The votes are in...

Hey Bookenders,

The votes are in and the October book of the month is The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. There are tons of copies of the book in the Toronto Public Library, so you can pick one up there! Our meeting to discuss the book will be in mid-October, and we will be sending out a poll to decide on the best time.

Until then,

Mia and Connie

POLL: October Nominations

Good Tuesday morning Bookends,

Nominations are in for our mysterious October read, so let us know your pick of the month! The poll will close on Thursday, September 20th.

Until then, 

Connie and Mia 





 















 


Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane, 2003, 369 pages

The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, have come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient. Multiple murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere on this remote and barren island, despite having been kept in a locked cell under constant surveillance. As a killer hurricane relentlessly bears down on them, a strange case takes on even darker, more sinister shades—with hints of radical experimentation, horrifying surgeries, and lethal countermoves made in the cause of a covert shadow war. No one is going to escape Shutter Island unscathed, because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. But then neither is Teddy Daniels.


The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins, 2015, 323 pages

Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar. Now they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train...


In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote, 1966, 343 pages

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.


The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler, 1939, 231 pages

Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out - and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse...



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And the themes for this year are...

Bookends, get ready for an enigmatic October.

We're kicking it off this month with MYSTERY. Nominations for books will be open until Monday September 17th. 

Thanks to everyone who came out to our first meeting. As voted upon, here are the themes we'll be visiting this year.

• October: mystery
• November: science fiction/fantasy
• December: exams, no book of the month
• January: non-fiction/memoir
• February: translated/international
• March: unique format (play, poetry, graphic novel, short stories)
• April: exams, no book of the month

For those who weren't able to join us yesterday, we hope to see you next time! In the meantime, send us an email at bookendsuoft@outlook.com letting us know which perplexing story you'd like to read next.

Yours truly,

Mia and Connie

First Meeting of the Semester

Welcome back to school Bookenders!  

Please join us on Friday, September 14th in SS 2120 at 3pm for our first meeting this semester. For those of you that can't make 3pm, don't worry. We'll be sticking around for a while, so feel free to drop by and say hi!

We will be introducing the club, deciding on book themes for the year, and delving into some fun (and controversial) booklover questions. If you want a say in our next month's book, we hope to see you there!

- Connie and Mia

We Meet on the 14th, August the 14th

Hey Bookends!

Looking at our Doodle poll, it appears that August 14th from 4-5 pm is The Best Time to have our last meeting. We'll be meeting in SS Rm. 2120 to discuss the ups and downs of Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and our new co-Presidents Mia Vujcic and Connie Liu will be heading the discussion! Hope to see you all there for the laughs and good snacks. :D


Cheers,
Annoj  

Book for July/August - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

The selection for our non-fiction category this month is Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. The Toronto Public Library as always has some copies of the book, but you can also catch a copy at our Robarts, Laidlaw, E.J. Pratt and Kelly libraries! Since we're already halfway into July, our next meeting will be held sometime during the middle of August and it will be the last one of the summer. The Doodle below is to help us decide when that tearful parting is to happen, and it'll be open until Wednesday, July 25 2018.   https://doodle.com/poll/hkq4k8762smtu4zq See you all in a month-or-so, Annoj

Let's Discuss Dorian Gray

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