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To save you from having to bounce between links and this entry, I'm posting the books from the two book clubs I mentioned in "Books" yesterday.

These are the six books that Oprah has featured (I think she's been doing a travelog):

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Cry the Beloved Country
Anna Karenina
The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck

I've read "East of Eden," and "The Good Earth."

Kathy and Judy who do the 9 to noon show on WGN Radio (WGNradio.com) have featured 16 books and listeners are getting to vote for the books they loved the most. These are the titles:

Like Normal People
The Rich Part of Life
All Over But the Shootin'
The Secret Life of Bees
The Lost Legends of New Jersey
Driving Mr. Albert
The Kite Runner
When the Emperor Was Divine
Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City
Bel Canto
The Passion of Artemesia
Year of Wonder: A Novel of the Plague
1984
The Devil in the White City
The Giant's House: A Romance
The Binding Chair: Or, A Visit From the Foot Emancipation Society

The four which are underlined are the four most popular of the 16 books. I've read "Bel Canto," and "1984."

And these suggestions are from one of my nieces:

The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Nifenegger

The Birth of Venus - Sarah Dunant

A Home at the End of the World -Michael Cunningham

The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - Lorna Landvik

A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry

Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie

Of Love and Shadows - Isabelle Allende

Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel

Of the last group, I've read "Farenheit 451," and I'm familiar with "A Handmaid's Tale," which I picked up after I saw the movie.

Any other suggestions??

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A friend from exercise suggested today that we should start a book club. I've never joined a book club, and I resisted the radio and TV groups when they popped up.

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