Bookworms

I'm sure that I've mentioned before how much I enjoy reading. I am an avid bookworm, always have been, always will be. To keep myself from re-reading the Harry Potter series over and over and over again I joined a book club. Well, lets be honest, I'll still read Harry a gazillion times but at least with book club I'm reading a variety of different authors and styles. I'm sure my battered HP books are grateful for the respite, however breif it is. I absolutely LOVE my book club. We gather once a month, taking turns hosting and picking the book. It's a small group and more are welcome but be warned, we don't just talk about the books. We talk about EVERYTHING! It is one night a month that I really look forward to.

I'm going to do my own version of Goodreads here (If you love books like me you should be on this site) and tell you a little about the books we've read so far. Hopefully I can inspire more book clubs to spring up wherever you are. Or just go check these titles out for yourself. We mainly try to pick easy to find books that can be checked out at our local libraries. Between all of us ladies we frequent about 5 of them. The best part? It's free!

In September we formed our book club and started with this book...



It's a historical fiction novel about a woman who settles in the Tuscon,AZ area with her family way back when the town I live in now was just a tiny settelment with a different name. I don't like the whole star-rating thing it seems a little too abstract to me so I'll grade this one instead. I'm thinking an A-. The writing style takes a little getting used to because it is written as an uneducated woman's diary.



Octobers was a book about a lady detective in Africa. I petered out of the series around book 9 (there are 11) but I'll come back to it because it was a lot of fun to read! This one deserves an A.



I chose this one. My mother-in-law recomended it to me. It was in the form of letters, which I loved. The book takes place after WWII in London and the Channel Islands. It's about the occupation of Guernsey. This one gets an A too. Oh and it's full name is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society but don't let that stop you for reading it.



Oh boy this one sounded so interesting but I could not even get through it. I don't recomend it even though the same person who wrote it wrote WICKED. Which is now a hit broadway show. I don't dare read the book version after this Stepsister book that had a great concept, but crazy dull execution. I'd say an F for this one.



This was our first non-fiction. It's about where our food comes from in America and the dilemma that is trying to find something to eat. I picked over some chapters choosing what interested me the most, but I'll tell ya, I'll never look the same way at corn or a chicken nugget. Non- fictions aren't my favorite so I'll give this one a B+.



The Witch of Blackbird Pond was great. I got really into it. I'd say an A+ for this one. It's a jouvenile fiction about a girl who goes to live with relatives in Puritan New England.Short and sweet and kinda powerful.



I chose March's book. It's Christian fiction novel about an Episcopalian rector and his parish. Another A+ for this one. It was an uplifting read.



Our second non-fiction. I completely clicked with all she said in the section on toddler eating. This book helped me so I give it an A-. It's no novel after all...



This is our May book. I haven't made any conclusions on it since I'm only thirty pages into it. I'll let you know!

So we've read two non-fictions, four historical fictions, a jouvenile fiction, a christian fiction, and a fantasy that read more like a historical fiction. Three male authors so far. If you have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear them, I'm supposed to host again in July!