Book Club

[Puzzle Piece]

CIVIL WAR WEST'S - Testing the Limits of the United States

Arenson/Graybill

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YAQUI POET - Refugio Svala

[Lilysmom]

Lord of the Flies, William Golding

Schindler's List

[Lilysmom]

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@lolakimono wrote:

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@lolakimono, I just listed this book.  It's one I have never forgotten. LM

[jaxs mom]

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@Sunnyfield wrote:

I thought it would be interesting to share books that made an impact on us...especially as children/young adults.  Here are mine:

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As a child, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle, Rootabega Stories by Carl Sandburg and Grimm's fairy tales. As an older child, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. As a young adult, The Mists of Avalon and Clan of the Cave Bear. 

[GingerPeach]

I just finished Dean Koontz's "Innocence."  It's all about how we look at things and how they make us feel.  It's an always relevant theme. 

[Laura14]

I still have my original Little House books and all 40 some Trixie Belden books.  

[redhead65]

The Shack- William P. Young

Green City In the Sun - Barbara Woods

Hawaii - James Michener

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Illuminata - Maryanne Williamson

The Seat of the Soul - Gary Zukav

The Purpose Driven Life - Dr. Rick Warren

The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

Always Looking Up - Michael J. Fox

Book Of Angels - Sophy Burnham 

Valley Of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann

The Alchemist - Paul Coehlo

Reedeeming Love- Francine Rivers

Seven Thousand Ways To Listen - Mark Nepo

(Not in any special order)

[sunala]

When I was a young girl, I took out a book from the library, With Dad Alone, by Jerrold Beim, about two boys whose mother dies. Their father sends them to stay with their grandparents for the school summer vacation, which in retrospect made me sadder than if they stayed home with their dad. But, Dad had to work so off they went.

When they got home it was so sad because they missed their mom so much. The book impacted me because although I had a very loving mother, it still made me think about how life would be without her. My eyes are getting misty now just thinking about it. I'd love to read the book again but it's totally out of print. 

The other book is The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. When I first read it as a pre-teen, I'd never known that this type of life existed. O-Lan was one of my favorite characters and my hero, and still is. She was so brave and good despite her miserable life.  

Those are the only two that come to mind now. Great topic!

[Group 5 minus 1]

The Millionaire Next Door.

[candyagain]

Great Expectations

David Copperfield

Oliver Twist

Little Women

Little Men

Tarzan

and of course! all the Nancy Drew books