Booklovers – Submit Your Book Chat Suggestions

The last book in the Eragon series comes out tonight...and there are parties going on at a lot of the Border's and Barnes and Noble stores. Both my son and I are anxious to start reading the book. Just an FYI

Can't wait for the first book club chat!

I'd love to see a chat with/about Jodi Picoult as an author. I know she's a member here on Gather, and she has written some fantastically gripping stories about things that could happen to anyone. Two of my favorite books of hers are "The Pact" and "My Sister's Keeper", which is being made into a movie.

How about a favorite cook book? The holidays are coming and a good cook book comes in handy plus it would be a great gift suggestion.

I just orderd a cook book with innovative slow cooking recipes along with a 7 quart stainless steel slow cooker from Wolfgang Puck from HSN. There'll be lots of parties, football get-to-gethers and holiday invites.

Moms might like suggestions for cookie baking with their kids.

We all might have lots of cookbooks - but which one is the one you always go to?

I am personally stuck on Vampires and Lycans right now i love Kim Harrison and Sherilynn Kenyon.

Since I have children, and I'm just a child at heart anyway, how about favorite kids books that you used to love to read or that you read with your children now? I think it would be interesting to see the difference in the generations from "Honey Bunch" to "The Bobbsie Twins" to "Goosebumps" to Dora and Diego.

What about a young adult series for example the Pendragon series. It's a great series of books, and I think it needs more exposure.

I enjoy Sherilyn Kenyon as an author as well, Tina- have you tried any of the Susan Krinard books? She's very similar in her books, but she takes on a werewolf sort of theme, though not in the traditional sense. More like wolves that can turn into people, and back and forth.

I just read While I was Gone by Sue Miller. It was very good and had great discussions in the back of the book.

Something makes me always want to say The Joan Crawford Murders by Peter Joseph Swanson - it's uncanny !!!

I would like to have a book chat about classic literature! The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, Pride and Prejudice, The Pearl - all the greats.

If you're still doing them in October, maybe a Halloween themed book chat discussing the horror genre - everything from Stephan King's Cujo to Bram Stoker's Dracula.

I saw the Harry Potter one, but I've only read the first one thus far and last night I was busy with a sick little boy. :(

Maybe I can join in on the next one. :)

One of my all time favorite books is Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, so that's certainly one I'd have to suggest.

Also halloween time the Vampire Chronicles might be a great one to consider. (Another favorite)

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a favorite book of mine is Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough - I would love to discuss this book at length~

How about our favorite books that most people haven't heard of? That would make for an interesting reading list.

Also, vampires, of course. :-)

This fall, as temperatures cool and the lure of a warm chair grows, I would like to discuss the classics like Poe and I think having a horror genre around Halloween would be nice. I would not mind either if we looked at Children's lit either Maurice Sendak would be pretty interesting to discuss

I love James Patterson books. I also love Christian fiction (but I know that won't go over very well). I will read just about anything that is action adventure, even something I've already read.

The Women's Murder Club James Patterson.
My favorite Character Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer. I cried when the DA Jill Bernhardt was murdered.
After I am done this series I am going to read Tess Gerritsen: The Bone Garden, then Patricia Cornwell : Predator
Like Ann Rice books!! Andrea I too Have got into few Christian Series!!! You never know there are a lot Christians on Gather !!

I would like to see a holiday cookbook next month. Many people will be doing holiday baking and would benefit from helpful ways to save money and enjoy spending more time with family and less time at the stove.

Steph;

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Wow!

Well, I am probably the only person reading who doesn't like witches, wizzards, vampires, ghosts or any sort of horror stuff. So here goes my list of ideas for book chat topics:

Chick Lit and Romance
Mysteries
Books and Movies (re: books made into movies)
Favorite Classics (which someone mentioned)
Favorite Foreign Authors
Armchair Travel: Books with Settings in Other Countries
Cooking and Crafts
Which Travel Guides Work for You?
First Time Authors
Gather Authors and Their Books

I think it would be great to discuss some great classic American literature such as Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn. I also think Poe would be great. Also short stories would be great!

I liked the book cell by Stephen King.

I just found this post asking for chat suggestions.

My suggestions would be based on my preference for nonfiction that reads like a great novel (versus nonfiction that reads like a textbook), nonfiction that has a story to tell. That's hard to find because nonfiction is usually just informative.

I've read some great ones so would be able to talk about them.

I have another suggestion, although it isn't about a chat topic. Instead, it's about getting more participants in the chat. How about trying it one hour earlier?

For people who regularly get up early in the morning for work. a chat from 9 to 10 is too late.

I'm looking forward to discussing Water for Elephants during the book club chat but won't be able to participate the entire hour because that's just too late.

How about the author Anita Shreve - I love her books.

You should get a chat with Juliette Fay who wrote SHELTER ME. IT's TARGET's top book club pick this month and it's available at B&N, Borders, Amazon, Target, etc.

www.juliettefay.com.

In the tradition of Marisa de los Santos and Anne Tyler, a moving debut about a young mother’s year of heartbreak, loss and forgiveness . . . and help that arrives from unexpected sources.
38 year-old Janie LaMarche had everything she wanted: a comfortable home, two adorable young children, and a strong marriage to a good man. Her life felt as secure as the circle of Robby’s embrace . . . until the day Robby left his bike helmet at home, and in a single fateful moment left Janie and the family behind forever.
Four months after Robby’s death, Janie remains immobilized by grief. Despite the earnest efforts of friends and family, the forward motion of her life has ground to a halt, and she can’t escape the grip of her memories. Not even the changes in her own children, four year-old Dylan and baby Carly, can shake her out of her stubborn vigil.

Check it out!

I just read Shelter Me and loved Juliette Fay's characters. It's got it all - grief, family, parenting, fear, romance...all wrapped into a page turner with enough wit and humor to have you laughing too.

any body read "fall on your knees' by Anne-Marie Macdonald

i thought it was an awesome book! Wow