Sunday, December 7, 2008

It's not going to be easy

Here's a preview of the list we'll use a week from today to select our next five books. Click on the title for information about that book:

A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore

Marley and Me by John Grogan

Matrimony by Joshua Henkin

Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer

No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July

Out Stealing Horses by Per Patterson

Run by Ann Patchett

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes by Cathy Holton

The Senator’s Wife by Sue Miller

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

Wonderful Tonight by Patty Boyd

4 comments:

Susan Gregg Gilmore said...

Hi Bedford Book Club.

I'm honored you're thinking of reading my book and just wanted to let you know that I'll happily phone in so we can chat (almost in person) about the book, life, Dilly Bars!

Interesting little tidbit -- I actually wrote Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen while living in California.

Whatever you choose, happy reading!

Susan

Sherry said...

Susan,

Thanks for your kind offer. We've never discussed a book directly with an author before. This would be exciting!

We should know what our plan is after Sunday and will get in touch with you.

Thanks for stopping by our blog.

Best wishes,
Sherry

Anonymous said...

Hi, everyone. Just to let you know, I've been in touch with Sherry and would be delighted to participate in a discussion of MATRIMONY, which is something that I've been doing with a lot of book groups recently. I also have a special holiday offer out to book groups of one free signed copy of MATRIMONY to a book group if they choose to discuss MATRIMONY. In any case, you have a fine list of possible books here, so you can't go wrong.

Best,

Joshua Henkin
http://www.joshuahenkin.com

Sherry said...

Hey everyone,

I just added "The Middle Place" by Kelly Corrigan to our list because I just found out that it will be released in paperback next week.

If you want to read about this book, especially reviews from real people click here. I, too, give this memoir a five star rating.