View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

The Day I Stopped Being Pretty

by Rodney Lofton

Published: 2007-10-16

Paperback: 224 pages

3 members reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

The Day I Stopped Being Pretty, chronicles the life of a young, black gay male who awakes and finds himself in the emergency room after a failed suicide attempt. After regaining consciousness, he begins to reflect on the events of his life that led him to attempting to take his life. His s...

View Reading GUide

* * * Insightful,
Fun

1 club review

Review This book

The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up

by Dan Zevin

Published: 2002-06-11

Paperback: 192 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

Recommended to book clubs by 1 of 1 members

Sooner or later, each of us must face the day we develop a disturbing new interest in lawn care; the day we order sauvignon blanc instead of Rolling Rock; the day we refuse to see any concert where we cannot sit down. Sooner or later, each of us must face the day we turn uncool. Dan Zevin,...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

The Day is Dark

by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Published: 2011-07-21

Kindle Edition: 0 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thora is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the disappearance of a woman from the site some months earlier? And why are the locals so hostile? Already an international...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)

by Rick Atkinson

Published: 2007-10-02

Hardcover: 823 pages

2 members reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy In An Army at Dawn-winner of the Pulitzer Prize-Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Day of Tears

by Julius Lester

Published: 2007-04-01

Paperback: 192 pages

2 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

On March 2 and 3, 1859, the largest auction of slaves in American history took place in Savannah, Georgia. More than 400 slaves were sold. On the first day of the auction, the skies darkened and torrential rain began falling. The rain continued throughout the two days, stopping only when t...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Day of the Locust

by Nathanael West

Published: 1981-06

Hardcover: 0 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

Click on the ORANGE Amazon Button for Book Description & Pricing Info

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

The Day of the Locust (Signet Classic)

by Nathanael West

Published: 1983-09-06

Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West, set in Hollywood, California during the Great Depression, its overarching themes deal with the alienation and desperation of a broad group of odd individuals who exist at the fringes of the Hollywood movie industry.In...

View Reading GUide

* * * * Informative,
Interesting,
Slow

2 club reviews

Review This book

The Day the Falls Stood Still

by Cathy Marie Buchanan

Published: 2009-08-25

Hardcover: 320 pages

2 members reading this now
4 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

Recommended to book clubs by 2 of 2 members

Steeped in the intriguing history of Niagara Falls, this epic love story is as rich, spellbinding, and majestic as the falls themselves. 1915. The dawn of the hydroelectric power era in Niagara Falls. Seventeen-year-old Bess Heath has led a sheltered existence as the youngest daughter o...

View Reading GUide

* * * * Inspiring,
Adventurous,
Informative

1 club review

Review This book

Day the Falls Stood Still, The--B&N Recommends Edition

by Cathy Marie Buchanan

Published: 2010-07-06

Paperback: 320 pages

3 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

Recommended to book clubs by 1 of 1 members

View Reading GUide

* * * * Inspiring,
Informative,
Optimistic

7 club reviews

Review This book

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

by Jim DeFede

Published: 2003-08-14

Paperback: 244 pages

6 members reading this now
130 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

Recommended to book clubs by 7 of 7 members

The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway’s Smash Hit Musical Come from AwayWhen 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town...