Reading List 2009 - 2010

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

The Long Walk to Freedom

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

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.

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

The next meeting will be on November 23 8pm. 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

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

September Book Club

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  at 8pm.

See you there!

Twilight and The Judge of Orphans

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 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.