Amazing Book-Loving Chicks
Apology
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Future Selections
The following books have been selected for future sessions:
For more suggestions, see Book Suggestions
Past Selections
The following books have been discussed at our book club sessions:
2011
2010
2009
- "?" by ? for [April ?th, 2009];
- "Green Grass and Running Water" by Thomas King for [March 30th, 2009];
- "The Female Brain" by Louann Brizendine for [Feb. 23rd, 2009];
- "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks for [Jan. 26th, 2009];
2008
- No reading necessary for social "chez Louise" on Dec. 29th, 2008; Ann displayed some of her holiday favourites including "The Nativity" by Julie Vivas, "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathon Toomey" by Susan Wojciechowski and "House of Wooden Santas" by Kevin Major with wood carvings by Imelda George.
- "The Book of Negroes" by Lawrence Hill for [Nov. 24th, 2008];
- "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See for [Oct. 27th, 2008];
- "Before Green Gables" by Budge Wilson for [Sept. 29th, 2008];
-
"Late nights on Air"
by
Elizabeth Hay
for [July 21st, 2008]
{Giller Award Winner for 2007} (Here's its Reading Guide); - "Water for Elephants" by for [May 26th, 2008];
- "Middlesex" by Geoffrey Eugenides for [April 28th, 2008];
- "Persuasion" by Jane Austen for [March 31st, 2008];
- Poems by Rita Joe and by Elizabeth Bishop for [Feb. 25th, 2008];
- "How to Be Good" by Nick Hornby for [Jan. 28th, 2008];
2007
- "Memory Keepers Daughter" by ? for [Nov. 26th, 2007];
- "Eat Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert for [Oct. 29th, 2007];
- "Custodian of Paradise" by Wayne Johnston for [Sept. 24th, 2007];
- "Iris and Ruby" by Rosie Thomas for [July 30th, 2007];
- "A Spot of Bother" by Mark Haddon for [May 28th, 2007];
- "Snow" by Orhan Pamuk (2006 Nobel Prize) for [April 30th, 2007];
- "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel for [March 26th, 2007];
- "Anil's Ghost" by Michael Ondaatje for [Feb. 26th, 2007];
- "The View from a Kite" by Maureen Hull for [Jan. 29th, 2007];
2006
- "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens for [Nov. 27th, 2006];
- "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez for [Oct. 30th, 2006];
- "The Birth House" by Ami McKay for [Sept. 25th, 2006];
- "The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay for [Aug. 28th, 2006];
- "Fugitive Pieces" by Anne Michaels for [July 24th, 2006];
- "Deafening" by Frances Itani for [June 26th, 2006];
- "Sweetness in the Belly" by Camilla Gill for [May 29th, 2006];
- "Map of Glass" by Jane Urquart for [April 24th, 2006];
- "EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE" by Jonathan Safran Foer for [March 27th, 2006];
- "Night" by Elie Weisel for [Feb. 13th, 2006];
- "The Sea" by John Banville for [Jan. 9th, 2006];
2005
- "Skin of a Lion" by Michael Ondaatje for [Nov. 28th, 2005];
- "Cloud Atlasl" by David Mitchel for [Oct. ?th, 2005] [last Monday was Halloween so was the meeting the week before?];
- "" by ? for [Sept. ?th, 2005][neither Virve nor I know this one];
- "" by ? for [July ?th, 2005][did we have a meeting at all?];
- "A Complicated Kindness" by Miriam Toews for [June 6th, 2005];
- "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold for [April 25th, 2005];
- "Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini for [March 28th, 2005];
- "Colony of Unrequited Dreams" by Wayne Johnston for [Feb. 28th, 2005];
- "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" by Lynne Truss for [Jan. 31st, 2005];
2004
- "Our Father Who Art in a Tree" by Judy Pascoe for [Nov. 29th, 2004];
- "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton for [Oct. 25th, 2004] but meeting cancelled so discussed in Nov;
- "Summer Gone" by David Macfarlane for [Sept. 27th, 2004];
- "Unless" by Carol Shields for [July 12th, 2004];
- "What the Body Remembers" by Shauna Singh Baldwin for [June 7th, 2004];
- "All My Friends Are Superheroes" by Andrew Kaufman for [April 26th, 2004];
- "Away" by Jane Urquhart for [March 29th, 2004];
- "Barney's Version" by Mordecai Richler for [Feb. 23rd, 2004];
200?
- "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by "Mark Haddon" for [?. ?th, 200?];
Here's a typical scene at Book Club! ;-0
...and on a humourous note:
Here's a youtube video that seems so appropriate for a book club (thanks to Susan for sharing): "It's a Book!" by Lane Smith.
And here's the "Medival Help Desk!" to help you when you can't read this month's book choice on your e-reader.
A Woman Who Reads
One morning a husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, his wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, drops anchor and begins to read her book. The peace and solitude are magnificent. Along comes a fish&game warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, "Good morning, ma'am. What are you doing?"
"Reading a book," she replies (thinking, 'Isn't that obvious?').
"You're in a Restricted Fishing Area," he informs her.
"I'm sorry, Officer, but I'm not fishing, I'm reading."
"Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up."
"If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault,"says the woman.
"But I have not even touched you," says the game warden.
"That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment."
"Have a nice day, ma'am," he said, and left.
Moral of this story: Never argue with a woman who reads. It is likely she can also think.
{ ...submitted by Barbara Bronte Bernal to Readers Digest for its Laugh Lines published in December 2005 according to its archive "Article#19859" ... }
{ ...also published by sportfishermen.com in a forum thread on May 5th 2009 at "Never Argue With A Woman Who Reads - 74106" ... }