October movie night - final details!

Playing: The Shining
Location: Board Room, Hart House
Date: Oct 25, 2013
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Note: drinks should be okay, but food is not allowed in the Board Room.

Book of October 2013

It's here! Our theme for this month was thriller/horror. This book is a companion to the movie we will be watching at the end of this month, and is sure to scare your socks off!

October movie/book nominations!

I can't believe it's already October! We're having a movie night this month as Halloween is coming up. Thanks to everyone who sent in nominations. I tried to shortlist the ones that had a corresponding book. Here are the nominees!

Vote for Book of October 2012!

Hi guys, it's that time again!

Thanks to everyone who sent in nominations for this month. Here are the candidates for "Book of October" for the theme Halloween:

1. "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
   

   A classic, Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.

   Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

   The aristocratic vampire that haunts the Transylvanian countryside has captivated readers' imaginations since it was first published in 1897 ... Dracula depicts an embattled man's struggle to recover his "deepest sense of himself as a man", making it the "ultimate terror myth".
   

2. "Let The Right One In" by John Ajvide Lindqvist

   It is autumn 1981 when the inconceivable comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenage boy is found, emptied of blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last—revenge for the bullying he endures at school, day after day.

   But the murder is not the most important thing on his mind. A new girl has moved in next door—a girl who has never seen a Rubik’s Cube before, but who can solve it at once. There is something wrong with her, though, something odd. And she only comes out at night....

3. "John Dies At The End" by David Wong
   

   STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the game. You're under the eye. The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why? You just have to trust me.

   The important thing is this: The drug is called Soy Sauce and it gives users a window into another dimension. John and I never had the chance to say no. You still do. I'm sorry to have involved you in this, I really am. But as you read about these terrible events and the very dark epoch the world is about to enter as a result, it is crucial you keep one thing in mind: None of this was my fault.

4. "World War Z" by Max Brooks

   The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.

Vote for your choice book here:

Voting is open till Wednesday, Oct 17th! Hurry and get your votes in!

- Aditi

Meeting: October 12, 2012!

When: Friday, October 12, 2012

Where: Sammy's Student Exchange (Hart House, lower level)

Time: 6:00 pm

How long? 30 - 40 mins

Which book will we be discussing? "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradburry.

 

We would like to thank everyone for voting.

We are bummed that not everyone can make it to our first meeting, but most of you have voted to have Friday, Oct 12 as your preferred meeting time. We are very excited to see those of you who can make it there. 

Also, those of you who can't make it, don't fret! We will be opening up discussion boards or at least a discussion space for you so you can introduce yourself, and discuss our monthly book.

More information coming soon!

-Aditi

October Nominations

It's a brand new month, which means, it's time for a new Book of the Month!

October's theme is Halloween. Your book can be a comedy or a down right bone-chilling murder myster, but it must have an element of Halloween in it - be it monsters or ghosts or just (some mild) gore.

Submit your nominations by posting a comment below. One nomination per person, as always.

We look forward to reading your noms!

-Aditi