I have to choose the book for my book club in march, and I am undecided, here are the possible contenders, with their attendant problems;
The Dancing plague- library only has 3 copies
Year of Wonders- historically its pretty good, however it is too much like a romance novel (steamy sex scene begins by the protagonist performing the ultimate medieval foreplay of sucking on the guy's fingers- guess my husband and I have been missing out)
Lies my Teacher Told me
This book is a bit dry and also brings up politics, which isn't necessarily bad except the dryness of the writing means many will not read the entire thing, but may still argue about it, basically a recipe for disaster.
Wuthering Heights everyone has already read it.
black like me- I did diary of a slave girl last year, and people just aren't up for social justice two years in a row.
I have not given up; I know that a salient book exists, so here is what I am (quite literally) checking out -
Women of Africa, the biography of one of the first ladies of Egypt.
Savage Inequalities -yeah social justice!
The hunger games- all my goodreads friends think its the bee's knees
The Irregulars -Roald Dahl was a spy. Enough said.
Autism's False Prophets- I am not sure that I want to tackle such a huge social problem in this venue, Perhaps no one will come to my book club and I will have no stage for my 'leftist agenda'. When we did Exodus, one girl with Jewish family didn't come just because she know she could not stand to hear anything anti-Jewish, the book is blatantly pro-Israel, to such an extent that it warrants a bit of criticism for the lack of balance.
Riding the Bus with my Sister- story of a sibling with down syndrome. A friend rated it very highly. I want to prompt some real discussion, can't wait to read it!
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