Our Book for April

A big thank you to Lynda for hosting a wonderful book club evening. And what a treat to have the whole group together at once.

A Spy Among Friends sparked some spirited conversation on various topics.  This BBC documentary from 2013 is fascinating.



We made some plans for future occasions:

• On Tuesday June 2nd we'll be at my place (Marian) and for that evening the book will be H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald.  
• In July our meeting will be at Maureen's house on Thursday July 9th.  The book then will be Wake by Anna Hope. 
• The book in August will be Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys.  We'll meet at Saara's place on Tuesday August 18th.   

Here are the books mentioned last night:

• A Measure of Light by Beth Powning (not Christine Powntney, the author of Sweet Jesus)
• Nocturne by Helen Humphreys
• Delicious Foods by James Hannaham
• Do Muslim Women Need Rescuing by Lila Abu-Lughod
• They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson

I neglected to mention a book that I read recently - one that I could hardly stand to put down and finished in a day - The Children Act by Ian McEwan.

Another piece of information I forgot to pass along last night was The Ultimate E-Book Library, a Canadian website where you can easily and legally download shared e-books.

And don't forget about In Your Neighbourhood for University of Toronto graduates. 

Click here for the documentary video about Andy Barrie and his Parkinson's treatment (permission is required to embed it but we can watch it on vimeo.com)