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Name : Elaine G.

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Book Club Recommended
Insightful, Inspiring, Beautiful
Selfless Selfishness?

Great book club discussion book with moral dilemmas, the differences between selfishness and selflessness, and even the meaning of the title.

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Interesting, Insightful

 
Book Club Recommended
Insightful, Inspiring, Optimistic
The cost of silence

A very human story of love, loss, and hope. By the end of the book I felt Harold was an old friend of mine and I was rooting for him all the way. No pun intended.

 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Insightful, Slow

The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula Mclain
 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Informative, Insightful
A very human love story

The story of Ernest Hemingway\\\'s first marriage through the eyes of Hadley, his wife. Interesting facts about the expats in Paris during the 1920s add realism to the book. It does drag a bit in the middle but worth getting through. Great discussion about who the real Ernest Hemingway was. Made our book club want to read more of his work.

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
 
Book Club Recommended
Insightful, Dramatic, Inspiring

 
Book Club Recommended
Life Changing, Optimistic, Interesting
One of our best picks!!

This is one of our book club's favorite choices. It is the very moving, true story of a man who spent 25 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Well written, addictive, you won't want to put it down. Great discussion!

The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
 
Book Club Recommended
Dramatic, Informative, Inspiring
Wow!!

We loved this book. We've been together as a book club for ten years and we agree this is one of our favorites. Great character development, great plot lines, and it did in fact make us cry! Very well written when a book can make you feel true emotions for the characters!!

Calling Me Home: A Novel by Julie Kibler
 
Insightful, Beautiful, Inspiring
Needed to be better

It was a good story that deserved better developed characters, characters that had more dimension instead of being so cookie cutter types.

The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
 
Book Club Recommended
Dramatic, Addictive, Interesting
Good Character Development

The beginning of the book had good character development but the end became unrealistic and contrived.

 
Book Club Recommended
Adventurous, Fun, Beautiful
Lands of the Lost

It is well written but I found it very confusing at times trying to remember all the "lands" Granny made up.
Liked "A Man Called Ove" much better.

Maude by Donna Foley Mabry
 
Book Club Recommended
Addictive, Interesting, Beautiful

 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Graphic, Dark
Dark Human Desires

Not what I expected but made for a good discussion. Well written, no wasted words. Although it is dark, it makes you examine how deep a sister's love can run and what makes a person strong or weak.

A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrik Backman
 
Fun, Insightful, Beautiful

The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
 
Inspiring, Informative, Insightful

 
Informative, Interesting, Insightful

The Nix by Nathan Hill
 
Insightful, Epic, Dramatic

Orphan #8: A Novel by Kim van Alkemade
 
Interesting, Graphic, Informative

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
 
Dark, Interesting, Dramatic

 
Insightful, Optimistic, Inspiring

 
Informative, Interesting, Insightful

 
Informative, Slow, Insightful

 
Dramatic, Beautiful, Insightful

 
Adventurous, Dramatic, Interesting

 
Dramatic, Informative, Adventurous

 
Fun, Romantic, Optimistic

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