The Solitude of Prime Numbers - November 28th, 2010

This coming Sunday, it is my turn to host our Book Club! So join me at 840 Norton Avenue (near Lincoln Fields) at 6:30pm. I hope no one is allergic to animals - Shannon will entertain the dogs elsewhere, but de-animal-ifying my place might be an impossible task.

As you know - we are reading The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano and just to be weird, the food theme is "lonely food". what do you eat when you are lonely?

I will provide the wine and the wine substitutes, and will also be thinking of another entree to serve. given that it is Monday night though, i don't have much brain power to figure it out tonight.

looking forward to seeing everyone and discussing the book!

The Rum Diary

Hello everyone, it's Danielle, remember me???

I’m still in the book club, promise, and I will be at our next meeting at Kim’s for sure.

The Book: The meeting that is to follow has me as the host. I’ve chosen the book The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson. Maybe let me know if you’ve already read it.
This is being made in to a movie (starring my boyfriend, Johnny Depp) so I was thinking we could watch the movie once it comes out – in 2011.

The Date: October 24, 6:30 pm. Be there or be square!

Food Theme: Seeing as the book takes place in Puerto Rico, I was thinking maybe we could have a Caribbean theme. ??? I'll do my research and update this post with some options.
Some recipe sites:
Caribbean Choice
Latin Caribbean Cuisine - Suite101.com (this one actually has some gluten free recipes – AMAZING!!!)

My Place: 327 Cambridge Street, Suite 2 (buzzer 2), just south of Gladstone, one block west of Bronson. Parking on either side of the street. Let me know if you have cat 'issues', cause BumbleBee wants to attend!

FYI, I will also be reading Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, also by Hunter S. Thompson, if anyone wants to join me.

Cheers,
Danielle

Half the sky Menu

Don't know if I should write it in a separate post, but I'm making saag chicken/paneer for Titi's meeting.

See you on on August 23.

Meghan

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!