December 2020 - Where the Crawdads Sing

 

Our meeting will be December 22, 2020 via ZOOM.      We have the book club set from the library.

November 2020 - Olive Again

 

We'll be meeting on November 17, 2020 via Zoom.       Our book will be Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout.

October 2020 - The Guest Book

 Welcome to pandemic autumn!   Book Club Meetings will continue via Zoom.

 

Our October book is The Guest Book by Sarah Blake.

We don't have a book club set but it should be fairly easy to reserve a copy at the Toronto Public Library.

We'll be meeting on ZOOM on October 20, 2020 at 8pm.    I will be sending out the link a couple of days in advance.

September 2020 - The Golden Hour

 

Our September read is The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams.    

We will be meeting by ZOOM on September 22, 2020 at 8pm.   Contact the organizer through the Bayview Village Association if you live in the Bayview Village neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario and would like to participate.

Reserve your copy at the Toronto Public Library here.   Alternatively, you can purchase a copy at Chapters-Indigo or Amazon.

You can read a review from NPR here.

      

Summer Zoom Book Club - July and August books

We've decided to keep going with our Zoom book club meetings through this pandemic summer.   Here's the line-up!

July

Akin by Emma Donoghue is our selection for July reading.  

"A tale of love, loss and family, in which a retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes his great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets."  

Request a copy from the Toronto Public Library.

Zoom meeting:   July 21, 8pm      Meeting invitation will be emailed several days in advance.

August

Our August selection is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.  

"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed."

Zoom meeting:  August 18, 8pm.  Meeting invitation will be emailed several days in advance.

Request a copy from the Toronto Public Library.

June 2020 - The Clockmaker's Daughter

Our book for June, 2020 is The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton.

Everyone is responsible for getting their own copy of the book.

The Toronto Public Library has multiple copies and it may be possible to reserve a physical book when the library re-opens for pickups and returns on June 1st.   E-books are always available.

Chapters also has copies. Delivery may be slower than usual due to physical distancing in the time of COVID-19.

The meeting will be held via ZOOM on June 23, 2020 at 8pm.   I will send out the  ZOOM invite to the book club distribution list a few days in advance.

Stay safe. Stay home. Wash your hands. Read books.

May 2020 - The Glenwood Treasure

This month's book is The Glenwood Treasure by Kim Moritsugu.   We will be meeting by Zoom due to COVID-19.

The meeting will be May 26, 2020. 8pm.   The link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed.

Although we were unable to pick up the book club set we had reserved, I hope you will  join even if you did not have the opportunity to read the book.

Stay safe. Stay home. Wash your hands.

April 2020 - Educated

Our April selection is Educated by Tara Westover.   I will have the book club set or you can reserve your own copy at the Toronto Public Library

Google this book and you will find a lot of reviews, including one by Bill Gates.

Our April meeting will be on Tuesday, the 28th at 8pm.    Lots of time to read this one.

March 2020 - Our 100th book!

Spring is in the air and we are at our 100th book!     I am working on next year's line up and I have received all kinds of wonderful suggestions.   There might even be two years worth.

The next meeting will be  March 11, 2020 at 8pm.      

February 2020 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

February's book club selection is Washington Black by Esi Edugyan.

The book club set has been reserved and we should have enough copies.
If not, you can pick up a copy at Chapters or at the Toronto Public Library.

We'll be meeting at Gail's on February 11 at 8pm.

There are lots of great reviews - here, here, and here.