February 2021 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

This month we have a charming and quirky book to help us get through this Covid lockdown.   

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.

Here's a conversation with the author.

We do have the book club set.

We'll be meeting on ZOOM on February 16, 2021 at 8pm.  

January 2021 - February

 Happy New Year and welcome to 2021!

This month we are reading February by Lisa Moore.  This book won Canada Reads in 2013 and appeared on the 150 Canadian books to read for Canada's 150th in 2018.  

There is no book club set for this title, but there are multiple copies available at the Toronto Public Library.   Reserve a physical copy here.    Looks like there's also e-book availability.

We'll be meeting on Zoom on January19 at 8pm.    I will send out the Zoom link a day or so before.

Jane

Here's an interview with the author, Lisa Moore.

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.