FALL 2020 book selection

October 15
THE GIRLS OF ATOMIC CITY by Denise Kiernan
recommended by Cindy
or, similar story, THE ATOMIC CITY GIRLS by Janet Beard

                         

November
THE DIFFERENCE by Marina Endicott
recommended by Irene

 

December
LOVE LIVES HERE by Amanda Jette Knox
recommended by Cindy

 

January
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN by Wallace Stegner
recommended by Monique

Covid Bookclub

 Just to update what has already been...
(so there is a record somewhere!)

July 23 - GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER by Bernadine Evaristo 

August 20 - A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING by Ruth Ozeki

 

and our fall readings...

September 17 - AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins

        https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45046527-american-dirt?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=dd2tNRXDgo&rank=1 

                  

October 15 - THE GIRLS OF ATOMIC CITY by Denise Kiernan 

        https://www.amazon.ca/Girls-Atomic-City-Untold-Helped/dp/1451617534

 

SPRING 2020 book selections

January 16
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris
recommended and hosted by Haifa

(the NY Times review here)
(and from The Guardian, some controversy here)

February 20
THE SYMPATHIZER by Viet Thanh Nguyen
recommended and hosted  by Jane

(from the Grove Atlantic, a review and some Reading Group questions here)

March 19
LIFE ON THE GROUND FLOOR by Dr. James Maskalyk
recommended and hosted by Roberta

(a review from The Globe and Mail here)
and
(a YouTube video of his talk on How To Be a Better Doctor here)

                   



April 16
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia Graves (translator)
recommended and hosted by Donna

(the Wiki page here)




May 21
THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR by Ben Macintyre
recommended and hosted by Margaret

(a review from The Moscow Times here)






June 18
THE HUNTRESS by Kate Quinn
recommended by Dori and hosted by Cindy

(a review from the Washington Post here)