May 2025 - The Lincoln Highway

 

We're revisiting author Amor Towles this month with his novel The Lincoln Highway.    We read A Gentleman in Moscow a number of years ago.    This one promises to be just as engrossing.

We don't have a book club set but there are lots of copies available through the Toronto Public Library.  You'll have no problem getting a copy and renewing it if needed.

Our discussion will be on May 27 at 2pm.

Here's the website for the actual Lincoln Highway.

April 2025 - The Secret Life of Sunflowers

 

Our April discussion will be about The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar.  It's the true story of Vincent Van Gogh's sister-in-law, Johanna Bonger, who was instrumental in bring Vincent Van Gogh's art to the world.   

We'll be meeting on April 29, 2025 at 2pm.

No book club set but sufficient copies floating around in the Toronto Public Library System.

February 2025 - Lady Tan's Circle of Women

 

Next meeting is February 18, 2025.   We'll be discussing Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See.

Step Inside: Lady Tan's Circle of Women

There should be enough copies floating around in the Toronto Public Library System.  

January 2025 - Lady Clementine

 

Our January 2025 book is Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict.    Lady Clementine is Clementine Churchill, wife of Winston Churchill and a formidable power in her own right.   

September 2024 - The Personal Librarian

September 2024 - we're reading The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murrary.

We'll be meeting on September 24.   We have the book club set from the Toronto Public Library.

 

The Bloomsbury Girls - August 2023

 

Next meeting is August 1, 2023 at 2pm.   Weather permitting, we'll be meeting in the back yard.

This month we have a fun summer read - Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner.   There's no book club set but there are enough available copies in the Toronto Public Library.   

The Only Woman in the Room - April 2023

 

Our April book club selection is The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict.    

We'll be meeting at April  18, 2023 at 2pm at the home of one of our members

You will have to reserve your own copy of the book.

Here's a link to some discussion questions 

The Jane Austen Society - March 7, 2023

 

This month's book is The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner.  Historical fiction.   We'll be meeting in-person this month.  March 7 at 10:30 am at the Bayview Mall.  

We don't have a book club set for this one - you'll need to find your own copy.

May 17, 2022 - The Vanishing Half

Our May book will be The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.

We will be meeting on Zoom on May 17, 2022.

 

April 19, 2022 - The Rose Code

 

Our book for April is The Rose Code by Kate Quinn.   The meeting will be on Zoom on April 19, 2022.

The Gown - July 2021

 

We are continuing on ZOOM for the summer.    Our book for July is The Gown by Jennifer Robson.   Lovely story of two women who worked as embroiderers and worked on the then Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown.      

We don't have a book club set, everyone will have to find their own copy but there are lots of copies available through the Toronto Public Library.

We'll be meeting on Zoom on July 20, 2021 at 8pm.

Consult the Bayview Village Association website for information on how to contact the organizer to get on the list for the Zoom link.

January 2019 - Museum of Extraordinary Things

This month we are reading

 The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman.

I have borrowed the book club set from the Toronto Public Library if you need a copy.

We will be meeting on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 2pm at Marian's,


Please note the afternoon time for this meeting.

Welcome to the Bayview Village Book Club Blog!

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