A Holiday Greeting!

Happy holiday's to all of you and your families :), have a SAFE annnnd fun new years! see you all in January!

Meeting Date

So!  Shall we meet next on Sunday the 8th at 11:30, or Sunday the 15th at 11:30?  Have your say on the the blog poll by Wednesday at 5:00.

His Dark Materials Trilogy

Well, no Song of the Lioness this time around (though I think I'm going to reread them anyway!); Philip Pullman will be whisking us away to alternate universes and dark epic events in the His Dark Materials Trilogy, which is composed of The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.  You can expect a meeting date poll some time next week.  Happy reading!

Let's Choose Our Series

We only received one additional suggestion (Inheritance) so I've supplemented the options with one of my own (Abhorsen) and one that was suggested before (His Dark Materials).  Cast your vote on the blog poll by Friday at 5:00 and we'll announce the winner and pick our meeting date.

Next Meeting's Book

Hello Bookworms,

We decided at our last meeting to skip December and have our next meeting at the beginning of January, shortly after school starts up again.  There were also a couple suggestions put forward for Fantasy, but it occurred to me after the meeting that we just read Fantasy in October, so if anyone has a non-Fantasy recommendation they'd like to make, let's allow that.  Since we have the holidays to read we discussed doing a series for or next meeting, so if you would like to recommend a series feel free!  The recommendations made at the last meeting were both series: Mercedes Lackey's Five Hundred Kingdoms trilogy (The Fairy Godmother, One Good Knight, and Fortune's Fool) and Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet (Alanna: the First Adventure, In the Hands of the Goddess, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, and Lioness Rampant). 

Email us your suggestions by Tuesday night at 5:00 and we'll set up a poll.

Map of Panem

Stephanie found this interesting Map of Panem (the futuristic North America in which The Hunger Games is set) that a fan has devised based on clues from the book.  It's not quite what I had pictured, but it's interesting none the less.  It's also entertaining to see what's become of Canada!

Thanks for sharing, Steph!

Meeting Room

UCU 215 has been booked for our meeting this Sunday. That's the room where we had our Game of Thrones meeting, it's off a little hallway labelled 215 that's in the corner of the square where all the student service centers and 1848 are located. We'll hope to see you there for some Hunger Games fun!

The Hunger Games

Thank you for voting everyone, we actually got a clear winner: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  Happy reading, and check the blog the week before our meeting for the room location.

Let's Choose a Book

Ok, our next meeting will be on Sunday November 27th at 11:30am.

No one emailed additional book suggestions, which is actually a good thing because we already have 6 suggestions, and only 7 people voted in the last poll...

So vote for your favourite book by Sunday at 11:00pm so that we can start reading asap!

Children's Literature; Let's Pick a Date

I've failed you again, Bookworms.  At our last meeting those who attended were kind enough to furnish us with several suggestions for our children's lit theme, which I entered into my phone.  I have somehow lost this virtual note, so we're going to pick our meeting date first to give those people who made suggestions a chance to resuggest them.  Here are the ones I remember, and those submitted by email, if yours isn't among them, please email it to us by Saturday at 10am: Anne of Green Gables, Star Girl, The Golden Compass, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and The Hunger Games.

In regards to the meeting date, a couple people have mentioned that they can't make it to Sunday meetings, so we're offering a Monday option for November.  Vote using the blog poll by Saturday morning at 10, and we'll get back on track with picking our book!

Welcome Back!

Hope everyone had a lovely reading week! The next meetings genre is going to be Children's Lit! We got a couple suggestions at the last meeting, but if you have anymore suggestions to what we should read email them to us by Wednesday at Midnight!

Happy Haunting! (since its Halloween and all!)

Meeting Location

Our meeting this month will be in Monpetit room 202, which has audio-visual capabilities so we can watch our movie.  We'll hope to see you there!

Movie It Is!

