Ink Blood Sister Scribe - June CC Book Club Selection

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Previously considered:

North Woods
Tom Lake

Both still have holds at my library though not as bad as @jollymama’s.

Age of Vice - Deepti Kapoor (Literary fiction; Family sagas; Crime fiction; Thrillers and suspense; Book club best bets)

Homecoming - Kate Morton (My IRL book club read this one. It got a solid thumbs-up from everyone with a good discussion.)

And brand-new, as in just published:

Enlightenment - Sarah Perry (CC Book Club read and discussed her The Essex Serpent. Maybe it’s new enough that we could catch it before it fills with holds.)

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I just put a hold on Enlightenment, for the heck of it. Estimated 24 weeks wait – but only one of my three library systems has it yet.

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Having recently watched (and loved) American Fiction I would love to read Erasure by Percival Everett the book it’s based on. I think it would be really interesting to compare the two as well. The hardcover and audiobook is available at our library and the waitlist for the ebook is quite short.

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Ooh – Percival Everett is also the author of James. I heard passages from that while my husband was listening to it. It’s good. I’d like to read that, too.

So many books, so little time!

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I have Erasure on hold because I liked American Fiction so much - it’s saying four weeks so I’ll probably have it before then.

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North Woods by Daniel Mason

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Homecoming by Kate Morton

Enlightenment by Sarah Perry

Erasure by Percival Everett

James by Percival Everett

Great choices! I would happily read any of them. I’m keeping North Woods on the list because what if @jollymama forgets everything by the time it’s more readily available? :smiley:

Any vetoes?

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Dang – I want to read ALL those books.

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As always, I’m OK with whatever we choose. I’ve read “Tom Lake” for my RL Book Club and will be reading “James” for Books on the Beach later this summer.

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I’m OK with any of these. I just put a hold on Enlightenment.

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James has more holds, and less copies, than North Woods at my library.

*I’ve never read Huckleberry Finn and feel like maybe I should before reading James.
Thoughts?

I guess this is a soft veto for James for now. Otherwise, I’m good.

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I would do a soft veto for Tom Lake. Great book but I think many of us have already read it.

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I read Huckleberry Finn as a grown up and it was much more interesting than I expected it to be. Well worth reading. I’m not that interested in James, but would read it if chosen, (and would probably feel obliged to at least skim through Huck.) They might make a good pair of classic/new book for some time.

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I agree with the soft veto comments (and we need to pare down the list a little anyway), so we are left with:

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Homecoming by Kate Morton

Enlightenment by Sarah Perry

Erasure by Percival Everett

Time for Ranked Choice Voting! Please rank all books in order of desire:

I’ll post the results link for us to watch after the first few votes come in. Thanks!

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I’ll probably be disappointed, (Possession is in my top ten of favorite books), but Enlightenment has been compared to it. :slight_smile:

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A few years back, we read The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish, which had also been compared to Possession. Legitimately so (I thought). I really liked that book.

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I did too. It was excellent.

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While Enlightenment looks very good, it was just released a week ago. It is still expensive. The only books that were in my library consortium were James and Tom Lake. I will have to purchase all of the others. Although all of the books look good, I will ultimately vote by price.

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Here is the results link, but remember, it’s relatively meaningless at the moment because only a handful of people have voted. So ignore the “winner” until we reach our quorum: Election Results

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Oh, right, North Woods is the one that made me think of Michener’s The Source

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I voted but could change my vote in the blink of an eye, or rather rearrange choices 1-3 with no trouble whatsoever.

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