January 2017 Nominations

*NEW SURVEY (DEC 10). PLEASE VOTE AGAIN.*

January's theme is Canadian fiction. I defined "Canadian fiction" as books taking place in Canada that are by Canadian authors. Many of the noms have author talks coming up in the new year (that we can attend!) or take place in areas around Toronto (so we could have a meeting there!) 

*NOTE: Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson was included on this list, but a helpful Bookends member let me know that it's not being released until February 2017, so it has been removed.*

The January nominations are:

The Night Wanderer | Drew Hayden Taylor

Nothing ever happens on the Otter Lake reservation. But when 16-year-old Tiffany discovers her father is renting out her room, she’s deeply upset. Sure, their guest is polite and keeps to himself, but he’s also a little creepy. 

The mysterious Pierre L’Errant is actually a vampire returning to his tribal home. But Tiffany has other things on her mind: her new boyfriend is acting weird, disputes with her father are escalating, and her estranged mother is starting a new life with somebody else. Tiffany flees into the bush, and has a chilling encounter with L’Errant that changes everything ... for both of them.

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*author talk*

George & Rue | George Elliott Clarke

Brothers George and Rufus Hamilton, in a robbery gone wrong, drunkenly bludgeoned a taxi driver to death. It was 1949, and the two siblings, part Mi'kmaq and part African, were hanged for the killing. 

Both repelled and intrigued by his ancestral cousins' deeds, which he only learned about from his mother shortly before her death, Clarke set out to discover just what kind of forces would reduce men to crime, violence and, ultimately, murder.

The novel shifts seamlessly back into the killers' pasts, recounting a bleak and sometimes comic tale of victims of violence who became killers, a black community too poor and too shamed to assist its downtrodden members, and a white community bent on condemning all blacks as dangerous outsiders. 

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No New Land | M.G. Vassanji

Nurdin Lalani and his family, Asian immigrants from Africa, have come to the Toronto suburb of Don Mills only to find that the old world and its values pursue them. A genial orderly at a downtown hospital, he has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl. Although he is innocent, traditional propriety prompts him to question the purity of his own thoughts. 

Ultimately, his friendship with the enlightened Sushila offers him an alluring freedom from a past that haunts him, a marriage that has become routine, and from the trials of coping with teenage children. Introducing us to a cast of vividly drawn characters within this immigrant community, Vassanji is a keen observer of lives caught between one world and another. 

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Ghosted | Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall

Mason, a struggling writer, comes in from the cold after five years of drifting. His childhood friend Chaz loans him an apartment and finds him a job selling hotdogs. But Mason drinks too much, does too many drugs and loses too much money at poker, digging himself even more deeply in debt to Chaz, who also happens to be his drug dealer. Talk about a vicious circle. 

Then Mason decides he'll become a ghostwriter of suicide notes. What happens when someone already wrestling with his own demons immerses himself in the tragedies of other people's lives? In this case, a lot: a hotdog cart is totalled, a convict sprung, a funeral faked, a head scalped, a horse stolen. Then, just when it looks like Mason is finally going down, he faces the biggest test of all. 

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The Featherbed | John Miller

When Anna and Sadie discover the diaries of their mother, Rebecca, in the days following her death, they learn that her life was far more complex than either of them knew: a garment worker in early-1900s New York; the reluctant wife in an arranged marriage to an ailing and abusive husband; the improbable friend of a pregnant prostitute. But the diaries reveal more than just surprising details about Rebecca's life: they also point to a family secret - and questions about Sadie's true parentage.

The Featherbed is a gripping family saga that moves between the tenements of New York's Lower East Side and the stately homes of Toronto's Annex. Strong in plot, character, setting, and style, it is a fully-realised debut from an assured writer.

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Red Rover | Liz Bugg

Thalia Spencer is missing. Is she in trouble or is she simply avoiding her family? When Thalia's conservative tycoon father confesses to private investigator Calli Barnow that he offered his daughter money to give up her girlfriend and start dating men, Calli thinks she knows where to start looking. 

She and her best friend, novice drag queen Dewey, comb the bars and clubs of Toronto's gay village, hoping to find Thalia hiding in plain sight. But then Thalia's lover, Zoe, says the girl is missing from her life too, and Calli realizes the situation is more dangerous than she'd thought.

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November Meeting Details

Hey Bookenders! 

