Bayview Village Book Club

November 2010

2010-10-19T07:46:00.000-07:00

November's book is The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston. This is a novel about Newfoundland and Joey Smallwood. I have the book club set for this if anyone needs to borrow a copy. We will be meeting at Marian's.

October's book, The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, was a great pick. Great discussion and well worth reading a few times.

There will be no meeting in December.

January's meeting will be on the 10th at Rosalie's. We will have a special guest at this meeting - Joseph Kertes - author of Gratitude. We will be asking everyone to contribute toward a gift for our guest.
RSVPs are requested.

Our Reading List to Date

2010-10-18T08:15:00.000-07:00

2009
March - The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
April - The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
May - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
June - Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

September - The Judge of Orphans by Rosemary Aubert (author visit)
October - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
November - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

2010
January - The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
February - The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (special visitor)
March - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells
April - The Accidental by Ali Smith
May - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
June - Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes

September - A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving
October - The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
November - The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston

The Long Walk to Freedom

2010-01-22T18:49:00.000-08:00

This month we are reading Nelson Mandela's autobiography The Long Walk to Freedom. We will be meeting to discuss this book (and possibly the movie Invictus) on February 22 at 8pm. The address is 37 Heathview.

The Brain That Changes Itself

2009-11-23T19:58:00.001-08:00

There will be no Book Club meeting in December. That gives us lots of time to read The Brain That Changes Itself by Dr. Norman Doidge.

Our next meeting will be at 8pm on January 11, 2010 at 5 Sutcliffe.

I will pick up the Book Club To Go set on Dec 2. Please let me know if you would like to borrow a copy. There are also lots of copies available through the general circulation books at the Toronto Public Library.

Book to read for November

2009-11-01T18:21:00.001-08:00

The next meeting will be on November 23 8pm at 23 Restwell. We will be discussing The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. I will be picking up the Book-Club-To-Go pack of 12 copies on November 7th and distributing them to the first 12 people who have reserved a copy with me.

I've taken advantage of this wait to start reading Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela. This will be our selection for the February meeting. The Boston Sunday Globe said it "should be read by every person alive."

It's quite a hefty book - 625 pages. I'm only on page 43 and I'm totally enthralled!

October Book Selection - The Thirteenth Tale

2009-10-19T20:13:00.000-07:00

This month we are reading The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.
We will be meeting at Clara's, 7 Ambrose, on October 19/09.

September Book Club

2009-09-10T14:22:00.001-07:00

Monday is the September Book Club Meeting. Author Rosemary Aubert will be joining us to discuss her book 'The Judge of Orphans'.

It was a great read and I'm looking forward to meeting the author!

The meeting is at Jane's - 1 Clarinda Drive at 8pm.

See you there!

Twilight and The Judge of Orphans

2009-06-09T10:08:00.000-07:00

This month we are reading the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I've heard that it's hard to put down so I'm not starting it until after the BVA Annual General Meeting on June 16th.

The June meeting will be at Jane's place, 1 Clarinda Drive, on Monday, June 29 at 8pm.

We have something really special planned for September - a visit from an author!!!

Sally has invited author Rosemary Aubert to join us on Monday, September 14. We will be reading Rosemary's book The Judge of Orphans in preparation. There are 26 copies of this book available through the Toronto Public Library or you can order it online from the Chapters website (takes a few days to arrive).

Guests are welcome at this event but we do need RSVPs. Call Jane at 416-226-1390 if you would like to attend.

The White Tiger

2009-04-20T19:24:00.000-07:00

The next meeting will be held on Monday, May 25th 8pm at Helga's. The address is 53 Citation. We will be discussing The White Tiger: A Novel by Aravind Adiga.

The Book of Negroes

2009-03-25T08:37:00.000-07:00

This month we are reading The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. The next meeting will be on Monday, April 20, 2009 at 8 Brucedale.

If you can't make it out to a meeting, you can still share your thoughts on the book through this blog.

March 23rd Meeting

2009-03-21T20:55:00.000-07:00

March 23 at 8pm
Meeting at 6 Canary Cres.

Welcome to the Bayview Village Book Club Blog!

2009-02-24T11:08:00.000-08:00

Our first meeting was held on Monday, February 23, 2009. We met, we talked, we shared some of our favourite books and authors! We decided that the host will get to choose the book we read.

The first book we will read is The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.

I rushed over to Chapters this morning to pick up my copy. It was $15.00 with my Chapters iRewards discount. Not bad for a hard cover. I did get a little carried away and came home with six other books as well. And I noted the titles of a few more that looked interesting. I might have to borrow those from the library.

Some other books that people expressed interested in reading or re-reading were The Book of Negroes, Twilight, Wild Swans, Trinity, Yiddish Policeman's Union, Secret Life of Bees, Sushi for Beginners.

Our next meeting will be on Monday, March 23, 2009 at 8pm. Location will be in the newsletter.

Hope to see you there!
Jane