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

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