Carpe Librum ~ Book Club January

Each month I will post 6 books for you to choose ONE to read for the Book Club for your swap. You can certainly read more, if you would like, but 1 is all that is required for the swap. I will post the books by the 1st of the month, and sign ups will stay up through the 7th of that month. The send date will be the 6th of the following month. That will give you about a month to read, and another 6 days to get the swap sent out. If the swap is not sent out on or before the 6th (take note of any holidays or weekends and send prior to that), I won't allow you in the next months swap.

• Sign ups held til the 7th of the month
• One month to read your choosen book
• Send date by the 6th of following month

January Book Club choices ~ (forgive me that I don't have links this time. Still no computer for me, and I'm able to get online on my PS3, but can't do things like copy and paste.)

• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn ~ Mystery
• Dune by Frank Herbert ~ Classics Sci-Fi
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ~ Historical Fiction
• Room by Emma Donoghue ~ Contemporary Adult
• Hyperbole and a half by Allie Brosh ~ Non-Fic Humor
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer ~ YA Fantasy

NOTE If a book I have chosen is part of a series and you have read that book, you MAY choose the book within the series that you are on, to read instead. Just make a note to your partner that it is within the series.

After you have read your book, please write to your partner at least TWO full pages (8.5x11/A4) or 1 full page if typed (small margins, small fonts). Here are some questions to help you write about the book you read. Please use at least 4 (half) of the questions in your swap.

• What was the book about?
• Did you like or dislike it?
• Who was your favorite character, or what was your favorite part? What was your least favorite?
• Have you read any other books by this author? Would you read any because of thise book?
• Were there any situations or characters in the book that you identified with? How?
• Did you like the book from the beginning or did it take you a while to get into it?
• If you could change something about the book, what you you change and how would you change it?
• Would you ask the author a question if you could? What would you ask?

No rating requirements since it is in the group. Please send on or before the 6th. If I get on to assign the next month and you haven't sent, I'll not let you into that swap. Don't forget to rate your partner, that's the final part of the Swap transaction!