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Book Club
The book club meets once a month except for December, July and August, usually on the second Wednesday at 2:00. Meetings are hosted by each member in turn who had also selected the book to be discussed. Light refreshments are served and the whole meeting runs less that two hours. Our rather informal discussions may involve the style of writing, the content, plot, character development etc. With each member selecting the books, we have a rather eclectic variety of books to be reviewed. Some time is set aside for discussion of any particular hot topic of the day aside from the book discussion. David Horman is the overall chairman. The club currently consists of 9 members. Contact: Howard Pell | Upcoming Book Club events
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Reading List
2024
January... Life of Pi by Yann Martel
February... The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
March... The Hollow Bones by Leah Kaminsky
April... The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
May... The Victory of Reason by Rodney Stark
June... The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies
July... Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
August... Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
September... Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
October... West with the Night by Beryl Markham
November... This is Happiness by Niall Williams
December...
January... Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
February... And Miles to go Before I Sleep by Jocelyn Saucier
March... The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
April... Refugee by Alan Gratz
May... The Glass Castle by Jeannettte Walls
June... Cockroach by Rawi Hage
September... History's People: Personalities and the Past by Margaret MacMillan
October... Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years by Peter C. Newman
November... The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon
December... A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
2022
January... The History of Canada is Ten Maps by Adam Shoalts
February... Woke Racism by John McWhorter
May... And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier
September... Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
October... Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson
November... Still Alice by Lisa Genova
December... Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
2021
January... Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
February... Plutocracy by Chrystia Freeland
March... How to Avoid Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
April... The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
May... Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler
June... The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham
October... Nomadland by Jessica Broder
November... Humingbird Salamander by Jeff Vandermeer
2020
January... fifteen dogs by Andre Alexis
February... Factfulness by Hans Rosling
April... Upheaval by Jared Diamond
May... Educated by Tara Westover
June... Thin Ice
August... Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
September... All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
October... The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
November... City of Thieves by David Benioff
2019
April... Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
May... A higher Call by Adam Makos
June... The view from Castle Rock by Alice Munro
September... Heroes by Peter C. Newman
October... Kane and Abel by Jeffery Archer
November... A Good Man by Guy Vanderhaeghe