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Sept Book Club Vote

I didn't have a genre, but we agreed at the last book club that we enjoy memoirs and they make for good discussion, so that's what I'm going with. I can't make links clicky on my mac, but the tinyurl's will bring you to the Goodreads page for each book.

1. Night by Elie Wiesel: http://tinyurl.com/3jk4rh9

2. Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia by Carmen Bin Laden: http://tinyurl.com/42d5wfs

3. A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Duggard: http://tinyurl.com/3ga6a5h

4. Growing up Amish by Ira Wagler: http://tinyurl.com/4ye8kxk  

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Re: Sept Book Club Vote

  • Thanks for posting! I'll google them tomorrow and vote.
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    1. Night by Elie Wiesel: http://tinyurl.com/3jk4rh9

    2. Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia by Carmen Bin Laden: http://tinyurl.com/42d5wfs

    3. A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Duggard: http://tinyurl.com/3ga6a5h

    4. Growing up Amish by Ira Wagler: http://tinyurl.com/4ye8kxk 

    To make a link on Mac, you have to use HTML.

    [url*]Insert link address here[/url*] (obviously remove the asterisks)

    My vote is for A Stolen Life. It's on my to-read list as is & I'm fascinated by her story.

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    imageSoon2BMrsSikes:

    1. Night by Elie Wiesel: http://tinyurl.com/3jk4rh9

    2. Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia by Carmen Bin Laden: http://tinyurl.com/42d5wfs

    3. A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Duggard: http://tinyurl.com/3ga6a5h

    4. Growing up Amish by Ira Wagler: http://tinyurl.com/4ye8kxk 

    To make a link on Mac, you have to use HTML.

    [url*]Insert link address here[/url*] (obviously remove the asterisks)

    Thanks!!

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  • I vote for Growing Up Amish or Inside the Kingdom.
  • I vote for Growing up Amish. Second choice probably Night.

    All of them sound good, but Carmen bin Laden irks me -- she always seems to be cashing in and making a buck off of such a horrible thing. And from what I've seen of her on TV interviews at least, she doesn't even know very much (or is afraid to say anything). I had no clue she wrote a book.

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  • I'd vote for Night or Growing Up Amish.
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  • So I don't want to start a war, but I'm not sure what everyone decided when we restarted Book Club. DH has to work and MIL won't watch the baby on weeknights. I'd love to go if I can bring her, but if we're still not having babies at book club then I completely understand, and will have to sit it out. So if you're going and have an opinion, can you let me know? Honestly, no hard feelings if you vote no babies! 

    If I can come, I'd pick the Amish book.  

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  • I really like the dynamic of book club that we've had going so far this year, so I'm inclined to say no babies.

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  • imageClaireDunphy:

    I really like the dynamic of book club that we've had going so far this year, so I'm inclined to say no babies.

    Agreed with CD on this point. I vote for Jaycee Duggard story.
  • I'd be ok with babies of Violet's age that don't do anything but sleep at that point, but that's just me.
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  • I understand! I'll probably sit out this one then. Also my Oct. hosting date is up for grabs b/c DH will still be in season. Hopefully I'll find a sitter at some point and can return. Thanks for nothing, IL's :)
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    I understand! I'll probably sit out this one then. Also my Oct. hosting date is up for grabs b/c DH will still be in season. Hopefully I'll find a sitter at some point and can return. Thanks for nothing, IL's :)

    I can take October if you want to take something later in the year. I can't remember when I was supposed to host again.

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  • we just picked thru december, well, november. idk who picked nov. but dec. was reserved for a gtg rather than book club.
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  • I can actually make this one. I vote for A stolen life or Growing up Amish. I don't really mind babies that age but also realize that it then becomes complicated to try and distinguish in the future.
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  • imageashleemw:
    I understand! I'll probably sit out this one then. Also my Oct. hosting date is up for grabs b/c DH will still be in season. Hopefully I'll find a sitter at some point and can return. Thanks for nothing, IL's :)

    Wait, I don't like the bolded. :(

    I wasn't going to get involved in any of this at all, but having a mom get a sitter to what - watch the baby outside of the house for three hours so she can host book club in her own home? That makes me really uncomfortable. I'd be fine with a mom hosting book club with her infant there in her own house and I hope you'll keep October.

  • LB makes a really good point & I'm perfectly fine with her suggestion.

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  • Sounds like Growing Up Amish is the winner by a narrow margin. See you guys on the 19th!
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