Thursday, December 19, 2024

Spring 2024 book selection

For the new year here are our chosen books.

BIRDS IN FALL by Brad Kessler - recommended by Jane. JAN 16 at ???

 



ALL THE BROKEN PLACES by John Boyle  - recommended by Donna. FEB 20 at Donna's

CANCELLED - DO BOOK IN MAY


GO AS A RIVER by Shelley Read - recommended by Ann. MARCH 20 at Ann's.

Go as a River by Shelley Read | Penguin ...

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT YOU by Eric Chacour - recommended by Monique. APRIL 17 at Monique's.

Amazon.ca ...

THE GERMAN WIFE by Kelly Rimmer - recommended by Margaret. MAY 15 at Margaret's.

also ALL THE BROKEN PLACES by John Boyle  - recommended by Donna.

The German Wife: A Novel : Rimmer, Kelly: Amazon.ca: Books    All the Broken Places: A Novel : Boyne ...

xxxxxx. JUNE 19 at Jan's.


Thursday, November 28, 2024

Member Recommendations

 At our November '24 meeting we each picked a book we had read and introduced it to the group. These were the offerings:

Irene - THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM by Marie Benedict. Fictional telling of Hedy Lamar's life.

Margaret - AWE: THE NEW SCIENCE OF EVERYDAY WONDER AND HOW IT CAN TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE by Dacher Keltner. What is the emotion of awe and how does it transform our brains and bodies (originally recommended by Sharan).

Roberta - MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND: A HISTORY OF FASCINATION by Robert Macfarlane. This considers why people are drawn to mountains despite their obvious dangers, and examines the powerful, and sometimes fatal, hold that mountains can come to have over the imagination.

Jane - NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE: AN OPTIMIST CONSIDERS MORTALITY by Michael J. Fox. Fourth in a line of memoirs.

Donna - THE GREAT DIVIDE by Cristina Henriquez. A Michener-esque book about the making of the Panama Canal.

Jan - WHAT WE BURIED by Robert Rotenberg. A Toronto homicide detective investigates links between the Nazis in Italy and his brother's death.

Jane (#2) - IN MY TIME OF DYING by Sebastian Junger. This examines the often subtle connections between life, death, and the after-life.

 All were recommended.

Monday, June 17, 2024

Fall 2024 books

 The timing got changed for some books, and we are back to the third Thursday of the month at 10am -  so the new schedule for the Fall is:

THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK by  Kim Michele Richardson - recommended by Roberta - SEPTEMBER 19 at Roberta's

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek ...

FYI - there is an accompanying book 2 if anyone is interested.

The Book Woman's Daughter: A Novel ...

 

THE OUTSIDE BOY by Jeanine Cummins - recommended by Ann - OCT 17 at Ann's

The Outside Boy 

 

NOV 21 at ??? (between Marg and Jane). Everyone pick their own book.


BUSH RUNNER by Mark Bourrie - recommended by Irene. DEC 19 at ??? (between Marg and Jane).

Pierre-Esprit Radisson: Bourrie ...