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2016 Book Club

2/3/2017

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2016 was the third year that I've been part of an in-person book club. It's something I had wanted to participate in for a long time, and I'm so glad that I've found a group of people to read and discuss books and eat yummy food with me. At the end of the year, I like to look back at the books we've read for the year. I suddenly realized this week that I hadn't done that yet for 2016, so here it is now!
January - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
March - One Mountain Away by Emilie Richards
April - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
May - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
June - Etta & Otto & Russell & James by Emma Hooper
August - All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
September - Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
October - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
November - The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
Our Favorite Books:​ Several! All the Light We Cannot See, The Boys in the Boat, and When Breath Becomes Air were books that we all enjoyed. They provided lots of meaningful conversation.

Not-So-Favorite Books: All the Birds, Singing. I'm not sure how this book made it on our list in the first place, but it was way too crude for our preference.
We're always on the lookout for good books! Have you read anything recently that would make a good book club book?
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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
2/3/2017 08:00:24 am

I love this recap! I've never done it for my book club the past few years, but I think maybe I should :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/5/2017 02:42:19 pm

I always like writing up this recap. My only problem is that I count on our texts throughout the year to pull the list together - but I got a new phone in June, so I didn't have the texts from the first half of the year! Took a little detective work, but I think I pieced it all together! :)

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Kailana link
2/3/2017 09:20:15 am

Looks like a lot of fun!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/5/2017 02:43:11 pm

It certainly is! :)

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Jade @ Reading with Jade link
2/3/2017 01:12:51 pm

It sounds like you read a lot of varied titles at your book club. I'd love to a part of a real life book club, but whilst that isn't an option currently, I'm happy to be a part of one on Twitter.

I hope you, and your fellow book clubbers, discover some wonderful new titles this year.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/5/2017 02:43:47 pm

Online book clubs are fun, too. You just have to provide your own snacks! ;)

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