The November Book Poll is up!

Hi Bookworms! The poll is now up! This time we included genres AND individual books.

• If a genre is to win this poll, we will then start a new poll with books from that particular genre. Of course, recommendations will be welcome. The winner of that poll will be our Book of the Month for November.
• If a specific book is to win this poll, that book will be automatically be our Book of the Month for Novemeber.

So these are the options in the latest poll. You can vote for more than one (hopefully that will relieve some bookworms dilemma). The poll will close on Thursday, 5pm sharp.

Genres:

• Classics
• Horror for Halloween 
• Fantasy
• Anything by Agatha Christie 

Books:

• Vicious by V. E. Schwab
• Tithe by Holly Black
• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
• Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• The Book Thief  by Markus Zusak (Someone suggested we go watch the movie together afterwards.)
• Wool by Hugh Howey
• John Dies At the End by David Wong 
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 

So What to Read Next? Recommendations Wanted.

We had a blast at our meeting this month! We got to meet so many fellow book lovers and delve into so many interesting topics. So the big question is, what's next? If you couldn't make it to the meeting, this is your chance to send your suggestions in. You have until the end of Sunday, October 13th to email/facebook us with books/genres you want to read. Here are the books/genre already recommended:

Genres:

• Classics
• Horror for Halloween 
• Fantasy
• Anything by Agatha Christie 

Books:

• Vicious by V. E. Schwab
• Tithe by Holly Black
• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
• Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• The Book Thief  by Markus Zusak (Someone suggested we go watch the movie together afterwards.)
• Wool by Hugh Howey
• John Dies At the End by David Wong 
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 

Our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/UOttawaBookworms

Our email: uOttawabookworms@gmail.com

Important Update: MEETING TIME CHANGE!

IMPORTANT!

MEETING DATE CHANGE! We are so sorry for the inconvenience but we have to change the meeting date because all rooms are booked during our preferred time. For now, the meeting is NOT on the October 26th, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm.

The next meeting time is actually October the 12th, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm.

Room: UCU 206. It is near the junction between MNT and UCU. It is on the floor same floor as Tim Horton's

Since tea and snacks will be provided, if you can bring your own mug that will be great! :D

See you guys on October the 26th!

The voting was fierce, some raced ahead early on only to be beaten at the very end. When the dust settled, October 26th, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm emerged victorious. The location of our meeting is TBA, but we will let you guys know as soon as the room is booked.

A reminder, this meeting will consist of an introduction + summer reads. Feel free to bring snacks, and your favourite beverages to the meeting. As always, we will provide napkins, teas, a kettle etc.

See you guys soon! :)

Our Next Meeting Time

Hi Bookworms, welcome back! I hope everyone is having a great start to their school year. :)

The poll for next month's meeting time is now up on our website! Please select the time(s) you prefer for the meeting. You will have three days to vote; the poll closes next Monday, September 30th, at 2:00 PM.

This meeting's theme will be "Introduction + Summer Reads". We would love to hear about the books you read over the summer, and whether or not you've attempted our summer bookworms challenge (for those who were with us last year).

In other news, we recently created our own uOttawaBookworms facebook page. If you would prefer to keep up to date with our club over on Facebook, head over and give us a like. :)
https://www.facebook.com/UOttawaBookworms

We can't wait to see everyone! In the mean time, have a great day.

Upcoming Book Events in Ottawa!

Enjoy reading young adult novels by the likes of Lemony Snicket, Lauren Oliver and Elizabeth Wein? Well, you're in luck! The Ottawa Public Library is hosting their 4th annual Teen Author Fest and attendance is FREE. Events will take place at various branches from October 1st - November 29th (actually Elizabeth Wein is here Sept 24, and 25). For more information, check out the TAF website: http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/TAF

Welcome Back

Good morning / afternoon / evening Bookworms,

I hope that all of you have had a sensational summer the past 4 months whether you have been taking classes to get ahead, working, traveling, or just enjoying yourself as you should.

I wanted to take the opportunity to welcome you all back for the new school year. It's my last one at uOttawa so it's a little bittersweet, but I'm really looking forward to having another year of great book discussions with all of you.

First off, please let me know if you have graduated or did not sign up to be on our mailing list yet somehow get emails from us... these things happen and I just want to make sure that nobody's inboxes are being clogged needlessly. Also let me know if you have a friend who would like to join & start receiving emails from us about upcoming meetings and all that!

Clubs Week happens the second week of September and gives clubs across campus the chance to reach out to the new and current student population to give them options to get involved in something they have an interest in. As President of the Bookworms, a campus museum volunteer, and a VP for 2 other student groups, I can assure you that getting involved on campus is the BEST thing you can do to enrich your student experience! Stella, Ashley, Hannah and I will be taking part in Clubs Week so stop by and say hi at our table if you have time, we'd love to see you.

Our first meeting will probably be towards the end of September... I'm thinking the 4th but likely 5th week of the month. I'll set up the usual poll for times and what not, so no worries there. Remember the summer challenge of reading a book outside your usual genre comfort zone? We'll be discussing our different adventures in summer reading and ideas for monthly genres at the September meeting. In the meantime, have a safe 101 week and hopefully the transition into student life isn't too rough on you all ;)

Cheers,
Madeline (but please call me Maddie if you want)

ps. I have bought some news teas for all of you to try, so get excited to be converted into loving tea if you don't already!