Hello fellow bookworms! I would like to make a suggestion regarding this book-of-the-month discussions. First, I suggest that maybe, it's better to choose a specific theme each month before choosing the book. Anyone can suggest for a theme and vote, and majority wins. Since we already have the book for May, we can begin tallying votes for books in the next 7 months beginning next month, the month of June. So anyone can suggest 7 themes or more and of course, the corresponding book or books for each theme.
Here are my suggestions: (in no particular order)
FOREIGN BOOKS (Books authored by non-american)
any books by Italo Calvino
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
any books by Murakami
any books by Umberto Eco
YOUNG ADULT
any books by Suzanne Collins
Phillip Pullman's The Golden Compass
Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan
FANTASY
Game of Thrones by GRRM
Word War Z by Max Brooks
The Stand by Stephen King
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
SCI FI
The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Flatland by Edwin Abbott
GRAPHIC NOVEL/COMICS
Trese books by Budjette & KaJo
Elmer by Gerry Alanguilan
any books by Manix Abrera
NON FICTION
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The Element by Ken Robinson
Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick
PHILIPPINE NOVELS
The latest book from Philippine Speculative Fiction Anthology
any books by Nick Joaquin/Quijano de Manila
any Bob Ong books
BANNED BOOKS
The Diary of Anne Frank
Candide by Voltaire
The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
HORROR
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Grendel by John Gardner
Song of Kali by Dan Simmons
MYSTERY/DETECTIVE
The Manual of Detection by Jebediah Berry
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett
what do you think?