At last night's book group, we discussed The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. Our discussion sheet covered a biography of the author, similar books & authors, and questions for the discussion. I did some "lightning" book talks on potential fiction and non-fiction titles for next year's book group and then the group voted on their favorites. The fiction books with the most votes were:
Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
My Antonia by Willa Cather
World and Town by Gish Jen

Popular non-fiction titles included:
John Adams by David McCullough
Listening is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson

At the next meeting on November 29th, we'll continue our "lightning talks" with 6 additional fiction titles. The book for the next discussion is Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson.