Book Club Reads from 2015

Two years ago, I made a New Year's resolution to start a book club. I had always wanted to belong to one, but there weren't really any available in my area. So I rounded up a few friends and started one! We read some awesome books in 2014. And 2015 was just as good. In case you're curious, here is the list of what we read this past year.

January - Pick any biography you want & share about that person with the group
February - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
March - In the Woods by Tana French
May - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
June - The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard Morais
July - Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
August - Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
September - House of Living Stones by Katie Schuermann
October - America the Beautiful by Ben Carson
​November - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

Our favorite books were the ones we could connect with the best. House of Living Stones by Katie Schuermann takes place in a small town (most of us live in one) about people who work in a Lutheran church (which most of us do). We also enjoyed Call the Midwife, as it brought back stories we had heard our parents and grandparents tell.

We had a healthy discussion about Go Set a Watchman in August, and enjoyed a little political debate when we read America the Beautiful by Ben Carson. Personally, my least favorite was In the Woods by Tana French because a graphic-ish murder mystery is so completely not my thing. Yet I can still say that I was glad that I read it. And shouldn't that be what book clubs are all about? Discussing and learning and growing as a reader and as a person.

Our first read for 2016 is All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. I'm so excited for this one, and for another great year of book club reads!