Ahhh only 2.5 weeks til the end of the semester! I hope you're rising above all the stress :D

Here are the details for our November meeting /
Book: The Book Thief / Marcus Zusak (as you know)
Date: 25 November 2016
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Place: Koffler House, 569 Spadina Ave
             Quiet Room (3rd floor) -- we won't need to be quiet, don't worry

Also, a last reminder about our movie night / 
Film: V for Vendetta
Date: 22 November 2016 (this Tuesday)
Time: 6:30-9pm (ish)
Place: Hart House, North Dining Room

Hope you can come!

Best,

Taneeta

November 2016 Book of the Month

Hey Bookenders!

Thanks to everyone who voted for the book of the month. The two top choices were very close (just 1 vote separated them!) but ultimately there was a winner...

The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak.

Click here to vote for the time/date for our November meeting. Hope you enjoy the book!

Best,

Taneeta

Movie Night Details

Hey Bookenders!

Just a quick update on the movie night -- we're still screening V for Vendetta on Tuesday November 22 in Hart House (North Dining Room -- the same place as the October meeting), but the time is now 6:30 pm because they're really busy! I hope people can still come, and of course you can always leave early. The film is 2h12min, so it should be done by 9pm.

If you're not familiar with Hart House, the North Dining Room is on the second floor (turn left when you've climbed the main stairs). If you take the elevator, turn right and go past the library.

As mentioned before, this is a Bookends-only event due to licensing restrictions.

Details:
V for Vendetta
Tue Nov 22, 6:30pm
Hart House - North Dining Room

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Taneeta

November Book Nominations

This month's theme is historical fiction. Historical fiction, for our purposes, is books that take place more than 50 years in the past. I tried to include a diverse set of noms - hopefully you all find something that you like!

Content warnings for racism (specifically anti-Black racism and antisemitism), sexual assault, domestic violence, and war.

The Color Purple

The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name.


Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, the story focuses on the life of women of color in the southern United States in the 1930s, addressing numerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American social culture. The novel has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2000-2009 at number seventeen because of the sometimes explicit content, particularly in terms of violence.
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The Book Thief

It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.
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Memoirs of a Geisha

A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction—at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful—and completely unforgettable.
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Timeline

In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world, archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. 

Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened up to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival -- six hundred years ago.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude

The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the family. It is a rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind.

Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility - the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth - these universal themes dominate the novel. Whether he is describing an affair of passion or the voracity of capitalism and the corruption of government, Marquez always writes with the simplicity, ease, and purity that are the mark of a master.
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Death Comes for the Archbishop

There is something epic about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, although the story it tells is that of a single human life, lived simply in the silence of the desert. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. 

What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows—gently, although he must contend with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. One of these events Cather gives us an indelible vision of life unfolding in a place where time itself seems suspended.
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Under a Painted Sky

Missouri, 1849: Samantha dreams of moving back to New York to be a musician—not an easy thing if you’re a girl, and harder still if you’re Chinese. But a tragic accident dashes any hopes of fulfilling her dream, and leaves her fearing for her life. She flees town with a runaway slave named Annamae. 

But life on the Oregon Trail is unsafe for two girls, so they disguise themselves as  two boys headed for California. But when they cross paths with a band of cowboys, the light-hearted troupe turn out to be unexpected allies. With the law closing in on them, they quickly learn that there aren't many places to hide on the open trail.
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Membership Confirmation

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of getting funding for our club! Yay! One of the conditions of the funding is that I provide a membership list of active members. If you consider yourself to be an active member of Bookends (you read the emails, or look at the website, or participate in the polls/come to meetings), then please send me an email with the following:

• your name
• your student number
• your program of study (PoSt)

This information is submitted for the express purpose of making sure you are UofT students. If you're not, don't worry, but you don't need to send that info! 

I will be accepting this info until Saturday, November 5, at 11:59 pm (for time-sensitive reasons). If you don't email me by this time, I'll assume you don't consider yourself an active member of Bookends. Thanks for your cooperation!

I've also attached a poll for our first social event -- Movie Night! You can vote on the movie below, and choose the date/time here. Both will close Saturday, November 5, at 11:59 pm as well (just to keep it simple).

Looking forward to your responses!

Best,

Taneeta

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Update - October Meeting

Helloooo Bookenders!

I was supposed to post this last week, so I'm very sorry for the delay! Hope your midterms have been swell and are winding down now that we're getting to November.

1. Meeting Date & Time
2. Add us on Facebook (and join the Social Committee!)
3. Discord app/website
4. Social Events - November and December

1. Meeting Date & Time
The room has finally been booked! Our meeting will be:

Monday, October 31, 5:00-6:00 pm
Hart House
North Dining Room (2nd floor)

There will be food, so if you can make it and would like to partake, please let me know of your dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, lactose-intolerant, etc.).

