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This week’s topic is “Ten Books I Bought/Borrowed Because…” so I chose ten books that other people in my book club picked out. These were books that I discussed with my book club and would not have read or purchased otherwise!
1. Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog by Dave Barry
2. The Woman in the Window: A Novel by A. J. Finn
3. The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
4. Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery by Andrew Shaffer
My book club tweeted Andrew Shaffer and Joe Biden inviting them to our book club. Andrew showed via Skype!
5. The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
6. The Circle by Dave Eggars
7. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
8. All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel by Anthony Doerr
9. Sourdough and Other Stories by Angela Slatter
10. The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
So, there you have it! My book club has read plenty of books, but I dropped money on these ones and finished them. (Our book club is notorious for always having at least one DNF-er in the crowd.) Have you read any of these? Are you in a book club? Let me know below!
lydiaschoch
Aww, Lessons from Lucy sounds adorable.
My TTT .
Kate
It’s hilarious with plenty of doses of cute doggie-ness. 🙂
TtlyAdd2Reading
All of these are new to me.
Patrick Prescott
Dave Barry and C.S. Lewis to very different type of writers, but both are well worth reading. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/04/ttt-040720.html
Kate
That’s so true. Those were two books I greatly enjoyed on this list, too!
Saturday Nite Reader
I’ve read #2 & #8!
Trendy Simple Life
I also bought The Woman in the Window for my bookclub! 🖤
Kate
It was a popular book cub pick!
Empress DJ
I’m jelly – you always seem to tease my book greed!
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Great post and great list of books I hope you enjoy reading each book. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.
anovelglimpse
Book clubs are good at making me buy books I wouldn’t normally read. I’m glad you found some good ones.
Kate
Thank you!
The Coloring Book Nook
Book cluubs can be dangeous on the wallet lol.
Vidya Tiru
Yet to read all of these but at least half of them are on my to read list
Robin Loves Reading
If I were in a book club, I would completely go broke.
Kate
That’s why I love the library!