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.   

What Strange Paradise - June 2023

 

Our June book is What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad.     This book won the 2021 Giller Prize and was a finalist in CBC's Canada Reads 2022.   Here's the trailer for that.

We have the bookclub set from the Toronto Public Library.

We will be having a backyard meeting on June 20, 2023 at 2pm.  

After this meeting we will break for the summer and be back in September with Shuggie Bain. The book club set has been reserved.

Empire of Pain - May 2023

 

We've got a good hefty non-fiction book to read this month.     Empire of Pain - The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe.    

We have the book club set.    There are 15 copies.

The meeting will be on May 23 - outside, weather permitting.

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.

Harlem Shuffle - January 2023

 

Happy New Year, everyone.   Our book this January will be Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.

 We will   meet on January 24 at 8pm on Zoom.   

The Rosie Project - November 2022

 

Our November book is The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion.     We have the book club set so please contact me if you would like a copy.  

You can borrow a copy from the Toronto Public Library or buy one from Chapters-Indigo.

We are back to ZOOM for now.    We will be meeting at 8pm on Tuesday, Nov 22, 2022.