2. Add us on FB & Join the Social Committee
Our Social Committee member, Khushnuma Nafis, has set up a Facebook page and group. She will be posting info about our meetings and social events! If you want to be an admin, message her directly (and let me know too, if you want to be on the Social Committee but don't have Facebook!)

3. Reminder about Discord
We also have a discussion group on Discord. You don't need an account to join the conversation!

4. Social Events - Nov & Dec
Our two social events this semester will be (you guessed it) November and December! For November, we will have a Movie Night (TBD), and December, bring your favourite board game (and friends) to our Games Night! If you want to help plan either of these events, please message Khushnuma or reply to this email! (Dates, times, and places are forthcoming.)

Hope to see you on Monday!

Best,

Taneeta

October 2016 Book of the Month

Hope you had a great week. It's time to start reading, because the votes are in! The book for October is...

"Gerald's Game," by Stephen King.

Thanks for voting, and if you didn't get a chance, you can still vote for the time and date of our meeting until next Saturday, Oct 15, at 12:00 pm at this link. Join our discussion (if you haven't already) on Discord as we read! I'm looking forward to chatting with all of you.

Enjoy your long weekend!

Best,

Taneeta

Discussion Group

Hey everyone!

Thanks to a few of your fellow Bookenders, we have set up a discussion page! It's accessible at this link, and you don't need an account to participate in the conversation (though you can sign up with an email/password if you want to save your messages).

We'll use the discussion group to talk about the books we're reading, as prep for our meetings. You're not obligated to participate, but we'd love to hear what you're thinking as you read along!

For official/administrative information, I'll still communicate via email. This is just a fun way to meet other Bookenders and get some ideas flowing for some great conversation in person.

October 2016 Nominations

This month's theme is (seeing as it's October) Horror/Thriller. We have curated a list of nominations for you to choose from - pick your favourite and see what ends up as our book for the month!

I will add a *content warning* for graphic/disturbing content. You absolutely do not have to read a book you don't want to, and you're still welcome to come to the October meeting!

I am Legend / Richard Matheson

Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood.

By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.

How long can one man survive like this?

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Parasite Eve / Hideaki Sena

When Dr. Nagashima loses his wife in a mysterious car crash, he is overwhelmed with grief but also an eerie sense of purpose; he becomes obsessed with the idea that he must reincarnate his dead wife. Her donated kidney is transplanted into a young girl with a debilitating disorder, but the doctor also feels compelled to keep a small sample of her liver in his laboratory. When these cells start mutating rapidly, a consciousness bent on determining its own fate awakens from an eonic sleep.

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Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice

Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force—a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.

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Gerald's Game / Stephen King

Stephen King cranks up the suspense in a different kind of bedtime story. A game of seduction between a husband and wife goes horribly awry when the husband dies. But the nightmare has just begun...

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Marina / Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Oscar Drai's story begins in an old quarter of the city, where he meets the strange Marina and her father, Germán Blau, a portrait painter. Marina takes Oscar to a cemetery to watch a macabre ritual that occurs on the last Sunday of each month. At exactly 10:00am, a coach pulled by black horses appears. From it descends a woman, her face shrouded by a black velvet cloak. Holding a single rose, she walks to a gravestone that bears no name, only a mysterious emblem of a black butterfly with open wings.

When Oscar & Marina decide to follow her, they begin a journey to a postwar Barcelona-a world of aristocrats and actresses-and reveals a dark secret that lies waiting in the mysterious labyrinth beneath the city streets.

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Carrie / Stephen King

Carrie knew she should not use the terrifying power she possessed... But one night at her senior prom, Carrie was scorned and humiliated just one time too many, and in a fit of uncontrollable fury she turned her clandestine game into a weapon of horror and destruction...

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert L. Stevenson

In this harrowing tale of good and evil, the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll develops a potion that unleashes his secret, inner persona—the loathsome, twisted Mr. Hyde.

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Thank you + October's Book!

Hi Bookender buddies!

Thanks so much for those of you who came out tonight. If you didn't, not to worry! We introduced ourselves and talked about some ideas for our books this year. The following is a list of themes we generated:

• horror/thriller
• book to movie adaptation
• contemporary
• satire
• historical fiction
• choose your own adventure
• Canadian literature
• short stories
• uplifting books (to finish off the year)

If you don't see anything you like on this list, let me know and we can vote on it in the coming months! This month's theme, however, is Horror/Thriller.

Check out the nominations and vote for your favourite! The poll also includes a few questions about our social events this semester. Here is the link to the Doodle for scheduling our October meeting.

Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

Best,

Taneeta

September 2016 Meeting

Hey Bookenders!

Thanks so much for your patience this past week. I've finally pinned down the time and place for our meeting, and I'm happy to announce that there will be food! It'll be some snacks and drinks, but still - FOOD!

Meeting Details:

Date Friday September 30, 2016

Time 5:30-6:30 (approx.)

Place Alumni Hall, rm. 105 (So sorry about that. It's the nicest place I could find that allows non-catered food!)

If you're looking for Alumni Hall, it's right beside Kelly Library, and it's a five-minute walk from Museum subway station. You don't need to bring anything except yourselves.

Hope to see all of you there!

Sincerely,

Taneeta Doma
Director, Bookends

Welcome to a new year of Bookends!

Hey Bookenders!

Hope you all had a great (first) week! My name is Taneeta, and I’ll be your Director for the 2016-2017 year. I’m so excited to kick off another year of reading, discussing, and socializing with all of you!

Our first meeting of the year will be for introductions (and a little club business), so new and returning members can get acquainted. Feel free to bring your friends! It’ll be Friday, September 30.

I'm still in the process of a booking a room (and a time), mostly because it's difficult to find one that allows food. If you have any recommendations, I'd really appreciate it! I'll send out an email later on this month with the official details, but I wanted to kick off the year first!

If you can't make it to the meeting, I'll be sending out a follow-up email to summarize everything we talk about. All other meetings of the year will be decided democratically, through polls.

If you have any comments or concerns about accessibility before/during/after meetings, please let me know, whether in person or by email. It is important to me that you feel comfortable and welcomed at our meetings.

I’d also love to get your ideas about how to make this year of Bookends our best yet, so talk to me at the meeting or shoot me an email to get it all started! I’d particularly like your feedback on:
-    ideas for social events (free/inexpensive ones preferred)
-    whether you prefer afternoon or evening meetings, and on which days
-    themes of the month!

See you at the meeting! I’m looking forward to meeting all of you.

Best,

Taneeta Doma
Director, Bookends

~ February's Book of the Month ~

Hello Bookenders!

The votes are in and a date has been set. The book of the month is............

The Incarnations by Susan Barker!

 

"Who are you? you must be wondering. I am your soulmate, your old friend, and I have come back to this city of sixteen million in search of you.So begins the first letter that falls into Wang’s lap as he flips down the visor in his taxi. The letters that follow are filled with the stories of Wang’s previous lives—from escaping a marriage to a spirit bride, to being a slave on the run from Genghis Khan, to living as a fisherman during the Opium Wars, and being a teenager on the Red Guard during the cultural revolution—bound to his mysterious “soulmate,” spanning one thousand years of betrayal and intrigue.

As the letters continue to appear seemingly out of thin air, Wang becomes convinced that someone is watching him—someone who claims to have known him for over one thousand years. And with each letter, Wang feels the watcher growing closer and closer…"

 

 

We will be reading The Incarnations and meeting later in the month to discuss the book. Below is the meeting date and time, location will be set out soon so keep an eye out. Good luck with school, assignments and tests and see you all soon!

 

Meeting Info

 

Date: Thursday, March 24th, 2016

Time: 5:30 - 6:00 pm

Location: Marvin Gerstein Room (main floor through the reading room doors)
                  Address -
               Gerstein Science Information Centre
               Sigmund Samuel Library Building
               9 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5

 

Happy Reading,

 

Thurga Ganeshamoorthy

Director, Bookends

University of Toronto

~ February Meeting and Book Nominations ~

Hello Bookenders!

Thank you for those of you that provided nominations for voting. Below you will find the books that have been chosen and the link to where you can go and vote. More information regarding the meeting date, time and location will be coming your way soon. Don't forget to vote for the book of February 2016. See you all soon!

Nominations

1. House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy

"In this enthralling and atmospheric thriller, one young family’s dream of a better life is about to become a nightmare.
Ben and Caroline Tierney and their two young boys are hoping to start over. Ben has hit a dead end with his new novel, Caroline has lost her banking job, and eight-year-old Charlie is being bullied at his Manhattan school.

When Ben inherits land in the village of Swannhaven, in a remote corner of upstate New York, the Tierneys believe it’s just the break they need, and they leave behind all they know to restore a sprawling estate. But as Ben uncovers Swannhaven’s chilling secrets and Charlie ventures deeper into the surrounding forest, strange things begin to happen. The Tierneys realize that their new home isn’t the fresh start they needed . . . and that the village’s haunting saga is far from over.

