Kim's September Selection

I've decided to use the suggestion (can't remember whose it was -sorry!) to have a meeting where we pick an authour, rather than a specific book.

So, for September, I've decided to go with Alice Munro, an iconic Can-lit authour, and one of my favourites. On the wiki site it lists her books, and there are quite a few of her early novels that I have not yet read, so I'm keen to get on that!

Here's the list:

• Dance of the Happy Shades – 1968 (winner of the 1968 Governor General's Award for Fiction)
• Lives of Girls and Women – 1971
• Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You – 1974
• Who Do You Think You Are? – 1978 (winner of the 1978 Governor General's Award for Fiction)
• The Moons of Jupiter – 1982 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• The Progress of Love – 1986 (winner of the 1986 Governor General's Award for Fiction)
• Friend of My Youth – 1990 (winner of the Trillium Book Award)
• Open Secrets – 1994 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• Selected Stories – 1996
• The Love of a Good Woman – 1998 (winner of the 1998 Giller Prize)
• Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage – 2001
• No Love Lost – 2003
• Vintage Munro – 2004
• Runaway – 2004 (winner of the 2004 Giller Prize)
• Carried Away: A Selection of Stories – 2006
• The View from Castle Rock – 2006
• Too Much Happiness – 2009

Happy Reading!

Gundel's Book Club Selection

Hey Women,
I don't yet know when my night will be - I am a few people away still; however, I have chosen my selection:

The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano.

As for a food theme, it is still along way off, but my idea is: lonely food. (i know, could i be any vaguer?) the book is about loneliness, so let's see where this takes us. I must say though it is a good thing i alone am not responsible for the food, or else there would be (only) a lot of red wine and chocolate bars!

I live at 840 Norton Ave in a tiny house. Will post more details as we get closer to my date.

Best,
Gundel

August Book Club at Titi's - Half the Sky

Details of the August book club:

Date: Monday August 23, 2010

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: Titi's place 152K Spruce Street, Ottawa K1R6P2 (at Preston and Somerset)

Book: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Food theme: TBC (watch this space)

Order of Book Club Selections

The order of who is picking which book next is as follows (and the book they've selected, if available):

1. Gesa (June/July) - The Cellist of Sarajevo
2. Nefertiti (August) - Half the Sky
3. Kim (September) - Alice Munro - Your pick! (see post)
4. Dani (October)
5. Gundel (November)
6. Andrea M (December)- Beatrice and Virgil
7. Meghan (January)
8. Jill (February) - The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
9. Anne
10. Andrea B

More on the selections in a future post!