Hey Bookenders!
I hope you're all enjoying that perfect weather out there.
Our meeting for June is fixed and set to go for Monday, June 25th from 4-5pm at Sidney Smith Rm. 2112. Fatima kindly pointed out that our book The Picture of Dorian Gray is available for free on the iBook app for Apple users. You may also access a pdf copy of the book using the link below:
http://www.planetpublish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray_NT.pdf
Happy reading, and I hope to see you all on the other side of the weekend!
Cheers,
Annoj
June 22, 2018
May 08, 2018
Ready Player One - Meeting + Movie
Hello Gunters!
Thanks for your patience; we have a date and time at last for our meeting and evening at the movies. We'll be meeting this Friday, May 11th at 3:00 pm in the Marvin Room of Gerstein Library. Then, we will trek to Carlton Cinemas (15-minute walking distance) for the 3:50 show of Ready Player One!
The map below will help guide you to our meeting location:
Map to Marvin's Room
So to summarize, the itinerary for the day is as follows:
3:00-3:30 pm Bookends Meeting at Gerstein library
3:30-3:45 pm Walk to Carleton Cinemas
3:50-6:20 pm Ready Player One - The Movie
I hope to see as much of you there as possible, and let's count off the days till then!
April 07, 2018
The Party Never Ends at Bookends
Hello to all,
1. Summer Extension
2. Co-Directors for the 2018-19 school year
3. Movie Night coming your way
1. Summer Extension
Bookends has decided to break free of tradition by continuing to run through the summer, which is when people actually have the time to read books of their liking.
For the month of April our recommended reads are your final exam material. For May however, we have something more captivating: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A hard copy of this book is hard to come by these days, but there is an epub file downloadable through the link below:
https://epubebooks.net/file-downloads/?file=218
After entering this link, click on the orange Download Now link, pay no attention to any crowded ads around it.
You will also need to download a free application that reads epub files, such as Adobe Digital Editions, or iBooks.
2. New Co-Directors for 2018-19
It is with great pleasure that I present to you the new co-Directors of Bookends: Mia Vujcic and Connie Liu. They are both very involved members of the club, and the summer will be excellent time for their transition. Congratulations!
3. Movie Night
As you may've realized, Ready Player One is in fact a new release in theatres (wow, what a coincidence!). We will be arranging a Movie Night sometime in the middle of May to celebrate the end of the school year and to see how the movie holds up with the book. Details on location and date TBD...
Eating those exams,
Annoj
1. Summer Extension
2. Co-Directors for the 2018-19 school year
3. Movie Night coming your way
1. Summer Extension
Bookends has decided to break free of tradition by continuing to run through the summer, which is when people actually have the time to read books of their liking.
For the month of April our recommended reads are your final exam material. For May however, we have something more captivating: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A hard copy of this book is hard to come by these days, but there is an epub file downloadable through the link below:
https://epubebooks.net/file-downloads/?file=218
After entering this link, click on the orange Download Now link, pay no attention to any crowded ads around it.
You will also need to download a free application that reads epub files, such as Adobe Digital Editions, or iBooks.
2. New Co-Directors for 2018-19
It is with great pleasure that I present to you the new co-Directors of Bookends: Mia Vujcic and Connie Liu. They are both very involved members of the club, and the summer will be excellent time for their transition. Congratulations!
3. Movie Night
As you may've realized, Ready Player One is in fact a new release in theatres (wow, what a coincidence!). We will be arranging a Movie Night sometime in the middle of May to celebrate the end of the school year and to see how the movie holds up with the book. Details on location and date TBD...
Eating those exams,
Annoj
March 22, 2018
Final Meeting of the Year
Our book for March will be The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. For those of you who'd like to read it online, the link is available right here. Our final meeting of the year will be taking place on Monday, April 2nd from 5-6pm at Sidney Smith Rm. 2112.
Along with our discussions, we'll be having an election to determine our next Director for 2018-19! If you are interested in heading the club next year, please notify me of your interest by Monday, March 26th to bookendsuoft@outlook.com. During our next meeting, each candidate will have three minutes to present themselves, why they'd like to lead the club, and any new ideas they would bring to the table. We will then have a vote to identify the candidate(s) with a majority of votes in favour.
