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

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!

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

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

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

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