How lucky we were that after a dull gray day, we were finally treated to a lovely sunset, good friends, and cheerful conversation. There was general enthusiasm for the book as we all took turns remembering favourite scenes.
We moved forward with planning for the fall. In September I believe that we decided to play it by ear as we get closer to the 17th, choosing a location or perhaps switching the date in response to the weather situation. If the weather is on our side, we'll cross to the Island. Failing that we'll meet at a restaurant TBA. *The date has been updated here and I hope it's right now.*
On October 16th we'll go to Wanda's to talk about The War that Ended the Peace by Margaret MacMillan.
On November 27th we'll be at Jane's and the book will be Stoner by John Williams.
We decided to skip over December but meet early in 2015. The date is January 8th and the location is Jan's. No decision was made on the book.
But we did talk about several noteworthy books:
We moved forward with planning for the fall. In September I believe that we decided to play it by ear as we get closer to the 17th, choosing a location or perhaps switching the date in response to the weather situation. If the weather is on our side, we'll cross to the Island. Failing that we'll meet at a restaurant TBA. *The date has been updated here and I hope it's right now.*
On October 16th we'll go to Wanda's to talk about The War that Ended the Peace by Margaret MacMillan.
On November 27th we'll be at Jane's and the book will be Stoner by John Williams.
We decided to skip over December but meet early in 2015. The date is January 8th and the location is Jan's. No decision was made on the book.
But we did talk about several noteworthy books:
- The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie by Tim Cook
- The Hundred-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
- Kim Philby: A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacIntyre
- Perfect by Rachel Joyce
- The novels of Martin Cruz Smith
- And also of John le Carre particularly A Most Wanted Man, the inspiration for the Philip Seymour Hoffman movie playing in theatres now
- La Virevolte (Slow Emergencies) by Nancy Huston
Besides A Most Wanted Man we also mentioned these films currently playing:
You may have noticed that the Toronto Book Awards shortlist is out.
I don't think the film version of The Hundred-year-old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared has arrived in Toronto yet. See what you think about the trailer:
