Just a BookClub discussion

I am removing the book for December because it makes more sense to start in January 2024.

I have chosen some books that could be the book for January.
if you want, you can help choose which one it should be by voting in a poll I made.

The three books I have chosen are:

Divergent
by Veronica Roth

Mistborn: The Final Empire
by Brandon Sanderson

City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare

you cannot vote inside the goodreads app, so if you want to vote you must go to goodreads.com.

Because we are half-way through January, I will begin looking for new books for February and you are welcome to write a title (or add a book to ideas-for-monthly-books) if there is a book you would want to read. I don’t know I divergent book two could count as a monthly book, but I will add it to the poll anyways (the poll will be made 10 days before February 1 so you can have time to vote).
And just so you are aware I will be adding some more genres and information to the book club description. : )

Book of Lies by Teri Terry
Genres: Fantasy, young adult, Mystery, Paranormal, Thriller
Pages: 352
They are trapped, frozen. Waiting. Straining against the wood that holds them. The unwary catch a glimpse now and then - feel their desperate hunger, see a glint of red eyes - and scurry out of the shadows of the wood, back to the light.
She's coming; it will be soon.
They will run free on the moors again. The Hunt will return.
And the ground will run with blood.

An ancient curse placed on a family of witches foretells that twins will be born - one good, one evil; and one will destroy the other. But who can be trusted when no one is as they seem?

A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass
Genres: fantasy, young adult, romance
Pages: 576
“Love has a sound. It sounds like a thousand heartbeats happening at the same time.”

Princess Annika has lived a life of comfort—but no amount of luxuries can change the fact that her life isn’t her own to control. The king, once her loving father, has gone cold, and Annika will soon be forced into a loveless marriage for political gain.

Miles away, small comforts are few and far between for Lennox. He has devoted his life to the Dahrainian army, hoping to one day help them reclaim the throne that was stolen from them. For Lennox, the idea of love is merely a distraction—nothing will stand in the way of fighting for his people.

But when love, against all odds, finds them both, they are bound by its call. They can’t possibly be together—but the irresistible thrum of a thousand heartbeats won’t let them stay apart.



Swear on This Life by Renée Carlino
Genres: Romance, Young adult
Pages: 320
When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer.

Yet from the very first page, Emiline is entranced by the story of Emerson and Jackson, two childhood best friends who fall in love and dream of a better life beyond the long dirt road that winds through their impoverished town in rural Ohio.

That’s because the novel is patterned on Emiline’s own dark and desperate childhood, which means that “J. Colby” must be Jase: the best friend and first love she hasn’t seen in over a decade. Far from being flattered that he wrote the novel from her perspective, Emiline is furious that he co-opted her painful past and took some dramatic creative liberties with the ending.

The only way she can put her mind at ease is to find and confront “J. Colby,” but is she prepared to learn the truth behind the fiction?

Heart Bones Heart bones by Colleen Hoover
Genres: romance, young adult
Pages: 336
Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself.

With only two short months separating her from the future she's built and the past she desperately wants to leave behind, an unexpected death leaves Beyah with no place to go during the interim. Forced to reach out to her last resort, Beyah has to spend the remainder of her summer on a peninsula in Texas with a father she barely knows. Beyah's plan is to keep her head down and let the summer slip by seamlessly, but her new neighbor Samson throws a wrench in that plan.

Samson and Beyah have nothing in common on the surface.

She comes from a life of poverty and neglect; he comes from a family of wealth and privilege. But one thing they do have in common is that they're both drawn to sad things. Which means they're drawn to each other. With an almost immediate connection too intense for them to continue denying, Beyah and Samson agree to stay in the shallow end of a summer fling. What Beyah doesn't realize is that a rip current is coming, and it's about to drag her heart out to sea.

Fable by Adrienne Young
Genres: Fantasy, young adult, romance
Pages: 357
(part of a series)
For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one, and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. The only thing that keeps her going is the goal of getting off the island, finding her father, and demanding her rightful place beside him and his crew. To do so Fable enlists the help of a young trader named West to get her off the island and across the Narrows to her father.

But her father’s rivalries and the dangers of his trading enterprise have only multiplied since she last saw him, and Fable soon finds that West isn't who he seems. Together, they will have to survive more than the treacherous storms that haunt the Narrows if they're going to stay alive.

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance
Pages: 525
One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.


you can´t vote in the goodreads app. to vote you have to open the goodreads website.

If you want to vote you can only, do it on goodreads.com and not in the app.

Instructions for dancing by Nicola Yoon.
304 pages.
Contemporary romance, YA and fantasy.

Namesake by Adrienne young (the second book in the world of the narrows)
360 pages.
Fantasy, romance and YA.

Conversation with friends by Sally Rooney.
304 pages.
Contemporary romance and LGBT

Before I fell by Lauren Oliver.
Pages 470.
YA, contemporary romance, paranormal and fantasy

If you want to vote you can only, do it on goodreads.com and not in the app.

