My real time book club has been together for well over two years now and we're about to start another round of picks. First up, yours truly.
At our last meeting we got to talking about the best and worst books we've read so far, and we decided it was time for a change. I threw out the idea of a theme or genre specific round, more specifically a biography round.
Now if you know me at all you know that I'm NOT a huge fan of nonfiction. I read it and I appreciate it but I don't make it my first choice.
When I suggested 10 months (that's right - 10) of biographies, I actually shocked our whole group into momentary silence. But then the idea was pounced upon and the girls really let the ideas roll.
Our agreed upon rules:
1. It must be a bio or autobio - no memoirs.
2. It cannot be more than 350 pages, 400 at the ABSOLUTE most.
3. The subject should be a famous person but can be famous in any capacity. Princess Di, Thomas Edison, Michael Jackson, or Kate Gosselin are all fine.
4. The person chosen should be of interest to the chooser - no random grabs from the bio shelf.
5. If after 2 months we aren't all happily ensconced in this theme, we will reserve the right to go back to regular book club selection (this is our out just in case it's a terrible idea!).
I'll get back to you on how it goes. I get to pick the first biography so no pressure or anything :)
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Interesting idea! I'd love to hear your suggestions for biographies that would appeal to readers of primarily fiction. I like to take a stab at a non-fiction book once in a while, but it has to have a very engaging plot: for example, The Day Lincoln Was Shot.
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