Wilmot Book Club

The Wilmot United Book Club meets for lively conversation on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm. From award winners to classics and biographies to international fiction, we cover a wide variety of genres throughout the year. We intentionally choose books that are readily available from the library. Everyone is invited to join us in the Church Parlour for engaging discussion and a cup of tea and sweets. The schedule for the fall is below.

Sept. 27 - State of Terror by Hilary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny
Oct. 25 - The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Nov. 22 - Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeline Thien
Dec. TBD - Deal of a Lifetime and Other Stories by Frederick Backman

See below for books discussed in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019

Books on the list for 2019:
January 2019: Ice Ghosts (Paul Watson)
February 2019: After Tehran (Marina Nemat)
March 2019: It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
April 2019: Vox (Christina Dalcher)
May 2019: Warlight (Michael Ontaatje)
June 2019: The Boat People (Sharon Bala)
September 2019: Educated (Tara Westover)
October 2019: The Break (Katherena)
November 2019: The Alice Network (Kate Quinn)
Books on the list for 2018:
January 2018: The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil (Lesley Choyce)
February 2018: Conclave (Robert Harris)
March 2018: Barometer (Hugh MacLennan)
April 2018: Russian Winter (Daphne Kalotay)
May 2018: Minister without Portfolio (Michael Winter)
June 2018: Rockbound (Frank Parker Day)
September 2018: Angel's Jig (Daniel Poliquin)
October 2018: Under Sealed Orders (H.A. Cody)
November 2018: A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
December 2018: Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Gabriel Zevin)
Books on the list for 2017:
February 2017: The Illegal (Lawrence Hill)
March 2017: My Secret Sister (Helen Edwards)
April 2017: The German Girl (Armando Lucas Correa)
May 2017: The Birthday Lunch (Joan Clark)
June 2017: An Inconvenient Indian (Thomas King)
September 2017: Journey (James Michener)
October 2017: The Hanging of Angelique (Afua Cooper)
November 2017: Lightning and Blackberries (Joanne Jefferson)
Books on the list for 2016:
January 2016: The Painted Girls (Cathy Marie Buchanan)
February 2016: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
March 2016: The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd)
April 2016: The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window (Jonas Jonasson) (December 2015 meeting title choice was cancelled because of storm)
May 2016: Lila (Marilynne Robinson)
June 2016: A Measure of Light (Beth Powning)
Books we discussed in 2015:
December 2015: The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window (Jonas Jonasson)
November 2015: Tell (Frances Itani)
October 2015: The Nymph and the Lamp (Thomas Raddall)
September 2015: All the Light We cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
June 2015:  Ship’s Boy in the Arctic (Elizabeth Savoie)
May 2015: The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
April 2015: A Train in Winter (Caroline Moorehead)
March 2015: The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
February 2015: The Massey Murder (Charlotte Gray)
January 2015: Book Club was cancelled due to storm
Books we discussed in 2014:
December 2014: Best Laid Plans (Terry Fallis)
November 2014: The Deception of Livvy Higgs (Donna Morrissey)
October 2014: Indian Horse (David Wagamese)
September 2014: Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
June 2014: The Orenda (Joseph Boyden)
May 2014: My Antonia (Willa Cather)
April, 2014: The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
March, 2014: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Rachel Joyce)
February, 2014: The Case Against Owen Williams (Allan Donaldson)
January, 2014: Runaway (Alice Munro)
Books discussed in the fall of 2013:
September: The Light Between Oceans (M. L. Steadman)
October: The Mountain and the Valley (Ernest Buckler)
November: The End of Your Life Book Club (Will Schwalbe)
December: Big Fish (Daniel Wallace)
Books we discussed September 2011 to June 2012:
Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbury
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Audience of Chairs by Joan Clark (Canadian Author)
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn (Classical fiction, special guest Dr.Ted Colson)
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
March by Geraldine Brooks (Historical fiction)
Changing My Mind by Margaret Trudeau (Biography)
Alone in the Classroom by Elizabeth Hay (Canadian Author)
The Town that Drowned by Riel Nason (Atlantic Canadian Author, special guest Marlene Phillips)
Books we discussed Fall of 2012:
September The Salt Road by Jane Johnson
October Annabel by Kathleen Winter (Canadian author)
November Ice Bound by Jerri Nielsen (Memoire/Biography)
December Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (Historical fiction)