Bonding Over Books - August 2016 Il Book Club

PriyaSrini · Jul 26, 2016

It's time ( about time actually) to pick up a book to read this August here at the club. August is also the month of Raksha Bandhan so how about we use this as the theme? Lets pick a book that has siblings as protagonists.

The first book that comes to mind, when I think of siblings are the Dashwood sisters in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Or we can go on an adventure with the Pevensies and read C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia).

Share your recommendations/ nominations biblioites and I will set up a poll to vote for the book of the month, shortly.

Tagging @Visasri @blessings1010 @daisy2015 @chillbreeze @maggi32 @Amica @Kukudukuu @helpmeangel and all book lovers out there who wish to join us.

chillbreeze · Jul 26, 2016

Thanks for the tag Priya, great idea for this month's club. Let me think and get back with my nomination.

PriyaSrini · Jul 26, 2016

Glad to have you back @chillbreeze, is there any chicklit with siblings???

chillbreeze · Jul 26, 2016

That's what I am thinking Priya

blessings1010 · Jul 26, 2016

Thanks for tagging me @PriyaSrini . I can not think of any fiction book based on siblings now, but I would love to read Dashwood Sisters if you all vote for it as well.

My nominations (they are all real-life stories/ biographies)
1. Rena's Promise: A story of Sisters in Auschwitz

2. The Bielski Brothers

3. The Sisters: The saga of Mitford Family

Srama · Jul 26, 2016

Ladies,

The title got me curious and I googled. The book that showed up right away is this We are all completely beside ourselves | Karen Joy Fowler

I have not read it though!

blindpup10 · Jul 26, 2016

I want to join this book club. I second @blessings1010 recommendation
Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz: Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam: 0046442070713: Amazon.com: Books

Amica · Jul 27, 2016

PriyaSrini said: ↑

Lets pick a book that has siblings as protagonists.
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The two greatest books ever written in this category: Ramayana & Mahabharata.

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Amica · Jul 27, 2016

Now that I've established my spiritual/moral creds , here are more sibling books I'd recommend:

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

And let's not forget the Weasleys in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

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blessings1010 · Jul 27, 2016

Amica said: ↑

Now that I've established my spiritual/moral creds , here are more sibling books I'd recommend:

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

And let's not forget the Weasleys in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

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oh wow. my vote goes to Little Women by Louis May Alcott. good you added it here @Amica I wanted to read it from such a long timeee. Thanks!