Our Reviews

Club members’ reviews of books, movies, restaurants and more.

Monday Book Club: Snow Road Station by Elizabeth Hay

This was our last ZOOM mtg for the winter and we are all looking forward to “pressing the flesh” in ...

Book Review: How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone

A compelling look at the seamy underside of the fashion industry, told from the perspective of a vulnerable young person ...

Memories of original book club

The Monday afternoon book group has wide and varied interests. We still have two of the original members, and their ...

From our Creative Cooking group: maple parsnip soup with mustard and pine-nuts

The Creative Cooking Group enjoyed a four course dinner this week but the highlight was the maple parsnip soup - ...

book review: Scarcity Brain 5/5

This highly readable self-help book delves into our addictive behaviors -- what they are, how they originated and how to ...

A vintage photo of the Monday afternoon book club

During this afternoon's super-interesting meeting, Marion Weir brought a photo from our same book group from May 2007! Two of ...

Putin’s Exiles

This is a quick book surveying Russians who abandoned their country once Putin began his "special military operation" against Ukraine ...

Midnight by Amy McCulloch

I loved Breathless and was looking forward to Midnight but didn’t find that McCulloch’s second novel was as strong as ...

Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation 5/5

Marsha S gives this new approach to the history of Ukraine a resounding 5/5. Hrytsak takes a holistic approach to ...

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