Bon: Book Club 2014bonbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580532603443802313noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-80718419933124742202013-12-14T14:34:27.596-07:002013-12-14T14:34:27.596-07:00I totally would ! im up for any book but I love yo...I totally would ! im up for any book but I love young adult type books !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08002584309763844414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-28306235476178806532013-12-13T20:36:05.025-07:002013-12-13T20:36:05.025-07:00I am excited to participate in this book club this...I am excited to participate in this book club this year! I read the books last year, but I could never get together a blog post in time! I would absolutely love discussion questions prior to writing my review/discussion. Sometimes I feel so lost as what to write about. <br /><br />I book that I read in high school but would love to read again is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. It may be a little too gruesome at times, but I just remember being completely captivated by the story.Alexandra Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09416212690467994298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-86600834110128135292013-12-13T14:46:36.688-07:002013-12-13T14:46:36.688-07:00I'm keen as beans :)I'm keen as beans :)Samarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07956774036700629279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-29714382619206321892013-12-13T14:46:23.057-07:002013-12-13T14:46:23.057-07:00I'm keen as beans :)I'm keen as beans :)Samarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07956774036700629279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-52234744035796893002013-12-12T21:08:16.086-07:002013-12-12T21:08:16.086-07:00I would totally be in for book club! I am in one ...I would totally be in for book club! I am in one with a bunch of girlfriends that meet once a month in my city but a virtual one would be so fun to meet people and share conversations about books! I've wanted to read Happiness at Home for quite some time too so I definitely vote for that one!Erin @ Love, the Campbellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02935982420767096848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-59845021896532902013-12-11T09:58:32.165-07:002013-12-11T09:58:32.165-07:00Bonnie are you on Goodreads? I'd love to follo...Bonnie are you on Goodreads? I'd love to follow you or friend you or whatever you do on that site. I trust your opinions on books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-67345901952304325702013-12-11T07:47:08.748-07:002013-12-11T07:47:08.748-07:00Eleanor and Park is adorable - but I'll be hon...Eleanor and Park is adorable - but I'll be honest... I liked her next book Fangirl better. ;-) And I've heard the Uglies series is really good too!Emily Hornburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517036280716456767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-16656678901778301942013-12-11T07:45:50.121-07:002013-12-11T07:45:50.121-07:00THE NIGHT CIRCUS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BO...THE NIGHT CIRCUS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOKS EVER WE NEED TO DO IT!<br /><br />(Sorry for the shouting- I get really excited.)Emily Hornburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517036280716456767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-45836376351387741882013-12-11T07:44:48.787-07:002013-12-11T07:44:48.787-07:00I just started it this morning - and it's so c...I just started it this morning - and it's so cute so far!Emily Hornburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517036280716456767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-56753171235487403132013-12-11T05:56:05.477-07:002013-12-11T05:56:05.477-07:00I'd love to read the new Amitav Ghosh. I read...I'd love to read the new Amitav Ghosh. I read Sea of Poppies in 2008 and it was just wonderful. I've heard great things about 'Across the Nightingale Floor' by Lian Hearn, and I'd really like to hear your thoughts on 'The Eyre Affair' by Jasper Fforde which has been one of my favourite fantasy novels since I read it in my early teens.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914635449399722460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-32033470764777128582013-12-10T15:42:00.955-07:002013-12-10T15:42:00.955-07:00A Concrete Sky by Kristen Jex. I emailed you about...A Concrete Sky by Kristen Jex. I emailed you about it earlier this year. <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/A-Concrete-Sky-Kristen-Jex/dp/0615715117Mama Wojtowiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256683049589226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-63586497414361563802013-12-10T12:47:46.673-07:002013-12-10T12:47:46.673-07:00I am interested too. I have really wanted to get ...I am interested too. I have really wanted to get back into reading and I think joining a book club would be a great way.<br />jeffandemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528147503525807788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-7656806125207164032013-12-10T08:11:24.739-07:002013-12-10T08:11:24.739-07:00Count me as interested. :) I'm not sure how ac...Count me as interested. :) I'm not sure how active I'll be, but I'd like to at least give it a try! Thanks for getting this organized, Bon! Awesome idea~Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00323188538549107684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-79466000509492633682013-12-10T04:47:33.591-07:002013-12-10T04:47:33.591-07:00I'd love to participate! I love books but rece...I'd love to participate! I love books but recently I've neglected reading and this seems like a good idea to get this hobby back in action, so count me in. <br /><br />Happiness at Home and The Book Thief sound great...and I've been meaning to read Lolita for such a long time now! One book which I recommend and which left a very lasting impression on my mind is A Child Called It: One Child's Courage To Survive by Dave Pelzer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-1824599590963642302013-12-09T23:15:48.684-07:002013-12-09T23:15:48.684-07:00I would love love love to be part of the book club...I would love love love to be part of the book club. I have really been wanting to read Z. I just finished reading Elizabeth Smart's book. I agree with your analysis, it was really interesting to hear her story but the writing wasn't that great.