Book Club - Terry Campbell, Convenor (terryc.nipissing@gmail.com)

 

As in previous years, for 2024-25 we will again meet very fourth Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom.  Exceptions usually occur in December (lunch in a restaurant a week earlier) and June (lunch in a restaurant a week or so earlier). This year, as well as last year, in May we have been invited to meet in the home of Heli Vail.  

 

We have about 20 fairly active members and because we meet on Zoom, Snowbirds are able to join in during the winter months.

 

Although one of our members (usually the one who has recommended the book) presents information about the book of that month and leads the discussion, the meetings are informal.

 

In June members suggest books for next year - books that they have enjoyed reading themselves and that they feel will result in a lively discussion. Members will then take a couple of weeks to check reviews and then vote by email for the books they would like to read. 

 

The top photo shows members who took part in the September 2024 meeting. The photo below it on the left is of members who attended the December 12, 2023, book club lunch and discussion at The Block. Below the photos you will find the schedule of books chosen for 2024-25 as well as schedules from past years. The name of the presenter is in parentheses. For concerns over privacy, for a few years we used only first names but changed back to full names partly because we had new members and partly because we had duplicate first names in three cases.

 

The screen shot on the right shows those present at the November meeting where members talked about the autobiographies, memories, and biographies they had chosen to read. Here is a list of the books chosen and discussed: book list.