Book Club Corner

Submitted by Sheri Selway with help from the members of the Bay Area Book Club In April, our book club read the true story, Empire of Deception by Dean Hobb. This fascinating book is the incredible story of a scheme to defraud people by having them purchase shares in...

 submitted by Kit Darling and the members of the Bay Area Book Club In March we read The Illegal (HarperCollins, 2015) by Lawrence Hill. Winner of Canada Reads 2016 This expansive and engaging tale allows Hill to address the contemporary issue of refugees fleeing...

submitted by Kit Darling and the members of the Bay Area Book Club In February we read Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. The title refers to a Japanese gambling game, similar to slots or pinball. As in the book, where some of the slots are ‘fixed’ and others not, there is...

submitted by Kit Darling and the members of the Bay Area Book Club In January we read The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff. This gripping tale moves from present to past and back again. Set in Germany and France during World War II, add in a circus, characters hiding from...

submitted by Kit Darling and the members of the Bay Area Book Club In December we discussed Practical Jean by Trevor Cole. Jean Horemarsh lives in an Ontario small town, is a creative but largely inept potter, described by a Quill and Quire reviewer as a “general...

by Kit Darling and the members of the Bay Area Book Club In November we discussed Five Roses by Alice Zorn. Set in Montreal, the book takes it’s title from the FARINE FIVE ROSES FLOUR sign originally erected in the 1940’s by Ogilvie Flour Milling Company. The sign...

submitted by Kit Darling and the members of the Bay Area Book Club At our November meeting we discussed The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston. Maybe you’ve heard of Mosquitia, or seen a movie about Mosquito Coast, or perhaps you’ve even been...

submitted by Kit Darling and the members of the Bay Area Book Club Our October meeting is after the print deadline for The Breezes, but here are some recommended reads available from the Hamilton Public Library. To borrow one or place a reserve, go to...

submitted by Kit Darling and the members of the Bay Area Book Club September – a month of beginnings and endings The Club doesn’t meet over the summer, but that doesn’t mean that we stop reading. So here are some recommended reads available from the Hamilton Public...