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478307464620269942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-55947048082895959602013-12-09T22:53:59.818-07:002013-12-09T22:53:59.818-07:00I would love to participate in the 2014 book club!...I would love to participate in the 2014 book club! All the titles you suggested are good with me - anything you chose will be great. Thanks for hosting!Miller Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070321835504323430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-3423855605687830152013-12-09T20:32:31.907-07:002013-12-09T20:32:31.907-07:00I second Eleanor and park!I second Eleanor and park!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-46388356001118093372013-12-09T20:25:14.674-07:002013-12-09T20:25:14.674-07:00I would love, love, love to be a part of the book ...I would love, love, love to be a part of the book club!!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604797215629905165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-648843178265854082013-12-09T19:33:17.175-07:002013-12-09T19:33:17.175-07:00i'd be totally interested! book thief is one ...i'd be totally interested! book thief is one of my all time favorites and i'd love to read it again in a book club setting. high on my list is sister, mother, husband, dog etc by Delia Ephron - it's essays, just to change things up a bit. oh, and for young adult, how about eleanor and park?LBNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761733110823293926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-23463084004838433352013-12-09T18:30:57.884-07:002013-12-09T18:30:57.884-07:00I'm not completely sure yet but it does sound ...I'm not completely sure yet but it does sound like fun! And it will be interesting to read some books I wouldn't normally read or discover some new ones :) So I'm most likely in I guess. Here are some suggestions:<br /><br />The Other Hand - Chris Cleave<br />Room - Emma Donoghue<br />The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein<br />The Diviners - Margaret Laurence<br />Franny and Zooey - JD Salinger<br />On the Road - Jack Keroucac<br />Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell<br />Swimming to Elba - Silvia Avallone<br />Ready Player One - Ernest Cline<br />Uglies - Scott Westerfeld<br />Anything by Margaret AtwoodChiarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03782069891695553474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-89282507812557003482013-12-09T17:51:55.942-07:002013-12-09T17:51:55.942-07:00I'd really enjoy participating!I'd really enjoy participating! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248707946593394272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-69631025222429592982013-12-09T17:15:04.037-07:002013-12-09T17:15:04.037-07:00I didn't get to participate this year, so I wo...I didn't get to participate this year, so I would like to next. I recommend The Mercy of Thin Air: http://www.ronlyndomingue.com/work.htm . It's a bit like The Time Traveler's Wife!Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538622378507938078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-50000690709717112842013-12-09T16:41:47.560-07:002013-12-09T16:41:47.560-07:00I'd love to participate in 2014. I have too l...I'd love to participate in 2014. I have too long of a "to-read" list to suggest anything. I know I will be reading "Divergent" before March, but other than that I'm open. (Although, like you, I did not enjoy "The Book Thief.") Micahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855902602026706552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-56609846621708439902013-12-09T16:32:05.146-07:002013-12-09T16:32:05.146-07:00I'm way busy and having a book club online lik...I'm way busy and having a book club online like this is the only way that I could fit it into my schedule, so I'm totally in! And thanks Bonnie for this wonderful idea! Here's the list I would like to read this year:<br /><br />I Am Malala sounds good.<br />My Story by Elizabeth Smart<br />Wicked by Gregory Maguire<br />Little Women by Louisa May Alcott<br />The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines<br />Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson<br />I would love to read any Roald Dahl! My votes would be for either Matilda or The Witches.<br /><br />Also, I've read World War Z by Max Brooks and it was really good! I'd read it again.<br /><br />*Warning: I suggest that if Lolita is chosen as one of the books that people may want to research the topic a little before reading it. I have also heard that it's a classic, so I wanted to read it. Once I read about 50 reader reviews and several synopsis of the book I realized how much I did NOT want to read it. Just reading about it made my stomach sick. Most agree that the narrator is a pedophile. He does multiple horrible things like that through out the book.<br /><br />Let the 2014 book club begin!<br /><br />P.S. A button would be so nice! I would always come see what the next books were and I couldn't find them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-37890048679193517122013-12-09T16:01:50.452-07:002013-12-09T16:01:50.452-07:00I'll second Bloom by Kelle Hampton. Kelle tal...I'll second Bloom by Kelle Hampton. Kelle talks about her experience having a child with down syndrome. But what the message really conveys is how to love our challenges. Probably my favorite book!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795142150974789970noreply@blogger.com