Doodle Reminder + Suggestions for Book of the Month
  
Hey Bookenders!

I hope you're all plowing through your courses, as well as our book of the month Silence of the Lambs. A big thank you to everyone who's filled out Doodle so far. The race is tight between several dates, so make sure to get your say in by this Tuesday, October 17th.

https://beta.doodle.com/poll/dfacuiui9riv4hph#table

A point worth noting is that some of the proposed Doodle dates fall under Reading Week. :-)


Also, the online version of Silence of the Lambs is reposted below for those who prefer it over the hard copy:

http://theaquacadet.tumblr.com/post/120635440842/all-the-hannibal-books-by-thomas-harris-in-pdf

I've been informed recently that Bookends mail is often re-routed to the Junk folder, so do fight the good fight and keep your eyes peeled for any lost mail there.

Lastly, the club is now open to suggestions for Sci-Fi/Fantasy nominations (i.e. our book for November). Four to five novels will eventually be shortlisted for voting, based on the following criteria:

• Favourable review by readers
• Novelty in terms of plot, structure or subject matter
• Less than 500 pages in length
• Copies available at Toronto Public Library branches

As an aside, University College is running their phenomenal annual book sale this weekend, with books selling for half-price on Monday. Yum!

Yours truly,

Annoj 

Hello Bookenders!

I hope you're all soaking in this stretch of sun and heat in good spirit!
On an unrelated note, we'll be having our first Bookends meeting this Thursday September 28th from 5-6 pm at Sidney Smith Rm. 1083! Just to clarify, there are no requirements or fees to join the club, just bring your eager selves over for some fun and good snacks! Among other things, we'll be voting on the book of choice for October, as well as the monthly themes for the rest of the school year. Do feel free though to take a jab at the pre-determined theme for October...

With chills and shivers,
Annoj

A Warm Welcome from Bookends

Hello fellow mortals,

I'd like to cordially invite you all to another fantastic year at our fiction-oriented book club, Bookends! If this is your first time hearing about the club, we're basically a read-a-book-every-month-and-discuss-the-hell-out-of-it type of crowd. We feature a variety of genres throughout the year and welcome students from all paths of life to join in on the fun!

If you're hooked, just stick around and a survey will reach your mailbox regarding the first meeting. If you'd rather not hear from the club again, please do reconsider before hitting the unsubscribe button at the bottom of this e-mail.

Your friendly overlord,

Annoj Thavalingam

End of Year + New Director

Hey Bookends!

Just wanted to let you know that Bookends will not be active (having meetings / social event) until September, when the new school year begins. That being said, I (Taneeta) am graduating and will no longer be serving as Director.

For the 2017-2018 year, your Director will be Annoj Thavalingam! He'll be taking over the mailing list and website and will be facilitating meetings. If you have any questions he'll be your first point of contact.

Thanks for all your participation and enthusiasm this year. I'm glad to have been your Director for 2016-2017 and wish you all the best in the future!

Best,

Taneeta

Final Games Night!

Hi everyone!

As you may have noticed, there was a tie in the Doodle, so I broke it!

Date: Friday. April 7 (this Friday!)
Time: 6:30pm (leave whenever you want)
Location: Snakes and Lattes on College/Bathurst
Note: Please remember there is a $6 cover charge.

I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for participating in the polls, meetings, and generally making this club fun! If you're busy (or just don't want to come), hope you have an easy time with exams and enjoy your summer!

Best,

Taneeta

Book of the Month March 2017 + Games Night

[UPDATE: 28 MARCH 2017]

Hey Bookends! 

Hope you're surviving the last couple of weeks. The book of the month for March 2017 is...

The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yoko Ogawa

I'm guessing it had something to do with the fact that it was the shortest book on the list :D Nevertheless, here are the details for our final meeting of the year!

Date: Friday, March 31, 2017
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Place: Hart House, Committees Room

Also, I was hoping we could have another Games Night to cap off the school year. Please email me with the best times for your schedule (I'm thinking the week of April 3-7, before exams start, but if before / after works for you, let me know!) I will bring this up at the meeting as well.

Enjoy the book!

Best,

Taneeta

March 2017 Nominations

Hey everyone!

Sorry about the delay, school stress! This month's theme wasn't decided at the last meeting, so I randomly picked one: Books Under 300 Pages!

Here is the link to the Doodle, as usual.

And here are the nominations:

Still Alice / Lisa Genova

Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty years old, she’s a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned expert in linguistics with a successful husband and three grown children. When she becomes increasingly disoriented and forgetful, a tragic diagnosis changes her life--and her relationship with her family and the world--forever.

[292 pages]

Interpreter of Maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri

Some of these nine tales are set in India, others in the United States, and most concern characters of Indian heritage. Yet the situations Lahiri's people face, from unhappy marriages to civil war, transcend ethnicity. As the narrator of the last story, "The Third and Final Continent," comments: "There are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept." In that single line Jhumpa Lahiri sums up a universal experience, one that applies to all who have grown up, left home, fallen in or out of love, and, above all, experienced what it means to be a foreigner, even within one's own family.

[198 pages]

Euphoria / Lily King

Inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Margaret Mead, Euphoria is the story of three young, gifted anthropologists of the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives.

[256 pages]

The Incomparable Atuk
Mordecai Richler

Transplanted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is an unlikely overnight success. Eagerly adapting to a society steeped in pretension, bigotry, and greed, Atuk soon abandons the literary life in favour of more lucrative – and hazardous – schemes.

[192 pages]

Peril at End House / Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckly. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, who has recently narrowly escaped a series of life-threatening accidents. 

Something tells the Belgian sleuth that these so-called accidents are more than just mere coincidences. It seems all too clear to him that someone is trying to do away with poor Nick, but who? And, what is the motive? In his quest for answers, Poirot must delve into the dark history of End House. The deeper he gets into his investigation, the more certain he is that the killer will soon strike again. And, this time, Nick may not escape with her life. 

[287 pages]

The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yoko Ogawa

He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.  She is an astute young Housekeeper, with a ten-year-old son, who is hired to care for him.  And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them. The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family.

[180 pages]









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