Bookclub history

Our history...
What we've read and when we read it...
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2012

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

22 June Katrina and Des Katrina Under the Glacier (or any other work by Halldór Laxness)

27 April Susan Susan The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)

2 March Roz and Phil Roz Chanda's Secrets (Allan Stratton)

27 January Eva Eva The Morville Hours (Katherine Swift)

2011

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

9 December Lesley Lesley The Sentimentalists (Johanna Skibsrud)

28 October Ted and Cornelia Ted Good Old Neon (David Foster Wallace)

30 September Lesley Everybody Summer's best read (any author)

24 July Roz and Phil None Informal evening, farewell to Pat and Terri

29 April Lesley Lesley The Cellist of Sarajevo (Steven Galloway)

13 March Ted and Cornelia Ted Selected essays from 'Readings' (Sven Birkerts)

4 February Terri and Pat Terri Room (Emma Donoghue)

2010

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

12 December Cornelia --- No book - social event and gift exchange

26 November Kathryn Kathryn The Winter Vault (Anne Michaels)

22 October Susan Susan The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)

17 September Roz and Phil Roz The Mistress of Nothing (Kate Pullinger)

18-19 June Kimberley Phil Any current reading

21 May Lesley Eva Infidel (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)

30 April Pat and Terri Pat Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)

27 March Lesley Lesley Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)

12 February Ted and Cornelia Ted How Jesus Became Christian (Barrie Wilson)

2009

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

13 December Cornelia and Ted Cornelia A New Earth; Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Eckhart Tolle)

6 November Terri and Pat Terri Too Much Happiness (Alice Munro)

18 October Stratford All Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)

26 September Roz and Phil All Recent reading

14 June Gibbons Park Susan White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)

17 April Phil and Roz Phil The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)

13 March Eva Eva Impressionist Quartet (Jeffrey Meyers)
or The Judgement of Paris (Ross King)

6 February Roz and Phil Roz When Will There Be Good News (Kate Atkinson)

2008

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

5 December Pat and Terri Pat The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)

31 October Ted and Cornelia Ted In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (Gabor Mate)

19 September Lesley Lesley The Sea Lady (Margaret Drabble)

9-10 May Kimberley Terri Jitters (David French)

28 March Cornelia and Ted Cornelia On Beauty (Zadie Smith)

22 February Terri and Pat Susan and Terri Movie night: Two Days in Paris; Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles

11 January Susan Susan Musicophilia (Oliver Sacks)

2007

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

2 November Eva Eva Perfume (Patrick Suskind)

21 September Maureen Maureen The Birth House (Ami McKay)

22 June Roz and Phil Roz Dancing in the Streets (Barbara Ehrenreich)

11 May Pat and Terri Pat Brick Lane (Monica Ali)

30 March Cornelia and Ted Lesley Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirovsky)

9 February Lesley Ted Animal Wife, or Reindeer Moon
(Elizabeth Marshall Thomas)

2006

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

8 December Terri and Pat Terri Runaway (Alice Munro)

3 November Cornelia and Ted Cornelia Risk Everything (George F. Walker)

15 September Paul and Carrie Paul Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)

16-18 June Kimberley Susan The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)

19 May Maureen Maureen Hanna's Diary (Hanna Spencer)
(Hanna and her editor Carlotta joined us)

10 March Phil Phil The Meaning of Everything (Simon Winchester)
(or substitute his 'The Professor and the Madman')

10 February Pat and Terri Pat Writers on Artists (Daniel Halpern) + lots of slides

6 January Lesley Lesley Never let me go (Kazuo Ishaguro)

2005

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

18 November Carrie and Paul Carrie Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)

14 October Ted and Cornelia Ted Fortress of Solitude (Jonathan Lethem)

26 July Terri and Pat Terri The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)

17-20 June Kimberley Cornelia The Eros of Everyday Life (Susan Griffin)

18 May UWO picnic/Paul and Carrie Paul Birthday Letters (Ted Hughes)

22 April Maureen Maureen Hey Nostradamus (Douglas Coupland)

25 February Susan Susan Disgrace (JM Coetzee)

21 January Phil Phil Waking Raphael (Leslie Forbes)

2004

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

3 December Ted and Cornelia Ted The Koran

29 October Pat and Terri Pat Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)

24 September Surbhi Lesley A recipe for Bees (Gail Anderson-Dargatz) or
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) or other bee books

