<<VOTE>> Now for BOOK #4 ~ Book Club

Bucsnpats · **<<VOTE>> Now for BOOK #4 ~ Book Club**

Vote Now for the next book the Book Club will read!!

Here are the book descriptions:

Going Home by Nora Roberts (Three classic novels)

Book Description
Unfinished Business
She wanted answers from her estranged mother and went home to find them. But Vanessa Sexton also found Brady Tucker, the man who'd once broken her heart . . . and still left her breathless.
Island of Flowers
Innocent Laine Simmons journeyed to Hawaii to get to know the father she hadn't seen in years. Was she ready to face her past -- and find her future in the arms of her father's sexy partner, Dillon O'Brian?
Mind Over Matter
Protecting her mother's interests pitted no-nonsense Aurora Fields against a very determined David Brady. But there were few David couldn't charm if he set his mind to it -- and this time it really mattered.

The Broker by John Grisham
Book Description
In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world’s most sophisticated satellite surveillance system.

Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive—there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, who will kill him?

Born in Death by J.D. Robb
From Publishers Weekly
Set in New York City in 2060, bestseller Roberts's latest police thriller under her Robb pseudonym in her Lt. Eve Dallas series (Naked in Death, etc.) offers her usual engaging characters. Dallas's investigation of the brutal murders of Natalie Copperfield, a 26-year-old accountant, and Copperfield's boyfriend becomes entangled with the search for Tandy Willowby, a pregnant friend who mysteriously vanishes shortly before her due date. Dallas discovers that Copperfield had stumbled on some white-collar fraud at her high-profile accounting firm, while Willowby's disappearance may be part of a series of abductions. Predictably, the two cases converge, and the mystery's solution becomes obvious. Newcomers, who may be dismayed at how little things will have changed in more than 50 years, would do better to start with earlier books in this near-future suspense series. (Nov.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

The Virgin’s Lover by Philippa Gregory
From Publishers Weekly
Bestseller Gregory captivates again with this expertly crafted historical about the beautiful young Virgin Queen, portrayed as a narcissistic, neurotic home-wrecker. As in her previous novels about Tudor England (The Queen's Fool, etc.), Gregory amasses a wealth of colorful period detail to depict the shaky first days of Elizabeth I's reign. The year is 1558, an especially dangerous time for the nation: no bishop will coronate Henry VIII's Protestant daughter, the treasury is bankrupt, the army is unpaid and demoralized. Meanwhile, the French are occupying Scotland and threatening to install "that woman"—Mary, Queen of Scots—on the throne. Ignoring the matrimonial advice of pragmatic Secretary of State William Cecil, the 25-year-old Elizabeth persists in stringing along Europe's most eligible bachelors, including King Philip of Spain and the Hapsburg archduke Ferdinand. It's no secret why: she's fallen for her "dark, saturnine" master of horse, Sir Robert Dudley, whose traitorous family history and marriage to the privately Catholic Amy make him an unsuitable consort. Gregory deftly depicts this love triangle as both larger than life and all too familiar; all three characters are sympathetic without being likable, particularly the arch-mistress Elizabeth, who pouts, throws tantrums, connives and betrays with queenly impunity. After a while the plot stagnates, as the lovers flaunt their emotions in the face of repetitious arguments from Amy, Cecil and various other scandalized members of the court. But readers addicted to Gregory's intelligent, well-researched tales of intrigue and romance will be enthralled, right down to the teasingly tragic ending.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Bucsnpats · 05-20-2007, 08:24 AM

I will tell you all that I was a little selfish this time around....these are all books that I have. And I have already started The Virgin's Lover!!

I just can't help myself.

We will see how the vote goes.....

We can always do two again...

Bucsnpats · 05-20-2007, 04:41 PM

Bumping.....

Where are all the book club memebers????? Come on girls...VOTE. The poll will end on Wednesday!!

scruggle · 05-20-2007, 06:09 PM

I voted for John Grisham because this is the only one by hom I haven't read. Can you PM me more info about the book club? I'd love to be a part of it this time around. Thanks!

Bucsnpats · 05-21-2007, 06:02 AM

Alicia ~ I PM'd you!!

And for anyone wanting to join....JUMP right in. We would love to have you. We vote on about one book a month....and I post discussion questions on a pre-determined date...once we have decided on the book.

So....VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

Bucsnpats · 05-22-2007, 07:35 AM

Bumping......Vote Vote Vote....poll ends tomorrow!!

Bucsnpats · 05-22-2007, 10:30 AM

bumping....Let's vote....POLL ends tomorrow at 9 AM!!

aliadam · 05-22-2007, 10:56 AM

Well I voted for the JD Robb book. I've read one recently and found it a pretty good read and very quick to read. I'm hoping Virgin's Lover doesn't win as I haven't had time to read the Queen's Fool yet, so then I won't be able to read Virgin's Lover since I want to read them in order. But majority rules obviously.

pandi410 · 05-22-2007, 11:23 AM

I voted for Grisham b/c I am reading this right now and could actually jump in on a discussion about it. But, will try and read whatever wins

Bucsnpats · 05-22-2007, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aliadam

Well I voted for the JD Robb book. I've read one recently and found it a pretty good read and very quick to read. I'm hoping Virgin's Lover doesn't win as I haven't had time to read the Queen's Fool yet, so then I won't be able to read Virgin's Lover since I want to read them in order. But majority rules obviously.

You better hurry up and catch up!!! I am reading The Virgin's Lover whether it wins or not...

And then what are you going to do when The Constant Princess wins...