The Untitled Main

A Chronological and Literary History of THE UNTITLED

2000

January 2000 -- Organizing meeting at the Olands.

February 2, 2000 -- MacDonald, Ann Marie, Fall on Your Knees

March 29, 2000 -- Reich, Kathy, Deja Dead

May 3, 2000 Chang, Jung -- The Wild Swans

June 7, 2000 -- Winchester, Simon, The Professor and the Madman, and MacLeod, Alistair, "Lost Salt Gift of Blood" (short story)

August 15, 2000 -- Junger, Sebastian, The Perfect Storm

October 4, 2000 -- Doctorow, E.L., City of God

November 7, 2000 -- Atwood, Margaret, The Blind Assassin

December 30, 2000 -- Drabble, Margaret, The Witch of Exmoor

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2001

January 31, 2001 Davies, Robertson, What's Bred in the Bone

February 26, 2001 -- Stegner, Wallace, Crossing to Safety

March 28, 2001 -- Wilson, Robert, A Small Death in Lisbon

June 5, 2001 -- Fielding, Helen, Bridget Jones's Diary

September 4, 2001 -- Tolstoy, Leo, Anna Karenina

October 3, 2001 -- Klein, Naomi, No Logo

November 7, 2001 -- Conway, Jill Ker, The Road to Coorain

December 5, 2001 -- Townsend, Sue, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole: Aged 13-3/4

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2002

January 9, 2002 -- Richler, Mordecai, Barney's Version

February 6, 2002 -- Courtenay, Bryce, The Power of One

March 20, 2002 -- Seth, Vikram, An Equal Music

April 24, 2002 -- Ellis, Deborah, The Breadwinner

May 15, 2002 -- A Tribute to the Mitford Family -- variety of books by and about the sisters. Fiction, non-fiction and a few hard-to-categorize. also a recent biography: Sisters by Mary Lovell

June 12, 2002 -- Tyler, Ann, Breathing Lessons

September , 2002 -- Mistry, Rohinton, A Fine Balance

October 23, 2002 -- Donna Morrissey's Kit's Law at Cynthia Guzner's [some read Downhill Chance too.]

November 20, 2002 -- Carol Shields' The Stone Diaries

December 12, 2002 -- Keith Baker's Lunenburg

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2003

January 15, 2003 -- @ Jaci's, Charles Nordhoff and James Hall's Bounty Trilogy, Men Against the Sea

February 13, 2003 [snowed out on 12th] @ Sandra's. Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes

March 19, 2003 @ Averill's. Patricia Cornwell's Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case

April 16, 2003 @ Darryl's. Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence

May 7, 2003 @ Cynthia's. Geraldine Brooks Nine Parts of Desire

June 11, 2003 @ Simpsons'. Yann Martell's The Life of Pi

September 16, 2003 @ Simpsons'. Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend

October 22, 2003 @ Ken's. Stephen Kimber's Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs [with Stephen Kimber]

November 26, 2003 @ Caleb's. Dr. Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed The World

December -- off

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2004

January 14 @ Shirley's. Ann-Marie MacDonald's The Way the Crow Flies

Feb.18. Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Last Crossing

March 24. Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

April. David Guterson's East of the Mountains

May. Tracey Chevalier's Girl With Pearl Earrings [@ Margaret Van Gurp's]

June. Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code

September. Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude [finished several readers]

October. John Steinbeck's East of Eden

November. Susan Howatch's Glittering Images

December. Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves

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2005

January -- Billie's Letts's Honk and Holler Opening Soon and Alexander McCall Smith's The Kalahari Typing School for Men

February -- Five People You Meet in Heaven -- Mitch Albom

March 9 -- at Mark's: Cane River -- Lolita Tademy

April 20 -- at Caleb's: To Kill A Mockingbird -- Harper Lee

May - ?

June 15 -- at Cynthia's -- No Great Mischief -- Alistair MacLeod

July 14, Bastille Day -- at Sandra's summer place. Book talk optional.

September 14 -- at the Simpsons' -- Kavalier and Clay -- Michael Chabon

October 12 -- at Jaci's -- Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner

November ?? -- at ?? -- Laura Hillenbrand's Sea Biscuit

December -- Mark DeWolf's Foul Papers

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2006

11 January at Mark's -- The Lost Continent -- Bill Bryson

15 February at Shirley's -- Cannery Row -- John Steinbeck

8 March at Darryl's -- Colony of Unrequited Dreams -- Wayne Johnston

19 April at Sandra's -- Wordstruck -- Robert MacNeil

16 May -- postponed

7 June at Simpsons -- In Between World of Vikram Lall -- M.G. Vassanji

20 September at Waegwoltic -- Capote: A Biography -- Gerald Clarke; also In Cold Blood -- Truman Capote

18 October at Ken and Mary's -- Reparations -- author Stephen Kimber attending

15 November at Caleb's -- Three Day Road -- Joseph Boyden AND All Quiet on the Western Front -- E.M. Remarque

13 December at Jaci's -- Who Has Seen the Wind -- W.O. Mitchell

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2007

16 January @ Darryl’s -- Shoot Me -- Lesley Crewe attending

21 February @ Ken and Mary’s -- Sailing Away -- author Silver Donald Cameron attending

?? March @ DeWolfs’ -- Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded -- Simon Winchester