11-13 June Kimberley Carrie Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)

16 April Lesley Terri Property (Valerie Martin)

5 March Roz and Phil Surbhi A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)

30 January Cornelia and Ted Cornelia Ever Loving (Margaret Hollingsworth)

2003

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

12 December Roz and Phil Paul Karl Marx (Francis Wheen)

31 October Terri and Pat Terri Bound Feet and Western Dress: a Memoir (Pang-Mei Chang)

26 September Lesley Pat Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)

? Ted and Cornelia? Ted? Independence Day (Richard Ford)

27 June Susan Phil The Vinland Saga

23 May Cornelia and Ted Lesley The Navigator of New York (Wayne Johnson)

28 March Lesley Carrie Stuffed (P. Volk)

14 February Paul and Carrie Ted Glory Boy and other childrens' stories (Ted Goodden et al.)

17 January Susan's Susan Unless (Carol Shields)

2002

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

6 December Roz and Phil All Christmas readings (various authors)

8 November Ted and Cornelia Cornelia Anne Frank's Diary

4 October Pat and Terri Paul John Lennon biographies (various authors)

31 May Lesley Susan Travel books (various authors)

19 April Paul and Carrie Phil Master of None - the Story of Me Life (Ben Wicks)

1 March Cornelia and Ted ? Roz White Teeth (Zadie Smith)

25 January Susan Cornelia The Breadwinner (YA novel) (Deborah Ellis)

2001

Date Location Chosen by Title (Author)