Ok, people seem keen to watch the movie, so at our October meeting we'll have that to add to our discussion.  Happy reading, and we'll hope to see you on the 16th!

A Study in Scarlet

The votes are in an we'll be reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, the novel A Study in Scarlet.  And as mentioned in our previous post, the meeting will be on Sunday October 16th at 11:30am.

Now, as older members know, if there's a movie that has been based on the book we're reading oftentimes we'll watch it.  There are no faithful film adaptations of this novel (according to wikipedia; if you know otherwise feel free to correct me), however the first episode of the 2010 BBC series Sherlock--which was mentioned briefly in our last meeting--A Study in Pink, is a loose adaptation of the novel, and retains many of its core elements.  The episode is 90 minutes long and can pretty much stand alone.  It's set in modern times, stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, and is pretty awesome.  I was thinking it might be a fun addition to our meeting to watch it together, but it might not be up everyone's alley, so let's put it to a vote.  Have your say on the blog poll by Sunday at 4:00pm.   

Mixed Bag October!

We had a great turnout at Sunday's meeting; thank you to all the members, old and new, who came out and made our discussion such a success! 

Since we had such a large group we collected book suggestions for October's meeting on the spot, and we also decided on the meeting date: Sunday October 16th.  Since October has Thanksgiving and Reading Week that's pretty much the only available weekend. 

Our book suggestions were all over the place, so we decided not to bother sticking to a specific genre for this month, and have instead declared it Mixed Bag October (or MBO if you prefer).  Vote for your favourite on the blog poll by Friday at 10:00am and we'll post the results shortly thereafter. 

Meeting Location

Good news, Bookworms: we've got a real room!  Room 215 in the University Center (UCU) to be precise.  For anyone new, the UCU is the the skinny building between Monpetit and Morriset.

We'll hope to see a bunch of you there on Sunday for some Game of Thrones fun.

Next Meeting: September 18th

Votes are in and our next meeting will be on Sunday September 18th at 11:30am.  That gives us some time to see about a room, so we'll let you know the week before the meeting where it will be held. 

Oops!

I made a little blunder in the poll, thank you Lindsay for pointing it out!  Both Sunday meetings would take place at 11:30 AM, not pm as one says, and both Wednesday meetings would be at 5:30 pm.  Sorry for the confusion!

September's Meeting

Hello Bookworms,

Another semester is almost upon us, and with it, another meeting (at which we'll be discussing George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones).  Vote for the time (or times, you can select multiple answers) that would work best for you on our blog poll by Sunday the 4th at 1:00, after which point we'll send out the results.

Because it's the beginning of a new year, we're going through the club-renewal process and certain privileges are currently denied us, namely room booking.  This means that if we hold our meeting on either of the earlier dates we definitely won't be able to book a room, and if we hold it on one of the later dates there's still a pretty good chance we won't be able to book a room. 


I hope this won't deter anyone from attending, as there are many common areas around campus that can serve us well for this meeting.  We'll scope them out over the next few days and let you know on Sunday where the meeting will be held.  If anyone has any locations in mind, we welcome your suggestions!

Game of Thrones

Votes are in and we'll be discussing George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones at our next meeting, which will be held some time in September; we'll send out a poll to pick the date in the last week of August. 

For anyone who's not aware, this is the first book of a series that is being adapted for television by HBO: the first season just concluded, and--if you don't mind rampant nudity and violence--it's a darn good time. 

Enjoy the rest of your summer and we'll hope to see some of you again in September!

Vote on a Long Book for September's Meeting

Well, we didn't get very many suggestions, but enough to have a vote.  Cast your vote by Tuesday at midnight and we'll post the winner on Wednesday. 

Summer Hiatus, Long Book, and Recommendations

We both have busy summers ahead of us, and most people seem to be busy or out of town for most of the summer, so we've decided to put the club on hiatus until September. 

