Oh, the hilarity! SUCH A CLEVER TITLE!
And on that note, we (Sam and Steph) are taking over the uOttawa Bookworms since our beloved Thea and Naomi are both graduating this year!
First things first: we'll be holding meetings over the summer, and the first set of polls are up! Please vote for a genre and a meeting date - both polls will close on Wednesday, May 2nd at 11:59 pm. We'll vote on a book after that.
We've also done a few renovations on the blog. Be sure to take a look at some of the new features - we've added a "This Month's Meeting" tab to keep you updated on current events. We've also added a Recommended Reads section, so if you have any books that you've enjoyed reading, please send us an email with the title and author so we can make a more comprehensive list! Finally, we've added a Bookshelf section to keep track of the books we read.
We're very excited and hope to see you all at the next meeting!
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Meeting Postponed (sorry!)
Hey There Bookworms,
Everything kind of fell apart with this meeting. The room reservation got mixed up by the long weekend and Naomi's work schedule means she wouldn't be able to come either.
We'd like to reschedule for the end of the month. And since since so few of you will be around, how about those of you who will be email us some days you'll be available.
We're sorry about all the delays and mix-ups lately!
Sam and Steph have kindly agreed to take over the club duties for next year, so this isn't the end of the Bookworms. We'll hope to see some of you at the end of April, and for everyone else, good luck on your exams and have a great summer!
Everything kind of fell apart with this meeting. The room reservation got mixed up by the long weekend and Naomi's work schedule means she wouldn't be able to come either.
We'd like to reschedule for the end of the month. And since since so few of you will be around, how about those of you who will be email us some days you'll be available.
We're sorry about all the delays and mix-ups lately!
Sam and Steph have kindly agreed to take over the club duties for next year, so this isn't the end of the Bookworms. We'll hope to see some of you at the end of April, and for everyone else, good luck on your exams and have a great summer!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Wednesday April 11th
Results are in and our next meeting will be Wednesday April 11th, and we'll be watching the movie version to The Help as well. If anyone has access to a copy they'd be willing to bring along let us know... We'll post the meeting room once we book it.
Good luck with finishing up the semester, and we'll see you on the 11th!
Good luck with finishing up the semester, and we'll see you on the 11th!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Next Meeting (Finally!)
Hello Bookworms!
We apologize for the unannounced hiatus; we're both graduating this year and these last few months are proving to be rather overwhelming. We will bring you apology baked goods at our next meeting!
There are two polls up on the blog, one to choose the meeting date, and one to decide if we should watch the movie version of The Help at the meeting (we will try to book a better room than the one we had for the Sherlock Holmes movie!). For meeting dates, we've got three possibilities clustered right around the end of term to hopefully catch you after all your final papers are due and before exams start: Sunday April 8th, Monday April 9th (this is Easter Monday so there's no school), or Wednesday April 11th (the day after the last class and before the first exam). Voting will close on Saturday at noon so have your say before then.
Two more things you may want to start thinking about: 1: if we should keep meeting through the summer, and 2: if anyone who will still be attending Ottawa U next year would like to take over running the club. If you're interested let us know at the next meeting, or by email if you can't attend it, and we'll fill you in on the details of what's required to run the club.
We'll hope to see you at the next (possibly last!) meeting!
Thea and Naomi
We apologize for the unannounced hiatus; we're both graduating this year and these last few months are proving to be rather overwhelming. We will bring you apology baked goods at our next meeting!
There are two polls up on the blog, one to choose the meeting date, and one to decide if we should watch the movie version of The Help at the meeting (we will try to book a better room than the one we had for the Sherlock Holmes movie!). For meeting dates, we've got three possibilities clustered right around the end of term to hopefully catch you after all your final papers are due and before exams start: Sunday April 8th, Monday April 9th (this is Easter Monday so there's no school), or Wednesday April 11th (the day after the last class and before the first exam). Voting will close on Saturday at noon so have your say before then.
Two more things you may want to start thinking about: 1: if we should keep meeting through the summer, and 2: if anyone who will still be attending Ottawa U next year would like to take over running the club. If you're interested let us know at the next meeting, or by email if you can't attend it, and we'll fill you in on the details of what's required to run the club.
We'll hope to see you at the next (possibly last!) meeting!
Thea and Naomi
Sunday, February 5, 2012
We have a winner!
A big thank you to everyone who voted! This months novel is The Help by Katherine Stockett. This is a very enjoyable read so enjoy! Meeting date poles should be posted by the end of the week! Happy Reading!
And best of luck on all your midterms!
And best of luck on all your midterms!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Let's Pick A Book!
We didn't receive any more suggestions, so the ones listed in the previous post are the ones we're choosing from. Vote for your favourite on the blog poll by Sunday at 5 pm.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Women's Lit It Is!
Women's Literature is a bit of a nebulous genre, so let's define it as books written by women, about women, which is, admittedly, still pretty broad. We've already received a bunch of suggestions (honestly, probably more than is reasonable given the number of voters), which are listed below, but if anyone has a suggestion they're just burning to share, email it to us by Thursday at 1:00pm.
Here are the books reccommended so far for this genre:
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
The Diviners by Margaret Lawerance
The Help by Katherine Stockett
I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty
Minus Time by Catherine Bush
Only Human by Susie Boyt
Still Alice by Lisa Genov
The Whole World Over by Julia Glass
Also! You'll notice that we've (finally!) got the book rec list up on the blog, but it's pretty sparse right now and it needs your additions! Email us very brief descriptions of any books you'd like to recommend to the group and we'll post them. Feel free to use books you've recommended for previous meetings, whether or not we ended up reading them.
Here are the books reccommended so far for this genre:
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
The Diviners by Margaret Lawerance
The Help by Katherine Stockett
I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty
Minus Time by Catherine Bush
Only Human by Susie Boyt
Still Alice by Lisa Genov
The Whole World Over by Julia Glass
Also! You'll notice that we've (finally!) got the book rec list up on the blog, but it's pretty sparse right now and it needs your additions! Email us very brief descriptions of any books you'd like to recommend to the group and we'll post them. Feel free to use books you've recommended for previous meetings, whether or not we ended up reading them.
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