Monday January 5, 2009

Happy New Year!! Hoping everyone had a safe and happy holiday.
Our next book club meeting is on Monday January 5th 7pm at Elva's new home!!
Elva moved last July (not too far from her old place), and will be hosting with a special guest - Jacqueline! Her new address is: 353 Greer Road, T.O. M5M 3P4, 416 789 2966
Hope to see everyone there! Please post your RSVP in comments.
The discussion led by Faith on the book "Rebecca" will take place, and next month's book has already been posted -"De Niro's Game" by Rawi Hage see below.

February Book Choice

For those with a little more time over the holidays, or if you want to pad your gift list with the February book pick....

DeNiro's Game by Rawi Hage

http://www.aelaq.org/mrb/feature.php?issue=19&article=545&cat=1
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=33496&isbn13=9780061470578&displayType=bookessay

It is by a Montreal writer who spent many years driving a taxi as he tried to write this book. It was short listed for the Giller and won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2008. I see that it has been republished in a super cheap paperback version for around $10.

Happy Holidays!

January Book Club Choice

The book is called Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and it sounds really good plus it's been on a couple 100 best book ever lists. If everyone has read this please let me know because I have a second choice.

Faith

about the author
http://www.dumaurier.org/
http://www.leninimports.com/daphne_du_maurier.html

about the book
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/04/19/borebecca.xml