Better than the Movies by Lynn painter
356 pages
Contemporary Romance, young adult

Bride by Ali hazelwood
410 pages
Paranormal Romance, fantasy, vampires, werewolves.

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
432 pages
Contemporary romance, chick Lit

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
416 pages
Contemporary romance, mental health/illness

I totally forgot about the may poll, so the BOTM is just going to be The Personal Shopper by Carmen Reid (is free on Amazon right now as a kindle and (only) $8.64 as a hardback) and it looks interesting (I haven’t read any reviews or the blurb). I just love judging books by its cover and title, and I feel like it’s a good book.
It’s a part of a series but from what I know of other rom-com series it’s probably that type of series where the books don’t have a “real” order and you can read them as standalones.


I realize now that the main character is named Annie Valentine, which is the same name as the series.
so, I was most likely wrong about the standalone thing.

I have been searching for a standalone book to be the BOTM instead, and I have found this free book With You by Amanda Waters.

As last month I have just chosen a book and because of that I wanted to choose one of my favorite books.
so i choose Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney.

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

length:
384 pages
10 hours and 30 minutes

genres: adult, romance, sport, contemporary.

short description:
Soto decides to leave retirement which she announced in 1989 to re-enter professional competitions in an effort to defend her record





Babel by R.F. Kuang

length:
544 pages
21 hours and 46 minutes

genres: adult, urban fantasy, magic, historical.

short description:
Babel is a historical fantasy novel that follows a Chinese boy, Robin Swift, who's plucked from the slums of Canton in 1828 by Oxford professor Richard Lovell to prepare for eventual study at the fictional Royal Institute of Translation at Oxford University, otherwise known as Babel.




Our Stop by Laura Jane Williams

length:
368 pages
8 hours and 23 minutes

genres: new adult, romance, chick lit, contemporary.

short description:
Daniel spots Nadia on the Tube most mornings. Instead of talking to her, he puts a message in the 'Missed Connections' section of the paper. Then, they start writing to each other – but will they ever meet?





Three by Valérie Perrin

length:
512 pages
21 hours and 24 minutes

genres:
Thriller, romance, mystery, contemporary.


short description:
Three is the story of three friends who have known each other since the age of 10, and now 31 years later their story is being told.

you can only vote on goodreads.com and not in the app.

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

length:
304 pages
6 hours and 51 minutes

genres: Young adult, romance, contemporary.

short description:
it’s a story of two teenagers with cystic fibrosis who fall in love but must maintain a safe distance from each other to avoid cross-infection.





I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

length:
371 pages
12 hours and 57 minutes

genres: Young adult, romance, LGBT, contemporary, family.


short description:
The novel follows a set of twins, Jude and Noah. Although they were incredibly close at thirteen, three years later they are hardly speaking to each other




Fallen by Lauren Kate

length:
452 pages
10 hours and 56 minutes

genres: Young adult, urban fantasy, paranormal, romance.

short description:
Fallen is the story of seventeen year old Lucinda (or Luce as she is known). She falls in love with the good-looking and highly intelligent Daniel at their reform school but soon discovers that he is a fallen angel, cursed, destined neither to ascend to Heaven nor descend to Hell.




The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant by Kayte Nunn

length:
400 pages
10 hours and 53 minutes

genres: adult, romance, literature, historical.

short description:
Free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker embarks on a research posting in the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast. When a violent storm forces her to take shelter on a far-flung island, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters.

(you can only vote here and not in the app)

Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane

length:
432 pages
10 hours and 17 minutes

genres: Adult, chick lit, contemporary romance.

short description: Don't You Forget About Me is a deep dive into memory — specifically, what the main character, Georgina Horspool, chooses to remember and decides to forget, and how secrets buried in those memories can ravage a young woman's self-esteem and lead her to misjudge those who care about her the most.





A Village Secret by Julie Houston


length:
448 pages
12 hours and 47 minutes

genres: humor, women’s fiction, contemporary romance.


short description: When Jennifer goes up to Cambridge University with her head full of the Romantic Poets, she never dreams that she will find her very own Byron. But then she meets gorgeous actor Laurie Lewis, and finds herself living a real-life love poem.

Fifteen years and two children later, Jennifer and Laurie's relationship is starting to feel more like an epic tragedy.




The Poisons We Drink byBethany Baptiste


length:
480 pages
16 hours and 6 minutes

genres: young adult, urban fantasy, LGBT.

short description: In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family. Love potions is a dangerous business. Brewing has painful, debilitating side effects, and getting caught means death or a prison sentence



Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

length:
368 pages
11 hours and 16 minutes

genres: adult, literary, mystery.

short description: Remarkably Bright Creatures is a book revolving around a mischievous giant pacific octopus in a small town aquarium, attended by a lovely old lady who cleans it. The two unlikely friends navigate their individual isolated lives, as both deal with heartbreak and other tensions that everyone is familiar with.

(you can only vote here and not in the app)