Deloume Road-it's official!!!

I'm excited to announce that Matthew Hooton is going to come to our book club meeting on Tuesday, June 22nd!!! Yippee!!! (I'm happy to host, by the way.)

Let me know if you want me to include you in my Amazon order by this Friday.

What a great way to celebrate the summer solstice!

Also, Matthew wanted me to pass on the fact that he's doing a reading with Yann Martel in Victoria on April 27th. http://www.munrobooks.com/events.cfm

Deloume Road Update

Success! I've begun a conversation with Matthew Hooton and he is honoured that the Afictionados have chosen his book to read. The good news is that he would like to come to our meeting; the bad news is that he's going to be tied up with book readings and his UK launch for the next couple of months. Also, there are no book deals to be had through him, but he suggested going the Amazon route & taking advantage of the free shipping.

At any rate, he seems keen to make it happen, so I'm hoping that his next communique will contain a potential meeting date. (I'm guessing June or September.)

In the meantime, I think Melanie had a back-up book suggestion for May, but I've forgotten what it is. Anyone?

I'll keep you posted on the Hooton front. Have a great week!

Deloume Road

At our last meeting, we decided that we'd read Deloume Road, but we didn't schedule a date just in case we could coordinate it with a visit from the author, (or at the very least a public reading in the area.) I just wrote a note to Matthew Hooton on his facebook page, inviting him to an Afictionados meeting as our honoured guest. (It's too bad I didn't have any photos of our typical spread of fine food, wine & chocolates to entice him!) At any rate, I'll let you know if he makes contact.

Thanks Kathy!

Enjoyed the conversations last night... thank you very much Kathy for hosting!

Share a copy of last months book?

If anyone has a copy of Outliers to lend please bring to Kathy's tomorrow, I didn't get a chance to read in February. Thanks!

Amanda

While you're reading Still Alice...

here is the latest Alzheimer's 2010 Facts & Figures:
http://www.brainfitnessforlife.com/alzheimers/alzheimers-disease-2010-facts-figures/?refcode=HN0001

Any interest in 'Deloume Road?'

Did any of you ladies read the article about Highland grad, Matthew Hooton's debut novel Deloume Road?

http://www.randomhouse.ca/newface/hooton.php

I'm intrigued! The reviews are excellent and it is being compared to Alice Sebold's Lovely Bones, which I thoroughly enjoyed. It's still in hardcover, but you can buy it for under twenty dollars through Amazon.

If people are interested in reading it, I thought it might be fun to contact Matthew and see if he could attend our book club meeting. (He has family in the Valley, so it might not be such a longshot!)

What are your thoughts? Do we have a book for June yet?

where's the next one?

Hello Gals,

Thanks to Marci for an awesome evening! And great to meet new gals too! Who's hosting this month?