14 December Roz and Phil All Christmas poems (meeting finished early for Roz's birthday party)

9 November Terri and Pat Susan Bobos in Paradise (David Brooks)

28 September Cornelia and Ted All any summer reading (various authors)

13 July Susan J. Berry? Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Wayne Johnson)

27 April Roz and Phil Ted The Hidden Lives of Dogs (Elizabeth Marshall Thomas)

24 March Pat and Terri Ted No Logo (Naomi Klein)

3 February Cornelia and Ted - First planning meeting

2012
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
22 June	Katrina and Des	Katrina	Under the Glacier (or any other work by Halldór Laxness)
27 April	Susan	Susan	The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
2 March	Roz and Phil	Roz	Chanda's Secrets (Allan Stratton)
27 January	Eva	Eva	The Morville Hours (Katherine Swift)
2011
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
9 December	Lesley	Lesley	The Sentimentalists (Johanna Skibsrud)
28 October	Ted and Cornelia	Ted	Good Old Neon (David Foster Wallace)
30 September	Lesley	Everybody	Summer's best read (any author)
24 July	Roz and Phil	None	Informal evening, farewell to Pat and Terri
29 April	Lesley	Lesley	The Cellist of Sarajevo (Steven Galloway)
13 March	Ted and Cornelia	Ted	Selected essays from 'Readings' (Sven Birkerts)
4 February	Terri and Pat	Terri	Room (Emma Donoghue)
2010
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
12 December	Cornelia	---	No book - social event and gift exchange
26 November	Kathryn	Kathryn	The Winter Vault (Anne Michaels)
22 October	Susan	Susan	The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
17 September	Roz and Phil	Roz	The Mistress of Nothing (Kate Pullinger)
18-19 June	Kimberley	Phil	Any current reading
21 May	Lesley	Eva	Infidel (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)
30 April	Pat and Terri	Pat	Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
27 March	Lesley	Lesley	Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
12 February	Ted and Cornelia	Ted	How Jesus Became Christian (Barrie Wilson)
2009
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
13 December	Cornelia and Ted	Cornelia	A New Earth; Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Eckhart Tolle)
6 November	Terri and Pat	Terri	Too Much Happiness (Alice Munro)
18 October	Stratford	All	Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
26 September	Roz and Phil	All	Recent reading
14 June	Gibbons Park	Susan	White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
17 April	Phil and Roz	Phil	The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
13 March	Eva	Eva	Impressionist Quartet (Jeffrey Meyers) or The Judgement of Paris (Ross King)
6 February	Roz and Phil	Roz	When Will There Be Good News (Kate Atkinson)
2008
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
5 December	Pat and Terri	Pat	The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
31 October	Ted and Cornelia	Ted	In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (Gabor Mate)
19 September	Lesley	Lesley	The Sea Lady (Margaret Drabble)
9-10 May	Kimberley	Terri	Jitters (David French)
28 March	Cornelia and Ted	Cornelia	On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
22 February	Terri and Pat	Susan and Terri	Movie night: Two Days in Paris; Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles
11 January	Susan	Susan	Musicophilia (Oliver Sacks)
2007
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
2 November	Eva	Eva	Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
21 September	Maureen	Maureen	The Birth House (Ami McKay)
22 June	Roz and Phil	Roz	Dancing in the Streets (Barbara Ehrenreich)
11 May	Pat and Terri	Pat	Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
30 March	Cornelia and Ted	Lesley	Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirovsky)
9 February	Lesley	Ted	Animal Wife, or Reindeer Moon (Elizabeth Marshall Thomas)
2006
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
8 December	Terri and Pat	Terri	Runaway (Alice Munro)
3 November	Cornelia and Ted	Cornelia	Risk Everything (George F. Walker)
15 September	Paul and Carrie	Paul	Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
16-18 June	Kimberley	Susan	The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
19 May	Maureen	Maureen	Hanna's Diary (Hanna Spencer) (Hanna and her editor Carlotta joined us)
10 March	Phil	Phil	The Meaning of Everything (Simon Winchester) (or substitute his 'The Professor and the Madman')
10 February	Pat and Terri	Pat	Writers on Artists (Daniel Halpern) + lots of slides
6 January	Lesley	Lesley	Never let me go (Kazuo Ishaguro)
2005
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
18 November	Carrie and Paul	Carrie	Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)
14 October	Ted and Cornelia	Ted	Fortress of Solitude (Jonathan Lethem)
26 July	Terri and Pat	Terri	The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
17-20 June	Kimberley	Cornelia	The Eros of Everyday Life (Susan Griffin)
18 May	UWO picnic/Paul and Carrie	Paul	Birthday Letters (Ted Hughes)
22 April	Maureen	Maureen	Hey Nostradamus (Douglas Coupland)
25 February	Susan	Susan	Disgrace (JM Coetzee)
21 January	Phil	Phil	Waking Raphael (Leslie Forbes)
2004
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
3 December	Ted and Cornelia	Ted	The Koran
29 October	Pat and Terri	Pat	Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
24 September	Surbhi	Lesley	A recipe for Bees (Gail Anderson-Dargatz) or The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) or other bee books
11-13 June	Kimberley	Carrie	Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
16 April	Lesley	Terri	Property (Valerie Martin)
5 March	Roz and Phil	Surbhi	A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
30 January	Cornelia and Ted	Cornelia	Ever Loving (Margaret Hollingsworth)
2003
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
12 December	Roz and Phil	Paul	Karl Marx (Francis Wheen)
31 October	Terri and Pat	Terri	Bound Feet and Western Dress: a Memoir (Pang-Mei Chang)
26 September	Lesley	Pat	Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
?	Ted and Cornelia?	Ted?	Independence Day (Richard Ford)
27 June	Susan	Phil	The Vinland Saga
23 May	Cornelia and Ted	Lesley	The Navigator of New York (Wayne Johnson)
28 March	Lesley	Carrie	Stuffed (P. Volk)
14 February	Paul and Carrie	Ted	*Glory Boy and other childrens' stories (Ted Goodden et al.)*
17 January	Susan's	Susan	Unless (Carol Shields)
2002
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
6 December	Roz and Phil	All	Christmas readings (various authors)
8 November	Ted and Cornelia	Cornelia	Anne Frank's Diary
4 October	Pat and Terri	Paul	John Lennon biographies (various authors)
31 May	Lesley	Susan	Travel books (various authors)
19 April	Paul and Carrie	Phil	Master of None - the Story of Me Life (Ben Wicks)
1 March	Cornelia and Ted	? Roz	White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
25 January	Susan	Cornelia	The Breadwinner (YA novel) (Deborah Ellis)
2001
Date	Location	Chosen by	Title (Author)
14 December	Roz and Phil	All	Christmas poems (meeting finished early for Roz's birthday party)
9 November	Terri and Pat	Susan	Bobos in Paradise (David Brooks)
28 September	Cornelia and Ted	All	any summer reading (various authors)
13 July	Susan	J. Berry?	Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Wayne Johnson)
27 April	Roz and Phil	Ted	The Hidden Lives of Dogs (Elizabeth Marshall Thomas)
24 March	Pat and Terri	Ted	No Logo (Naomi Klein)
3 February	Cornelia and Ted	-	First planning meeting