I thought I'd take a moment to thank Christine for hosting on Monday night while at the same time test out Barb's IT blog fix to see if it's working... if you are reading this email then please reply on the blog so we can confirm email notification is back!
Christine... such a lovely meal and thanks for leaving up you decorations so we could enjoy that last little bit of the holidays as we overindulged yet again!
Jane... your discussion was lively and truly made me like the book even more that I thought I did! Some great questions, thanks for all your prep work.
Julia & Carol you were both missed, hopefully you are both well!
Some of us will see each other up in Collingwood at the end of the month and some of us will see each other in Florida in February... as we said it seems to be the year of the travelling book club!
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!- FIRST BOOKCLUB OF 2020
I will be welcoming everyone to our first bookclub of 2K20 on Monday January 6 ( the Epiphany, and Russian Orthodox Christmas! )
See you at 7pm @ 114 Grace Street.
Discussing " Tiny Lights for Travellers" by Naomi Lewis
Facilitator: Jane
Note: next book club will be January 24 -26 @ the Duke in Collingwood.
Book is "Dear Girls" by Ali Wong, and Laura will lead the discussion.
Please RSVP this week so I know how many marshmallows to put out for the chocolate fondu!
Bonne année, Felice anno nuovo, Feliz año nuevo,
с новым годом
See you at 7pm @ 114 Grace Street.
Discussing " Tiny Lights for Travellers" by Naomi Lewis
Facilitator: Jane
Note: next book club will be January 24 -26 @ the Duke in Collingwood.
Book is "Dear Girls" by Ali Wong, and Laura will lead the discussion.
Please RSVP this week so I know how many marshmallows to put out for the chocolate fondu!
Bonne année, Felice anno nuovo, Feliz año nuevo,
с новым годом
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Successful Christmas Book Club
Thank you Jane for hosting us last night. Your house is beautiful and the meal was excellent and Christmassy. It really gets everyone in the spirit.
The book discussion mirrored the strangeness of the book: what is conciousness; will AI make anything better; who loved who; the parrallels between the 1819 story and the 2019 story; what about those sexbots??? And just to show how long a book club discussion sticks with you: Natalie texted me this morning to share her 3:00am revelation that Ry, the trans character, was both Mary and Percy Shelley. Talk about commitment to the book club!
The gift exchange saw several steals and funny scenes. Jane got to be both the beginning and end of the game - somehow fitting and everyone left with a gift that she liked.
There was a lot of time spent on organization and I will share the details here. The discussion on theme was to clarify what we discussed last month. We will read non-fiction books - the selector can decide what kind of non-fiction she wants.
Additionally, I will transfer the details into the side columns when I have a chance.
Date Location Book Selector
Jan 6 Christine Tiny Lights for Travellers by Naomi Lewis Jane
Jan24-26 Collingwood TBD Laura
Feb21-23 Florida TBD Carolyn
March No book club
Apr 6 Barb
May 4 Miriana
Jun 1 Carolyn
July Laura or Carol Cottage
August No bookclub
Sept14 Laura or Carol
Oct 5 Julia
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year's celebration everyone. See you Jan 6.
The book discussion mirrored the strangeness of the book: what is conciousness; will AI make anything better; who loved who; the parrallels between the 1819 story and the 2019 story; what about those sexbots??? And just to show how long a book club discussion sticks with you: Natalie texted me this morning to share her 3:00am revelation that Ry, the trans character, was both Mary and Percy Shelley. Talk about commitment to the book club!
The gift exchange saw several steals and funny scenes. Jane got to be both the beginning and end of the game - somehow fitting and everyone left with a gift that she liked.
There was a lot of time spent on organization and I will share the details here. The discussion on theme was to clarify what we discussed last month. We will read non-fiction books - the selector can decide what kind of non-fiction she wants.
Additionally, I will transfer the details into the side columns when I have a chance.
Date Location Book Selector
Jan 6 Christine Tiny Lights for Travellers by Naomi Lewis Jane
Jan24-26 Collingwood TBD Laura
Feb21-23 Florida TBD Carolyn
March No book club
Apr 6 Barb
May 4 Miriana
Jun 1 Carolyn
July Laura or Carol Cottage
August No bookclub
Sept14 Laura or Carol
Oct 5 Julia
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year's celebration everyone. See you Jan 6.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Holiday Book Club
Hi everyone. Christmas/Holiday/Winterfest/SeasonalWonderland book club is at my place on Monday. There is room for a couple of cars in my driveway and there may be road work at Kennedy and Pallisades that you will have to drive around. Let me know if you can come. Please remind me if you have things you don’t eat. Looking forward to seeing you all.
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