Category — Book Club

This question is part of the GRAB(ook) Club, an online book club open to anyone and everyone.

There are two types of teen characters that seem to pop up in books and movies — the realistic, everyman who stands in for tons of kids that you could actually point out at your school (for instance, the students in Breakfast Club) and the kid-you-wish-you-were (for instance, the kids in John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars).  There is nothing realistic about them.  They are too witty to be actual people, too self-actualized, too lucky, too unlucky, and too much the creators of perfect movie-like moments.  This seems to be a running characteristic of John Green characters: they are the people you wish you were or you wish were your friends, therefore, it is a joy to hang out with them in paper form on the page.

Do you tend to gravitate towards books with realistic characters who remind you of people in your day-to-day world (or you could see being an actual person you might encounter one day) or characters who have almost super-human personalities that allow you to escape from all those regular people around you due to their cleverness?

After you answer my question, please click over to read the rest of the book club questions for The Fault in Our Stars.  You can get your own copy of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green at bookstores including Amazon.

This is a post for the GRAB(ook) Club. Like the idea of a book club where you don’t have to leave your living room? Then read more about the GRAB(ook) Club which holds the book discussion on blogs, a Facebook group, and a GoodReads group.

July’s Book is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.  You can jump into the discussion by clicking any of the blogs below (links will appear when the post goes up), or joining the Facebook or GoodReads group (links to those groups are in the information post).

• Stirrup Queens
• Me Plus One
• Are You Kidding Me?
• The Road Less Travelled
• Adventures in Writing, Reading & Bookcrossing
• Lavender Luz
• Two Bees in Love
• CD1 Again
• Amy (on GoodReads/Facebook)

NEXT STEP: sign up for the August book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (discuss August 15) by leaving a comment below telling me that you’re in, the name and url of your blog, or whether you are blogless and will be discussing on the Facebook/GoodReads groups.

Today we’re discussing Measure of Love as part of the GRAB(ook) Club, and I’m participating too.  You can answer my question without having read the book (though… you know… what are you waiting for?  It’s a great summer read).

Arianna presents a sticky situation in Chapter Two.  She’s at the dry cleaners when an annoying woman holds up the line for twenty minutes, arguing about her missing clothes.  Arianna falls into a conversation with a man standing behind her who turns out to be a writer for a comedy news show.  They end up grabbing coffee together and chatting after they get out of the dry cleaners.  They part ways without making any plans to see each other again; in fact, she doesn’t even have his last name though it wouldn’t be difficult to find it since she knows where he works.

Rachel thinks this crosses a line, especially since Arianna is in a committed relationship with Ethan.  Arianna doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with grabbing a cup of coffee with a stranger.

Which person do you think is correct and would you have gotten coffee with the man if you had been Arianna waiting in line?

After you answer my question, please click over to read the rest of the book club questions for Measure of Love.  You can get your own copy of Measure of Love by Melissa Ford at bookstores including Amazon.

This is the inaugural post for the GRAB(ook) Club. Like the idea of a book club where you don’t have to leave your living room? Then read more about the GRAB(ook) Club which holds the book discussion on blogs, a Facebook group, and a GoodReads group.

June’s Book is Measure of Love by Melissa Ford.  You can jump into the discussion by clicking any of the blogs below (links will appear when the post goes up), or joining the Facebook or GoodReads group (links to those groups are in the information post).

• Stirrup Queens
• Bereaved and Blessed
• Me Plus One
• Are You Kidding Me?
• The Road Less Travelled
• Lavender Luz
• Two Bees in Love
• CD1 Again
• Slaying, Blogging, Whatever
• Adventures in Writing, Reading & Bookcrossing
• The Book Diva’s Reads
• Two Adults, One Child
• Queen of the Slipstream
• Inconceivable!
• River Run Dry
• Sticky Feet
• Better Full Than Empty
• Bionic Mamas
• Pepper (on GoodReads/Facebook)
• Linda (on GoodReads/Facebook)
• Anne (on GoodReads/Facebook)
• Amy (on GoodReads/Facebook)
• Jacqueline (on GoodReads/Facebook)

NEXT STEP: sign up for the July book The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (discussed on July 18) by leaving a comment below telling me that you’re in, the name and url of your blog, or whether you are blogless and will be discussing on the Facebook/GoodReads groups.

Welcome to the online book tour for The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption.  Grab a cup of coffee and prepare to think.

We’re here today to discuss Lori Holden’s new book about open adoption.  Below are all the other stops on this tour.  Please click around and read everyone’s thoughts on this book.