The Bookworms will resume in September - and we'll be missing you!

Dearest Bookworms,

Steph and I are both graduating, and last week was our final meeting with the Bookworms.  A few members of the club have stepped forward to take over the executive positions, and we'll leave it to them to introduce themselves!  At the meeting, we decided to break from the club over the summer, so there won't be any meetings over the next few months.  The new leadership will take over the club in September.

We both want to thank everyone who participated in the club - for the great book suggestions, the delicious baked goods and the interesting discussions.  We've both been members since first year so it's very bittersweet to be graduating.  The Bookworms has been a great place to chat, drink tea, and spend time with fellow book lovers.  We've had such a positive experience in the club and we're very much going to miss all of you fine people!

Best of luck with everything, and we hope you have a great time in the club next year.  A fond farewell to you all!

S&S

Bookworms next year?

Hi Bookworms!

First, we have a room booked for next Sunday.  We'll be meeting in UCU206, down the hall from the Tim Horton's in the university centre.

Next, we want to let you all know that we are both graduating this year, so the book club will need new leadership!  If you are interested in taking over the club, please send us an email by next Wednesday (Mar 20), and indicate if you will be attending the meeting on Sun, Mar 24.  The current constitution has roles for two co-presidents, a treasurer and a secretary, but those positions are definitely not set in stone - you do NOT have to indicate in your email which position you would like.  We will either have a separate meeting with those interested, or if all the interested people can attend on Sunday, we will discuss it as our first order of business then.  Running the club is not a lot of work - mainly just updating the website and attending the meetings - and anyone can take over!  Once again, if you're interested in running the club in any capacity, please send us an email (uottawabookworms@gmail.com) by Wed, Mar 20, and indicate whether you will attend the meeting on Sunday.  We'll send out more information once we have heard back from you.

Thank you Bookworms and it's been wonderful being a part of this club with all of you!

Meeting Sun, Mar 24 @2PM

Thanks for voting, Bookworms - we'll see you on Sun, Mar 24 @2PM!  We'll post the location once we have a room booked.

March meeting time/date

Hey Bookworms!  The poll is now available to vote for a meeting date and time.  We picked the week of Mar 18-24 because the following week has the Easter long weekend, which makes things a bit more complicated.  The poll will close this Sunday Mar 10 at 6PM so get your votes in!

Fables: Legends In Exile

The votes are in for our fairy tale selection: this month, we'll be reading Fables: Legends In Exile by Bill Willingham.  This is the first volume in a graphic novel series, so it's like a genre two-for-one!  We'll be posting for a meeting date/time soon, and we're aiming to have the meeting in late March or early April before finals start.  Happy reading!

Once upon a time...

Hey Bookworms!  Thanks for voting for a genre.  By a VERY narrow margin, fairy tales has won as this month's genre!

There are hundreds of fairy tales and retellings, so picking a book is going to be tricky!  Basically, if the "classic" fairy tales win, Steph and I will pick 5-10 tales by the winning author, and if the "various authors" wins, we'll pick 5-10 fairy tales by any author.  If one of the retellings wins, then we'll just read that single novel.  Please leave a comment on this post or send us an email to tell us if there is a specific fairy tale that you would like to be included in the selections!

Here are some options for classic fairy tales - click the links for an idea of which fairy tales each author wrote so that you can tell us which ones to include.  Most of these fairy tales can be found for free online through Project Gutenberg.

• selections from the Brothers Grimm
• selections from Hans Christian Andersen
• selections from Charles Perrault
• selections from various authors

Here are some newer versions - click the links for a description of each book.  We would read one of these books instead of reading selections of classic fairy tales.

• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
• The Fairy Godmother (Five Hundred Kingdoms #1) by Mercedes Lackey
• Beauty by Robin McKinley
• Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham

The poll is up online now and will close Saturday at 6PM.  Be sure to vote, and let us know which fairy tales you would like to be included!

Come join us on Goodreads

The club is now a group on Goodreads! If you are a member feel free to join the group at http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/95324-uottawa-bookworms. If that doesn't work, shoot us an email with your email address and we'll send you an invite to the group. On the group we can have some online discussions about the books and other topics. Let us know if there are any issues. If you don't know about Goodreads, it's a nice way to keep track of books you've read, are reading, want to read, and follow what your friends are reading (i.e. your fellow bookworms)!

Don't feel any pressure to sign up for an account - all of our updates and voting will still be on this blog.
Please vote for the genre and send in suggestions, that's all for now. Keep calm and read on!