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!
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
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.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Genre Choice
Ok, so we have three genre choices: books based on real people, self-help books, and women's literature. Have your say on the blog poll by Wednesday at 10 am.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Genre Suggestions?
At our last meeting the genre of Women's Literature was suggested, and some book suggestions made, but since the meeting was so small, we're opening the floor (briefly) if anyone else would like to suggest another genre. Email us your suggestions by Monday at 9:00 am and then we'll vote and take book suggestions.
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