However, we thought it might be fun to read a long book over the summer to discuss at our first meeting in the fall, so if you have a suggestion for a long book email it to us by Friday. 

Also, if you read any books you think others might enjoy send us an email with the title and a brief paragraph describing what makes the book so good and we'll post it on the blog for the benefit of all the Bookworms!

Fun in the Sun

Since the weather is so lovely, and an outside setting seems fitting for such a garden-centric book, let's convene on the lawn in front of Tabaret Hall for our meeting this Sunday.  You may want to bring along a blanket or just rough it on the grass.  In case of rain, we'll be meeting in UCU 206, but let's keep or fingers crossed for a sunny Sunday!

Next Meeting Date

The votes are in and our next meeting will be on Sunday May 29th at 11:30 am.  We'll post the room once we book it.  Good luck on your finals, and happy reading!

The Forgotten Garden

The winner of the poll was The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.  At 552 pages, this is a pretty hefty book, so in consideration of that, and the fact that we've all got exams and final papers to worry about this month, our next meeting will be towards the end of May.  Take a moment to vote in the poll box for when it should be, specifically.  The poll will close Thursday at midnight.

Let's pick a book!

We've received just the right number of book suggestions; thanks to those who contributed!  Vote for your favourite by Monday at midnight and then we'll move on to picking our meeting date.

Historical Fiction!

Ok, so we're going to give Historical Fiction another go.  Here's a link to that list of book reviews for this genre that Sam was good enough to provide for us last time around, take a look if you get a chance.

http://www.historicalnovels.info/BookReviews.html#Anc 

You are by no means bound to this list for suggestions, but it does provide a nice starting point.  Get your suggestions into us by Saturday at 5:00.

Let's pick a genre

We've received your suggestions for the genre of our next book; you can vote for your favorite in the poll box in the corner by 5:00 on Wednesday. We've decided to skip April and have our next meeting in May to let everyone finish up exams and have time to read the book. We'll vote on our specific meeting date once we've picked our book.

What's in a genre?

First off thanks for everyone who showed up yesterday, I know it's a busy time of year so thank you!

Next meetings genre has yet to be determined, so if you have any suggestions for a genre please get them in by Saturday! After that we can choose novels, and a meeting date/time!

Meeting Location

Our meeting this weekend will be in UCU room 206.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be on Sunday March 27th at 11:30.  We will be discussing Antoine de Saint Exupéry's The Little Prince.  You are welcome to read it either in the original French, or an English translation.  Once we book the room we'll post that up here as well.  Happy reading!

When shall we meet?

The poll results are in and we'll be reading The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Now it's time to decide when we'll meet, so be sure to cast your vote before Saturday at 10:30 am.

Short Books!

Ok, we've got received a couple more suggestions for short books, so check out the poll in the corner over there and cast your vote before Thursday at 9:00 am.  We investigated over amazon, and had to remove a couple suggestions that were way longer than 100 pages, but keep them in mind and suggest them for another month!

Short Books?

At our meeting yesterday we decided to have our next meeting at the end of March, so we're going to read a short book (100 pages or less).  We've got a short list of suggestions, but if anyone would like to suggest another one, please email it to us by tomorrow at noon.  It can be a novella, short story collection, play, or whatever, as long as it's short!

Location for Next Meeting

Our March 6th meeting will be held in room 301 in the University Centre (UCU).  We'll hope to see you there!

Next Meeting

Ok, the results are in and our February meeting will actually be held in March, Sunday March 6th at 11:30, to be precise.  We'll hope to see you there!

February's Meeting Date

The votes are in and we'll be reading L. M. Montgomery's The Blue Castle for February's romance genre.  It's now time to choose the date for our meeting.  The morning meeting was so pleasant that we'd like to make that our usual meeting time, so the choice is between Sunday February 27th at 11:00, or Sunday March 6th at 11:30.  Cast your vote over there in the corner by Monday at 8:00pm, at which point we'll post the results.