2012-2013 Reading List

• The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
• The Color of Lightning by Paulette Giles
• Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens
• The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
• The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
• A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
• The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe
• Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth by Margaret Atwood

2011-2012 Reading List

• The Help by Catherine Stockett

• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

• The Known World by Edward P. Jones

• The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis

• Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

• Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

• Bride of New France by Suzanne DesRochers

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

2010-2011 Reading List

• A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving 
• The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson 
• The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston 
• Gratitude by Joseph Kertes 
• The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 
• The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy 
• The Bishop’s Man by Linden McIntyre 
• The Debba by Avner Mandelman 
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

November 2010

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.

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.