Help me Pick a Book

I've been on hiatus from bookclub for the past four months with the move and getting settled in, but I am ready to get back to reading. The only thing I've been doing to fall asleep at night is Sodoku. I also picked up Freakenomics which is very interesting as well.

I believe my pick is coming up in August and I need help picking a good book. The only rule is that it needs to be available in paperback at our library. Since I've been working out of the home, I don't even read the paper or catch up on current events to know what is cool. Anyone have any suggestions?

Tartalicious

It's been awhile since I have been to bookclub due to the wedding and honeymoon, but I am back on track with our last book, Tortilla Curtain. I don't even want to name this book, and am not giving you a link to it. Don't read it, it's dull, a waste of time, and infuriating in the sense that you want to throw it across the room. It can be compared to the movie version of Cold Mountain in the sense that the amount of despair put on one couple is unfathomable. They live in a canyon, then one of them gets hit by a car, then they lose all their money, then they can't afford to eat, then they get beaten with a baseball bat, then one of them gets raped, then they lose all their money again, then she has a baby in a shed, then they are starving, then the baby is blind, then the baby floats down the river...gawd, who cares?

What I did enjoy however, was seeing the ladies at bookclub and eating a great meal.

And now for something completely different, my bookclub pick, Tart by Jody Gehrman. This was recommended to me by Cyn who has a fun hip urban friend that read and enjoyed it. This alone was my basis for picking the book, well that and it's title. Ok, the title had a lot to do with it you Saucy Tart.