Last evening

It was a good time. Great conversation and the food... yum! Thank you Susan.

Our next book club will be at Wanda's place on January 7th? (I must have forgotten to save the entry - did we finally settle on the 7th?) and we're reading two books:

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali



and Murder in Amsterdam:The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Buruma


Other books mentioned and recommended last night were:

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Re Muscle Activation Techniques: http://www.muscleactivation.com/ and here's a site I found with explanatory videos: http://www.fitness-werks.com/mat_video.htm

Ho ho ho!

Kathleen's first visit to Santa.

Change of day

A reminder that next month we'll be at Susan's on Monday the 14th.

And would anyone be able to post the titles of books we talked about?

I remember Susan mentioning Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
And I forgot to mention Alice Munro's Too Much Happiness the other night. It's wonderful.

November and December

Last night we established dates, locations and books for the next couple of months.

In November we decided to read The Origin of Species by Nino Ricci. And we're planning to meet at Linda's place on November 17th.


The book for December is Be Near Me by Andrew O'Hagan. Susan will be hosting that on December 15th.

For Jo: The author of The Withdrawal Method is Pasha Malla. And Austen Clarke's new book is called More. Sorry I couldn't recall that last night.

Tuesday evening - my place

A reminder that book club is at my place on Tuesday October 6th - the address is 2010 Islington Avenue #402.

Here's a map:


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For October

Thanks Jane, for hosting last night. I particularly enjoyed your vine-covered patio - so Mediterranean!

Our next meeting will be on October 6th at my place.
The book is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Map - Ellis Gardens

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Update request

Are we meeting in August? Where? When? And what to read?

July meeting

According to my calendar we've planned to meet at Jo's on July 28th. [Correction: July 27th is the confirmed date]. The novel is What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn.

There's a great web page about the novel here including an audio file of an interview with the author, a few video clips and a book club guide, among other things.

Sadly I've just also noticed that the date is during my cottage week so I'll be among the missing for this one.

It looks great- I love it.

Well, this is my very first blog experience. Thanks Marion, and well done, it looks very friendly and gracious. I am looking to having everyone over in July, I hope everyone is doing well. Susan- do you know of a Mark Heese- a big volleyball name in beach volleyball. I was pretty sure Liz would knnow him. He was a motivational speaker at a presentation at the hospital this week. Pretty amazing young man. Jane M welcome back to the hood. Jo

new blogger

I now feel like I'm part of the 21st century! Thanks, Marian!

Susan

Dinner

Glad you enjoyed the dinner meeting. The weather could have co-operated better..... oh well, there's always next year.
Jan

Thanks so much!

Hi Marian--I can't believe you set up this blog so quickly. I'm so impressed!
And Jan, thanks very much for the dinner last night--it was wonderful.

Wanda

Janice Harper, hostess extraordinaire

Thanks so much, Jan, for a wonderful dinner last night. It was a great way to kick off our summer reading.

Thank you, Marian

Holy new technology! How great is this? Thanks so much for getting this started.

You are one bitchin' librarian.

Donations

We talked about donating to two charities this year:
Sistering and Pathways.

• Information about Sistering: http://www.sistering.org/
• Make a donation: http://www.sistering.org/donate/
• Information about Pathways: http://www.pathwaystoeducation.ca/home.html
• Make a donation: http://www.pathwaystoeducation.ca/donate-now.html

Orpheus Lost

Janette Turner Hospital website

Reviews:

• http://australian-literature.suite101.com/article.cfm/book_review_orpheus_lost
• http://www.mostlyfiction.com/spy-thriller/hospital.htm
• http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/orpheus-lost/2007/04/27/1177459958731.html
• http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/orpheus-lost/2007/04/27/1177459958731.html

Beginning

Thank you to Jan for hosting a wonderful evening.
It's late - will add more tomorrow.