House of Echoes is a novel that shows how sometimes the ties that bind us are the only things that can keep us whole."

2. The Thing About Great White Sharks and other stories by Rebecca Adams Wright

" In this collection?s richly imagined title story, our brutal and resourceful protagonist is determined to protect her family from a murderous, shark-ridden world?at any cost. Elsewhere, an old woman uncovers a sinister plot while looking after a friend?s plants (?Orchids?), and a girl in the war-torn countryside befriends an unlikely creature (?Keeper of the Glass?). In ?Barnstormers,? a futuristic flying circus tries to forestall bankruptcy with one last memorable show. At the heart of ?Sheila? is the terrible choice a retired judge must make when faced with the destruction of his beloved robotic dog, and ?Yuri, in a Blue Dress? follows one of the last survivors of an alien invasion as she seeks help. Extending from World War II to the far future, these fifteen stories offer a gorgeously observed perspective on our desire for connection and what it means to have compassion?for ourselves, for one another, for our past?and for whatever lies beyond."

3. Unwind by Neal Shusterman

 

" In America after the Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement: The Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, a parent may choose to retroactively get rid of a child through a process called "unwinding." Unwinding ensures that the child's life doesn’t “technically” end by transplanting all the organs in the child's body to various recipients. Now a common and accepted practice in society, troublesome or unwanted teens are able to easily be unwound.

With breathtaking suspense, this book follows three teens who all become runaway Unwinds: Connor, a rebel whose parents have ordered his unwinding; Risa, a ward of the state who is to be unwound due to cost-cutting; and Lev, his parents’ tenth child whose unwinding has been planned since birth as a religious tithing. As their paths intersect and lives hang in the balance, Shusterman examines complex moral issues that will keep readers turning the pages until the very end."

4. The Incarnations by Susan Barker

"Who are you? you must be wondering. I am your soulmate, your old friend, and I have come back to this city of sixteen million in search of you.
So begins the first letter that falls into Wang’s lap as he flips down the visor in his taxi. The letters that follow are filled with the stories of Wang’s previous lives—from escaping a marriage to a spirit bride, to being a slave on the run from Genghis Khan, to living as a fisherman during the Opium Wars, and being a teenager on the Red Guard during the cultural revolution—bound to his mysterious “soulmate,” spanning one thousand years of betrayal and intrigue.

As the letters continue to appear seemingly out of thin air, Wang becomes convinced that someone is watching him—someone who claims to have known him for over one thousand years. And with each letter, Wang feels the watcher growing closer and closer…"

5. Try Not To Breathe by Holly Seddon

"Some secrets never die. They’re just locked away.
Alex Dale is lost. Destructive habits have cost her a marriage and a journalism career. All she has left is her routine: a morning run until her body aches, then a few hours of forgettable work before the past grabs hold and drags her down. Every day is treading water, every night is drowning. Until Alex discovers Amy Stevenson. Amy Stevenson, who was just another girl from a nearby town until the day she was found unconscious after a merciless assault. Amy Stevenson, who has been in a coma for fifteen years, forgotten by the world. Amy Stevenson, who, unbeknownst to her doctors, remains locked inside her body, conscious but paralyzed, reliving the past.

Soon Alex’s routine includes visiting hours at the hospital, then interviews with the original suspects in the attack. But what starts as a reporter’s story becomes a personal obsession. How do you solve a crime when the only witness lived but cannot tell the tale? Unable to tear herself away from her attempt to uncover the unspeakable truth, Alex realizes she’s not just chasing a story—she’s seeking salvation.

Shifting from present to past and back again, Try Not to Breathe unfolds layer by layer until its heart-stopping conclusion. The result is an utterly immersive, unforgettable debut."


Link to Vote

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZYSCBNV


Thurga Ganeshamoorthy
Director, Bookends
University of Toronto

~ Welcome to 2016 ~

Hello Bookenders'!!!

Welcome to another brand new year and a new semester. I hope all of your breaks were great and full of well deserved rest. Welcome back to school and hope the first week goes great. Now that Bookends is back in session it is time to discuss the next book and theme we will be jumping into for the upcoming month. January will be about getting back into the rhythm of school and we will be looking into what the month of February will be all about.

The theme for February is........................................ Under-rated or upcoming and new authors!

Please send in nominations, the genera can range from anywhere you want but send in nominations when you get a chance. Voting will commence soon. Also make sure to fill out the doodle that was attached with the email that was sent out and cant wait to hear from you all soon.

Have a wonderful week!!

Thurga Ganeshamoorthy
Director, Bookends
University of Toronto St. George