First - Special thanks to Elva for hosting an indian themed dinner for the discussion of the book. The evening was made even more special with Elva's announcement.We were a small but mighty group. The book was considered a hard read but most liked it in some way.
It raised a question for us: "What kind of book wins the Booker Prize?" As we talked about plans for the next year, we decided that we should use the prize categories and find out what kind of book wins a certian award. e.g Booker, Pultizer, Canada Reads, Orange Prize etc. We decided that we should read several books that are award winners (any year) to see if there are themes, styles or other similarities between them.
What this means is that when you pick your book for book club, you will pick something from the prize group designated for the month. The first prize that we are going to look at is Canada Reads Winners. Next month will be The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis - this year's winning book. Over the next 2 months we will read 2 more Canada Reads books selected by the book selectors. Following that we will read Pulitzer prize winners and then Orange Prize winners.
I am posting everything in is this message now. Sorry that it is soo messy. I will update all sections when I have more time.
Hosting Duties
June 6 Barb M
July 4 Laura
Aug 8 Carolyn
Sept 12 Barb D
Oct 3 Melissa
Nov 7 Jacqueline
Dec 5 Christine
Jan 9 Faith
Feb 6 Natalie
Mar 5 Elva
Book Prize Category/Month/Book Selector-Facilitator
The month shown is the month you come to book club with the name of the book you chose from the prize group. If you pick in May - we read it for the June bookclub.
Canada Reads May Carolyn
Canada Reads June Barb D
Canada Reads July Barb M
Pulitzer August Laura
Pulitzer Sept Christine
Pulitzer Oct Elva
Orange Nov Natalie
Orange Dec Melissa
Orange Jan Jackie
Orange Feb Faith
Look forward to seeing you all soon!
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