Monday, September 27, 2010

Musing Mondays - Suggestions Anyone?

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This week’s musing asks…

If your book group asked you to bring two (2) suggestions for group reads to your next meeting, what two books would you suggest? Why?

My answer...

One book I'd suggest is the one I just finished, Broken Birds by Jeannette Katzir. Although it's a sad book, and we'd all probably end up crying, I think it makes for a thought-provoking discussion. The discussion could revolve around how a tragedy (in this case the Holocaust)shapes the future of the people involved as well as future family members - how different people react to the same event.

The second book I'd suggest is Red Mist by Richard Taylor. Although it's an "old discussion" about JFK's assassination and Marilyn Monroe's death, I've always been fascinated by both tragedies and a discussion about this would be very interesting to me.

Seems like I chose sad books this week, but both books were so very good.

What would you pick?

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11 comments:

  1. (Diane) Bibliophile By the SeaSeptember 27, 2010 at 7:00 AM

    This photo is so cute and true...LOL

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  2. CatSeptember 27, 2010 at 9:33 AM

    I think I'm in the same mode you are. Although mine are sad with happy messages. ha! ha! I think we all get into those modes.

    Here's my MM for the week:
    http://composingcat.blogspot.com/2010/09/musing-mondays-9272010.html

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  3. Laurel-Rain SnowSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:13 AM

    Love the cat photo...are they getting ready for Cat Thursday?

    Wow, one of the books you mentioned touched on the Marilyn Monroe topic, and so did one of mine.

    You can read my post here:

    Click on my name....

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  4. The BookwormSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    I agree, Broken Birds would make for a great discussion.
    I think another good one would be Memoirs of a Geisha.

    http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/

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  5. BlodeueddSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:47 AM

    Lol, yes that photo says it all!

    Hm, dunno what I would pick but I love your first choice

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  6. caiteSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:49 AM

    I don't want to cry in public...:-)

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  7. serendipity_vivSeptember 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM

    I haven't heard of either of your choices, but they both sound good. I would choose Time's Legacy by Barbara Erskine as it looks at religion in a completely different way.

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  8. Gigi AnnSeptember 27, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    I would choose books by some of my favorite authors, so I would enjoy my reading time.

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  9. LoriSeptember 27, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    I think conspiracy type books would make for good discussion, the only problem is getting me to read them. I would be bored out of my mind, I think...Here is my Musing For Monday

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  10. SukoSeptember 27, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    I have Broken Birds, but haven't started it quite yet. Hopefully, I will soon.

    GREAT photo! (I need a cute cat photo for my next RRT post.)

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2010 at 6:22 PM

    Both are new to me. I'll have to google them.

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