BookOfTheMonthClub Hamburg

Book of the Month Club - Hamburg

Second Sunday each month, 4pm at Cafe Olé (Keplerstr. 2, 22765 Ottensen/Hamburg)Newcomers always welcome! Please also see the active meetup thread.

Next Meeting: September 13th - Lowboy by John Wray

On deck:

October 11th - Carry on, Jeeves
November 8th - Three Cups of Tea
December 13th - A Christmas Carol

Guidelines (compiled by Purple-Hoggy)

Suggested books should ideally be around the 300 page mark. We are happy to read books of more than 300 pages, but please make note of this when you make your suggestion.
When suggesting a book, first check that it is readily available at a reasonable price. Many club members buy online at Amazon, so checking there is very helpful.
We would like to read books of varied genres. Some suggestions were Thriller, comedy, non-fiction (eg. memoirs, biographies etc.) and even children's literature.
Discussion questions should be brought along to each meeting by the member that has suggested the book in question. This does not mean that other members cannot bring questions of their own, we encourage all members to initiate discussion.

Resources (compiled by Purple-Hoggy)

Reading Guides - these are book specific questions to stimulate thought and discussion. This website also has some great book suggestions.
Book-Clubs-Resource.com
General Discussion Questions - these are for both fiction and non-fiction.
Oprah's Book Club - don't cringe too much, I thought there may be some good suggestions on her lists.
The Pulitzer Prize - this website has lists of all the books that have won and been shortlisted.
The Man Booker Prize - as above but different prize!

History

Books We've Read

September 2009 - Lowboy by John Wray
August 2009 - The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
July 2009 - White Teeth by Zadie Smith
June 2009 - Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
May 2009 - October by Richard B. Wright
April 2009 - The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
March 2009 - Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
February 2009 - The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
January 2009 - Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
December 2008 - And She Was by Cindy Dyson
October 2008 - Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
September 2008 - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
August 2008 - Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
July 2008 - The Way the Crow Flies by Anne-Marie MacDonald
May 2008 - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
April 2008 - Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Books We've Vetoed (mainly because too many of us have read them already)

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

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