Books, Stories, Docus
This book argues that there is one God, many faiths and that each of us is morally responsible for the other.
The Dignity of Difference.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for some of the work he described in one of our 2020 reads.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Even if this story left you folding over in sadness for the main character, his grief could not bring his mother, not her origami, back to life.
The Paper Menagierie
This daughter of this magistrate marries Colonel Aureliano Buendía.
Don Apolinar Moscote
Don't even try to beat this book club member in a cycling marathon. Just enjoy her delicious, home-made tteokbokki and bulgogi.
Helen
One of this book's main characters suffered domestic violence silently before she committed the ultimate act against her abuser.
The Great Alone
He is no angel, though he's named after one.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The worst form of unlucky or the man who experienced it.
Salao or Santiago
He was kind to the boy and wished that the boy was with him when he caught the biggest fish of his life.
Santiago
Forget the all-inclusive, this adventurer stayed on a farm in Portugal...and during her farm vacation (farm-cation)? last Thanksgiving. She even found a friendly foal that goes by the name, Lil Scout.
Zoe
A manifesto for dealing with all types of suffering.
Man's Search for Meaning.
She may have been a prostitute but she loved her job. In fact, she wasn't bitter at all.
Pilar Ternera
The liberals and conservatives were also at war in this town.
Macondo
This woman beats Aureliano Segundo in an eating contest. Hint, she's an animal!
The Elephant.
This book club member should be paid for her promotional campaign of "The Chosen"
Nuel
Although he was executed for his role in a conspiracy to assassinate Adolph Hitler, he gave us some solid advice on how to live a pacifist life in this book.
Life Together
These authors claimed to be concerned about the future, but readers said all they did was let postmodernists know how stupid they think postmodernism is.
Pluckrose and Lindsay
This Jesuit Priest has been to these many funerals.
168
This matriarch of our favourite fictional town.
Ursula
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
An avid baker, reader, writer, and polyglot, this book club member is your ultimate Renaissance woman.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
From curing rare diseases to breeding fluorescent mammals, this work challenges how far we can take technology.
Awarded by President Obama with the National Humanities Medal, this author reminded us of the connectedness of land and communities.
Wendell Berry
Butler's protagonist boarded a bus headed to this city. It is also the home of the Rose Bowl stadium.
Pasadena
Named after a rock made from cooled lava, this character keeps the peace in a world stricken by a speech-impairing illness.
Obsidian
These two book club members could not agree on what constitutes reality, or how we go about defining/measuring it. This discussion (and more) continued on the westbound platform of the ttc.
Iain and Henrry