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Topic: LP Book Club #4

#	Author	Message
1	Ursula Fri 4/4/2008 10:48a	Hi, I am searching for books to read, since it is my turn to moderate. I do want to read something less serious and something fun. I am thinking of: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert The Gallery of Regrettable Food by James Lileks Or maybe a silly travelogue. Suggestions?
2	Ursula Fri 4/4/2008 10:49a	How about Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson?
3	Mrs ElderP Fri 4/4/2008 11:52a	I've enjoyed the one Bill Bryson book I've read and would happily read another. And oldie, but a really fun one is Crocodile in the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters. Check out the reviews here: http://www.amazon.com/Crocodil e-Sandbank-Amelia-Peabody-Book/dp/0445406518/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207334831&sr=8-1 PS, I was just commming to commuity to beg for LP Book Club #4 to be started. THANKS!!
4	Mrs ElderP Fri 4/4/2008 11:58a	Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert The Gallery of Regrettable Food by James Lileks I just read the Amazon summeries of these two, and I pick The Gallery of Regrettable Food, but I would read either.
5	alexbook Fri 4/4/2008 12:27p	I'm not much of a "foodie," but I listened to Ruth Reichl's "Garlic and Sapphires" on audio and enjoyed it.
6	BlueDevilSF Fri 4/4/2008 12:38p	I would recommend "Was" by Geoff Ryman. It's a multilayered story about various people (some fictional, some not, but the book itself is entirely fiction) and how their lives are affected by "The Wizard of Oz" in all its incarnations: book, movie, stage. Heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting.
7	Ursula Fri 4/4/2008 3:11p	I must admit, I own most of Lileks works, and they are more like picture books with commentaries. However, I did have a three-hour discussion once on decade-decorating after reading his book of Interior Desecrators. It was riveting, so I was hoping to go for a food-discussion after knowing what is in Regrettable Food. But, I like the "Was" book; that looks very interesting. Any more ideas or should I pick one? Maybe I'll wait until Monday, or do you want the weekend to shop for the book/borrow from the library?
8	alexbook Fri 4/4/2008 4:30p	I thought it would be interesting to check out a few best-seller lists, for ideas. (These are paperback best-sellers at ingrambook.com.) General Fiction: 1. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini 2. The Shack, by William P. Young 3. The Quickie, by James Patterson 4. The Friday Night Knitting Club, by Kate Jacobs 5. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen Humorous Fiction: 1. PS I Love You, by Cecelia Ahern 2. Special Topics in Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl 3. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, by Fannie Flagg 4. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore 5. Absurdistan, by Gary Shteyngart Classic Fiction: 1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger 4. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding 5. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythological Fiction: 1. Till We Have Faces, by C. S. Lewis 2. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, by Gregory Maguire 3. The Penelopiad, by Margaret Atwood 4. The Fourth Bear, by Jasper Fforde 5. Mirror Mirror, by Gregory Maguire Juvenile Fiction: 1. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer 2. His Dark Materials (omnibus edition), by Philip Pullman 3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J. K. Rowling 4. Bratfest at Tiffany's (Clique #9), by Lisi Harrison 5. The Giver, by Lois Lowry Biography & Autobiography: 1. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert 2. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson 3. 90 Minutes in Heaven, by Don Piper 4. Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer 5. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls Politics: 1. The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama 2. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell 3. Charlie Wilson's War, by George Crile 4. The World Is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman 5. The End of America, by Naomi Wolf Humorous Essays: 1. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, by Bill Bryson 2. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle, by Cecilia Rivenbark 3. Holidays on Ice, by David Sedaris 4. Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris 5. A Man Without a Country, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Travel Writing: 1. Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer 2. The Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner 3. Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer 4. The Places in Between, by Rory Stewart 5. Shadow of the Silk Road, by Colin Thubron
9	Lady Starlight Fri 4/4/2008 4:34p	We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle, by Cecilia Rivenbark I read that and it was a good one.
10	Ursula Fri 4/4/2008 5:49p	"PS I love you" is soooo, sooo, much better than the movie.

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