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BOTM:Suggestions, ideas and opinions

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An Arsonist's Guide to Writers Homes In New England by Brock Clarke

Goodbye Colombus by Philip Roth

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

Herzog by Saul Bellow

Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard

Leviathan Paul Auster

The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
 
I wonder if we picked some more current selections if there would be more discussion? I find that BOTM is often something I have already read but long enough ago that I would have to reread it and I have so many new things I want to get to :)
 
Ronny said:
I wonder if we picked some more current selections if there would be more discussion? I find that BOTM is often something I have already read but long enough ago that I would have to reread it and I have so many new things I want to get to :)
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Yes, I think choosing more current books would help. I read older ones often, but primarily read the newer ones. I believe most would prefer the recent books. How about a mixture, half and half?
 
Hmmm....in that case, I suggest that for April's book of the month we choose a book that was written after the year 2000.

Please let me know if anyone (dis)agrees, I'll post up a new thread to suggest books for April once there is some general agreement on the theme. :)
 
I'll agree. Now to put on my thinking cap.

PS Pontalba: Like your dramatic new avatar. Woo-woo.
 
Thanks Peder. :D
It reminds me of my grandmother.....Gawd help us all.....:p

BTW, Andy, I like all of your suggestions! Good stuff.
 
Well, I'd say anything by Paul Auster to begin with, or what about something like Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel?
 
Great suggestions, Andy.

I wouldn't mind reading either Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard or The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien.
 
seriously must be having hallucinations or something .... I thought an entire bunch of posts + that link just vanished into thin air.
 
I love the idea of Book of the Month. I remember that when I first joined this forum back in 2008 (?), I read three older books that I never would've picked myself. The problem is that you can't please everybody. If someone recommends a book for me to read (and this is the format of BOTM), I tend not to take that recommendation unless it's a book that's somewhat older. If it's contemporary, it has to be well-received -- and I mean really really well-received.
 
What about a really lose theme, like books that were published before 2000? And just leave it open for a wide range of books?
 
Suggestions for themes:

Books that changed your life? The right book at the right time that gave you an 'a-ha' moment that changed things around for you.

Books that started it all for you? The book you read that just grabbed you and started a life long love for books?

The Best Book You Ever Read? Your all-time favourite. (If you can pick one)

Your worst book ever!

Scariest Classic Horror

Anti War Books

Biography / Autobiography

Historical Fiction - perhaps do these in time periods.

Books of the ...... (specific time period like '1880 - 1850) or (specific place 'China' / 'Vietnam' / India)

Victorian Melodramas

Best Pulp Fiction

Favourite Detective

.....

Do we have to read 'good' books? There are tons of books that are perhaps not 'literary' but nonetheless have aspects that are worth discussing.
 
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