It is that time of year again! Today I will be tallying up the results of our 2009 reads for next weeks Bookies In Review book club meeting. Each year I like to put together a booklet highlighting each book we read, where we met, and put in any pictures or funny happenings. These books have become keepsakes to me and I have for every year since we began in 2001.
Last month, each member was given the sheet that askes them (using the books we read ass a book club):
- what their favorite book club read was in 2009
- What was their least favorite book club read in 2009
- Best male character in a book club book
- Best female character in a book club book
- Best new author we were introduced to in 2009
- Best author overall in 2009
- Favorite place to do a review
- Favorite Bookie memory of all time
Our Books for 2009 were:
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
Such a pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
The Book Thief By Marcus Zusak
Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
Walking In Circles Before Lying Down by Merill Markoe
Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfork Cross
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty White
Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Home For The Holidays by Rebecca Kelly
The results will be in next Wednesday when I will feature a post of the Good, The Bad, and the moments not to be forgotten!
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Oh, I’ve read a few of these and loved them! Like Firefly Lane, The Glass Castle, The Wednesday Sisters…
We had some great choices this year Laurel…. as I tally up the votes you can tell because the # one read is all over the board.
I simply don’t know where you find the time to get all of this done, but I am beyond impressed! That is such a nice keepsake!
Alexia – had our kids young they are grown and gone and my hubby keeps long hours – 5 am – 6 pm and in bed by 9. I have a lot of time to read and write:)
I love this idea! I might have to do something like this with my group also.
Jo-Jo if you want to email me your address I could send you a copy of ours from last year and you can use it to get ideas.
Can’t wait to see which book the Bookies enjoyed the most; was it the same one that had the best discussion? We have had books we all loved but there wasn’t as much to talk about in them than some we didn’t like as much as a book.
Lisa – I have the answer now but cant share it until I announce it next Tuesday evening at our meeting. 🙂
And you know – some of the best discussions come out of the books we liked the least…. its like we are fired up or something…LOL
We have had some really deep and wonderful discussions this year… I really am proud of our group.
Your group read some great books.
I thought so too Staci. Its fun to see what we are reading now compared to what we read the first year we met. Our reading has gone deeper.
Ok, adding tons more to my must read list! Sounds like you guys have a lot of fun.
Natalie that is so awesome! 🙂 We do have a lot of fun. We are currently a group of 18 but we all really work well together to keep it fun and interesting.
Your club read some really excellent books. What fun for you all!
rhapsodyinbooks it is fun to see what we are reading now compared to what we read year one. We were so all the well known authors like Nora Roberts, John Grisham, Nicholas Sparks…. it is so cool to see us out with all these wonderful authors.
Your book club sounds like it really is a lot of fun. I like doing the book clubs on line here but would love to have one that I could do in person with others who enjoy books with me, or even same books as me.
Looking forward to hearing your favorites.
Melissa – just go for it. 🙂 I decided to do a book club and hung a sign up by the time clock at work with the book title, the when, and where. 2 people showed up. That was in 2001…. this year we currently have 18 active members.
All you need is a book. 🙂
Thanks for the advice! I may have to try this when the weather starts to clear. It may turn out fun.
It is amazing to hear how great your group has grown.
We are just starting a book club at our library. I’m looking for ideas and suggestions. We’ve only had one meeting and no one really knows everyone else. I still don’t have a good feel for the types of books they will be interested in. My intent is to introduce them to authors and genre they have not tried before. Only one has really tried a variety of books. We’ll see how things go.
librarypat do you have a twitter account? You shoud go on there and ask for book club suggestions… there are a ton of book lovers on twitter that could give you lots of great choices . Also Google book club selections – you will find so many great choices.
Good luck! I would love to hear more about how this is going!
I’m like Melissa, I wish there was a book club local to me. I love the online book clubs but after hearing what all your club does, I just want the fellowship of the group. I look forward to seeing your favorites of the year! 🙂
Julie J – get out there and start one! 🙂