For the Love of Books

Today, I meet with my book club. We meet once a month, rotating to each other's houses for lunch and a discussion of the month's book. It's been eye-opening because I've discovered some books I've loved, and a few...not so much, that I probably wouldn't have chosen had I not been in this group of bookie women.

Here's a brief list of some of my favorite books (most not from the book club):
The Djinn in the Nightengale's Eye
by A.S. Byatt
Possession
by A.S. Byatt

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon

The year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
Mr. White's Confession
by Robert Clark

Tortilla Curtain
by T.C. Boyle

Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann
Music for Torching
by A. M. Homes

Housekeeping
by Marilynne Robinson

... just to name a few.

And here's a link to a really great, unbiased magazine full of reviews of newly published and older books, divided by genre:

Bookmarks Magazine