Book Lists and Reviews
Book Lists and Reviews
Book Lists
Books make it onto the recommended titles list in several ways:
- I read a book with one of my book clubs that I believe moms and daughters will learn something from, find something important to talk about, or have fun reading.
- I review a book outside of my book club that meets the same criteria above.
- Other readers and members of mother-daughter book clubs send in their lists of recommended books along with reviews.
Books are listed by age group, and you’ll also find lists of favorite authors, books to make you laugh out loud, and even a list of good books for boys. You can find reviews for many of the books listed here; just click on the live link to be taken to a specific review. If a book doesn’t have a review, that means it’s been recommended by a club or a librarian, but no one has written a review yet.
Review Policy
Most of the book reviews at Mother Daughter Book Club.com have been written by me, Cindy Hudson. If there’s a guest review, I let everyone know who has written the review. I generally look for titles that may be widely available in libraries so book club members don’t necessarily have to buy copies to read it. I sometimes make exceptions, depending on the topic and how many books are on my review schedule. I get books for review from the library and from publishers who send me copies to read. I always give my honest opinion regardless of how I obtain books for review.
While reviewing a book I focus less on whether I liked it or not and more on the issues to discuss in mother-daughter book clubs. I have been in clubs long enough to know that every reader has likes and dislikes. Each book typically is liked by some in the group and disliked by some in the group. It is rare to find a book that everyone likes, and that’s not always the best book for discussion. My philosophy in general is that if the issues are worth discussing and the book is fairly well written, it’s a good book club choice.
The age recommendations are often my own, and they don’t always reflect publisher recommendations. If you feel strongly about a book you or your club has read and want to recommend it for other groups, feel free to send me your review at info@motherdaughterbookclub.com. When you send in a review, please include your first name and last initial, city and state, and whether you are a mother, daughter, librarian, author or other interested reader.
Select an age category to find a listing of books in each of the groups below:
- Books for 7 and 8 year olds
- Boos for 9 and 10 year olds
- Books for 11 through 13 year olds
- Books for ages 14 and up
- Books for adults
- Books for boys
- Favorite authors
- Books to make you laugh out loud
Author Louis Sachar writes excellent books for boys.
Especially, ‘Holes’ a 1999 Newbery Medal and
1998 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
Also: There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar
I’m glad to have accidentally found this website, while I was stressing over finding a companion in the form of book and friends I could share my thoughts with. Hope to be get started soon with some of the books mentioned in this website.
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Hello
My name is Stuart and I have just finished an e-book that is aimed at young boys, called “Answers to 350 Quirky Questions your kids will ask you one day”.
I would love to have a few testimonials, so if you are interested and send me your email, I will send you a free copy of the book and ask, in return, that you send me a testimonial on the ebook.
My email address is stufish7@gmail.com.
I look forward to hearing from some of you.
Regards
Stuart Fish
Sydney, Australia
I love your site! I am also obsessed with children’s literature. I blog about it at pragmaticmom.com along with other parenting topics. want to link?
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[...] At the Mother Daughter Book Club, Cindy Hudson offers some reasons why you should sign up for your library’s summer reading program, even if you already read a lot. “First, you’ll be encouraged to visit your library more often so your kids can claim the prizes they are earning. And that could have you choosing books out of your normal pattern.” She also links to research on summer reading programs. If you’ve never visited the Mother Daughter Book Club, you need to check out Cindy’s lists of good books for boys and her Mother Daughter Book Club list. [...]
I am planning on forming a Mother/daughter book club for my 8 year old child and looking for a book list.
Thanks,
sunnie-
I have recently had my book published and have had many people tell me it would be a good book for a mother/daughter book club or just for mothers and daughters in general. ‘Low Hanging Fruit’ is the title. Published in May of 2011. http://www.lowhangingfruitsusanjohnson.com
Thanks,
SKJ
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