18 April @ Averill’s -- Fidel Castro -- Volker Skiera [and other books about Castro]

16 May @ Simpsons -- Famous Last Words -- Timothy Findley

13 June @ Shirley’s -- Arthur and George -- Julian Barnes

?? September @ Sandra’s -- “Promo” Night

17 October @ Simpsons’ -- The Great Crash -- J.K. Galbraith

21 November @ Averill’s -- Things Fall Apart -- Chinua Achebe

?? December @ ????? -- The Stranger House -- Reginald Hill

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2008

23 January @ Cynthia's -- Middlesex -- Jeffrey Eugenides

13 February @ Darryl's -- The Girls -- Lori Lansens

5 March @ Fishmans' -- The Birth of Venus -- Sarah Dunant

16 April @ Sandra's -- The Thirteenth Tale -- Diane Setterfield

14 May @ Shirley's -- Night (one of Trilogy) -- Elie Wiesel

11 June @ Simpsons' -- The Lost Highway -- David Adams Richard

17 September @ Darryl's -- "Promo Night"

15 October @ Averill's -- Mister Pip -- Lloyd Jones

12 November @ MacInnises' -- The Book of Negroes -- Lawrence Hill

10 December @ Mark's -- For Whom the Bell Tolls -- Ernest Hemingway

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2009

14 January @ Sandra's -- Second Honeymoon -- Joanna Trollope

11 February @ Cynthia's -- In the Skin of a Lion -- Michael Ondaatje

11 March @ Jaci's -- The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor -- Sally Armstrong

15 April @ Dr. Phil's -- The Centaur in the Garden -- Moacyn Seliar [translated]

20 May @ MacInnises' -- Three Cups of Tea -- Greg Mortenson

17 June @ Simpsons' -- The Glass Castle -- Jeannette Walls

16 September @ Sandra's --Promo Night

7 October @ Simpsons' -- The Man Who Loved China -- Simon Winchester

4 November @ Averill's -- Water for Elephants -- Sara Gruen

9 December postponed -- SNOWED OUT

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2010

20 January @ Fishmans' -- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society -- Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows

10 February @ Jaci's -- Shadow of the Wind -- Carlos Ruiz [translated]

10 March @ Cynthia's -- Astrid and Veronica -- Linda Olsson [translated]

21 April @ Darryl's -- Out Stealing Horses -- Pers Pedderson [translated]

12 May @ Shirley's -- The Last Lecture -- Randy Pausch

9 June -- Halifax at War -- Bill Naftel (the author attending)

September -- @ Fishmans' -- My Stroke of Insight, by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

13 October @ Mark's -- Lacuna -- Barbara Kingsolver

10 November @ Fishmans' -- My Stroke of Insight -- Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

8 December @ Sandra's -- The Cellist of Sarajevo -- Steven Galloway

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2011

19 January -- The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, at Averill's

16 February -- The Bishop's Man, by Linden MacIntyre, at Darryl's

23 March -- Paris in the 20th century: the lost novel, by Jules Verne, at Mark's

April -- African Chronicles, by Burris Devanney, at Ken's (the author attending)

25 May -- Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons, at Cynthia's

June -- Secret Daughter, by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, at Simpsons'

September -- Sarah's Key, by Tatania De Ronay

26 October -- Tin Roof Blow Down, by James Lee Burke, at Mark's

16 November -- Postmistress, by Sarah Blake, at Averill's

14 December -- The Best Laid Plans, by Terry Fallis, at Fishmans'

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2012

11 January -- Half of a Yellow Sun, by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, at Darryl's

15 February -- Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, at Mary's

21 March --The Collaborator of Bethlehem: an Omar Yussef mystery, by Matt Rees, at Sandra's

18 April -- Light Lifting, by Alexander MacLeod, at Ken and Mary's

16 May -- Leaven of Malice by Robertson Davies, at Dr. Phil's

20 June -- Gutenberg: How one man remade the world with words, by John Man, at Simpsons'

12 September -- "Promo Night"

15 October -- Why Men Lie, by Linden MacIntyre, at Averill's

12 November -- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, at Mark's

10 December -- Half Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan, at Fishmans'

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2013

23 January -- @ Jean's -- Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie

11 February -- @ Darryl's -- The Virgin Cure, by Ami MacKay

11 March -- @ Ken's -- Breaking the Tongue, by Vyvyane Loh

22 April -- @ Mary's -- Through Black Spruce, by Joseph Boyden

May -- postponed

17 June -- @ Phil's -- Bobcat : and other stories / Rebecca Lee. AND The Cricket in Times Square / George Selden

11 September -- @ Simpsons' -- Big Town : a novel of Africville, by Stephens Gerard Malone

13 November -- @ Averill's -- Friend of My Youth, by Alice Munro

11 December -- @ Jean's -- A Sensible Life, by Mary Wesley

2014

2015

2016

2017

Feb. 8: Pater Hessler's River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze

March 8: Andrea Camilleri's The Shape of Water

April 12: Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things

May ... -