Cheers,
Annoj
Along with our discussions, we'll be having an election to determine our next Director for 2018-19! If you are interested in heading the club next year, please notify me of your interest by Monday, March 26th to bookendsuoft@outlook.com. During our next meeting, each candidate will have three minutes to present themselves, why they'd like to lead the club, and any new ideas they would bring to the table. We will then have a vote to identify the candidate(s) with a majority of votes in favour.
Cheers,
Annoj
February 28, 2018
House of the Spirits Meetng
Hello Bookends!
Our next meeting has been set for Tuesday, March 6th at University College Rm. 44 from 5-6pm. The room is in the basement of UC, the closest entrance being opposite to the UTSU office. We'll be discussing the House of the Spirits and playing a Mafia-styled game as well, so come out for the laughs and good fun!
Also, I'll be accepting nominations for our final book of the semester until Saturday March 3rd. Selections do not have to conform to a certain genre, but will be capped at 300 pages.
I look forward to seeing you all soon!
Cheers,
Annoj
February 08, 2018
Book for February Selected
Hello fellow rêveurs,
Thanks to everyone who joined us for a fantastic discussion of The Night Circus. There was just too much in the novel to relish in an hour :D
We do have our next book selected for February, and that is House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Like Douglas Adams's and Erin Morgenstern's first novels, this one is also a career-first for Mrs. Allende, and it is spellbinding.
Happy reading,
Annoj
January 31, 2018
Nominations for February
Hello Bookends!
I hope most of you have got to experience the wonders of The Night Circus! It's enchanting, tumultuous and so much more. If you haven't read it yet, it's one to save for the summer at the very least.
Also, just as a reminder, we'll be meeting this Friday from 4-5 pm at Sidney Smith Rm. 2120. We'll be playing a more discussion-oriented game this time around, and there'll be snacks as always.
Since we're on the brink of February (already!), we will also be deciding on our next Book of the Month. The descriptions of the shortlisted books are below; in the event that you're unable to attend this meeting, you're welcome to send your vote by e-mail!
1. And The Mountains Echoed, by Khaled Hosseini, 384 pages, 2013
A multigenerational-family story revolving around brothers and sisters, it is an emotional, provocative, and unforgettable novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. With profound wisdom, insight and compassion, Hosseini demonstrates once again his deeply felt understanding of the bonds that define us and shape our lives--and of what it means to be human.
2. The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende, 433 pages, 1986
The House of the Spirits brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife, Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.
One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.
3. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, 190 pages, 1962
First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962,One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's forced work camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union.
4. After Dark, by Haruki Murakami, 191 pages, 2007
At the center of this novel are two sisters: Yuri, a fashion model sleeping her way into oblivion; and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny's into lives radically alien to her own: those of a jazz trombonist who claims they've met before; a burly female love hotel manager and her maidstaff; and a Chinese prostitute savagely brutalized by a businessman. These night people are haunted by secrets and needs that draw them together more powerfully than the differing circumstances that might keep them apart, and it soon becomes clear that Yuri's slumber - mysteriously tied to the businessman plagued by the mark of his crime - will either restore or annihilate her.
After Dark moves from mesmerizing drama to metaphysical speculation, interweaving time and space as well as memory and perspective into a seamless exploration of human agency - the interplay between self-expression and understanding, between the power of observation and the scope of compassion and love.
A multigenerational-family story revolving around brothers and sisters, it is an emotional, provocative, and unforgettable novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. With profound wisdom, insight and compassion, Hosseini demonstrates once again his deeply felt understanding of the bonds that define us and shape our lives--and of what it means to be human.
2. The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende, 433 pages, 1986
The House of the Spirits brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife, Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.
One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.
3. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, 190 pages, 1962
First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962,One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's forced work camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union.
4. After Dark, by Haruki Murakami, 191 pages, 2007
At the center of this novel are two sisters: Yuri, a fashion model sleeping her way into oblivion; and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny's into lives radically alien to her own: those of a jazz trombonist who claims they've met before; a burly female love hotel manager and her maidstaff; and a Chinese prostitute savagely brutalized by a businessman. These night people are haunted by secrets and needs that draw them together more powerfully than the differing circumstances that might keep them apart, and it soon becomes clear that Yuri's slumber - mysteriously tied to the businessman plagued by the mark of his crime - will either restore or annihilate her.
After Dark moves from mesmerizing drama to metaphysical speculation, interweaving time and space as well as memory and perspective into a seamless exploration of human agency - the interplay between self-expression and understanding, between the power of observation and the scope of compassion and love.
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