May is supposed to bring flowers – instead it is bringing several best sellers and a great love story. I am particularly excited to read Little Bee by Chris Cleave for the Little Shop of Stories Catch-All Book Group. Cleave, the best selling author of Incendiary and The Other Hand, doesn’t want to give away much about this book. I can’t wait to crack the cover, for now here is what the back of the book has to say:
“We don’t want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know enough to buy it, so we will just say this: This is the story of two women. Their lives collide one fateful day, and one of them has to make a terrible choice, the kind of choice we hope you never have to face. Two years later, they meet again–the story starts there…Once you have read it, you’ll want to tell your friends about it. When you do, please don’t tell them what happens. The magic is in how the story unfolds.”
Later in the month the A-List Literates will be reading The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. We hear the movie isn’t so great, but this personal favorite was voted unanimously onto the spring book club list and endorsed by several contributors. (Have you checked out the contributors page?) I have been discussing this book with anyone who will have me since I read it, so indulge me at Eddie’s Attic, May 24th at 7:30.
Here are some of our usual favorites hitting it out of the park again in May:
Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, Catch-All Book Group, hosted by Little Shop of Stories on May – at 7PM.
Then We Came To The End, by Joshua Ferris, Pub Fiction, hosted by DeKalb County Public Library meeting at Karavana on May 20 at 7PM.
The Black Dahlia, by James Ellroy, Monthly Book Club, hosted by Bound to Be Read Books on May 20 at 7PM.
Sinfest v.1, Pinnochio the Vampire Slayer, Graphic Novel Club, meeting in Decatur at Raging Burrito on May 31 at 7PM.
A Mercy
Rainwater, by Sarah Brown, Lithonia-Davidson Library Book Club, meeting at Lithonia-Davidson Public Library on May 28 at 6:30PM.
