March Book Club... food and drink.

So- from what I can gather...

Maria's providing Chicken Nuggets and Mashed Potatoes
Julia's bringing Beer.
Kari's making a Chocolate Cake.

Nestor and Erin, are you guys able to make it to the meeting? Maybe one of you can bring some veggies or a salad or something, and maybe a non-alcoholic drink. Or whatev!

Book for April

It's Kurmidt's turn to choose a book for our April meeting. Since I'm almost done with Cannery Row (and believe me, I was laughing out loud this morning on the subway, people were looking at me like I was crazy, not that I'm not, but what do they know?) any ideas about the next book?

Photos...

I finally posted the photos I have from February's meeting on Flickr. Some are funny... I took pictures while you were eating! LOL. Here's the link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravenswift/sets/72057594070980683/

Deafening is on the Canada Reads 2006 list...

... which is very cool, cause now I'll be able to mentally defend at least one of the books too! I think actually, I'm gonna try to read all of them, there's a couple there I was planning on picking up anyways. Maybe I'll pick one for my next book club pick!

http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads

Halfway through Cannery Row

I started reading the book last weekend, I'm already halfway through. It's a quick and interesting read. Lots of things to discuss during our next meeting. It's also exciting that I've been in all the places mentioned until now.
There are also a couple of dishes mentioned that we could have as munchies for our meeting. And beer, or whiskey, or both!

Freedom to Read Week

http://www.freedomtoread.ca/freedom_to_read_week/index.asp

Starts today, ends on March 4th. This week's primary motivation is to raise awareness in Canadians concerning censorship.

"Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."

Tonight there's an event happening at the Toronto Public Reference Library, called Beyond Exile. It's spotlighting three writers who have been driven from their home countries. The evening will feature three journalists interviewing three exiled writers: Jian Ghomeshi with Reza Braheni from Iran, Christopher Waddell with Sheng Xue from China, and Haroon Siddiqui with Ameera Javeria from Pakistan. 7-9pm, Free (donations accepted).

Welcome...

At long last, our book club blog has come to fruition. So, here's where we can post our book reviews, plus any comments, criticism, suggestions or tomatoes.