As winter blasts in, silent book club too engrossed in reading to notice …

Winter returned to Toronto with a frigid vengeance this Saturday morning. Us silent book clubbers didn’t notice it at the time, mind you, so wrapped up were we in the company of other readers and our wonderful books, in cozy book/coffee shop Press. I’m confident silent book club is going to see us through a harsh winter, if that’s what we now have before us, judging by today’s meeting’s record attendance, which included four new participants.

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Today’s recap was a nice blend of revisits with books that are making their rounds from reader to reader – again, testament to the trust in tastes and recommendations this group has fostered – with a cavalcade of new and varied titles. So let’s get right to the book list which, as always, encompasses all titles presented and discussed within the group. Each reader offers capsule positive, negative or mixed – always refreshingly constructive – reviews. Our list as I present it here has no rating system, just a link to either publisher information or generally positive reviews or informational pieces. The list is not inherently a list of recommendations, just a record of what we discussed. The list continues to reflect a diverse and vibrant range of subjects and genres that might spark the interest of anyone keeping up with our club.

I can hardly wait to see who joins us – books and people – next meeting!

As always, you can enjoy our previous silent book club meeting reports and book lists here.

Our silent book club was included in a recent feature about silent book clubs in the international news publication The Christian Science Monitor. Enjoy the article here. San Francisco-based Silent Book Club founders Guinevere de La Mare and Laura Gluhanich are featured in the February 2019 issue of O, the Oprah Magazine, describing the club’s genesis and extolling its virtues (if we haven’t done that enough here!) as the concept and clubs spread worldwide.

If you’re interested in starting your own silent book club or are in the Toronto area and perhaps interested in checking ours out, please feel free to contact me for more information.

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