Several Ace Readers have asked for a reading list from last season’s Ace Book Club (our book club takes a summer hiatus) to use as a summer reading list, or to catch up before Ace Book Club resumes this Fall. Many of them are in paperback now, so you can save some money if you missed the first go-round.
We began with a Kentucky girl, and the debut collection from UK Alum Holly Goddard Jones, Girl Trouble: Stories (P.S.)
We switched to non-fiction for the second entry. John Grogan (Marley & Me
Switching from Catholic angst, we stayed with the father-theme, but moved to Jonathan Tropper’s sitting-shiva in This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel
Our next book club selection stuck loosely with the theme of infidelity, but moved back to non-fiction territory with Julie Powell’s, Cleaving, the much-anticipated “sequel” of sorts to Julie & Julia. (Ace hosted a sold-out sneak preview of the movie, so it seemed like a logical fit for the Book Club.)
If you are looking for a better book about a food apprentice-ship, go with Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Vintage)
Our next selection stayed within the food-memoir-genre, but this time with a happier ending than Powell’s: Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
That catches everyone up on last season’s Ace Book Club. Stay tuned to the blog here for more recommended summer reading, and a look ahead at the fall selections for the next season of the Ace Book Club.