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QC Forum Book Group - Nominations for Book #2

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Joseph:
That could be ok.

I'd really rather not do something like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, just because I think it wouldn't lend itself to discussion, as was the case with the last book (though, if we did choose it, I likely wouldn't take part, as was the case this past month). If we are going to do other nominations, I'd been planning to reread Marilynne Robinson's Gilead (just about finished rereading her first novel, Housekeeping), and would love to hear other people's comments on the book.

Would people possibly be open to doing a book of essays?

LTK:
I think I'll get in on this for the second go. Gives me something to do beside play games all day. Don't know how well I'd lend myself to discussion, but we'll see.

Lines:
I don't know about essays (depends on what they're about), but I wouldn't mind a book of short stories. If we want to read a collection of short stories, I suggest Forty Stories by David Barthelme. His writing style as well as some of the topics he chooses are really creative, imo. I've been meaning to get my hands on this book after I read "Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby" in a lit class that dealt with ethics and I loved it. His sense of humor has been compared to Monty Python and the like, so I expect other stories to be just as poignant.

And if you want to read the books from the other poll, don't hesitate to renominate them. Someone already nominated Blood Meridian.

Inlander:

--- Quote from: RallyMonkey on 09 May 2010, 21:36 ---I nominate Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris.

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Interesting you should suggest that, I recently picked up the Unnamed by the same author, and I've been looking forward to reading it.

Another book I plan on reading soon is the Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder.

So there, two nominations for your consideration.

Barmymoo:
I'm seconding Jens' nomination of the Iain Banks, because I want to read it.

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