One of my friends, who jokingly has labelled me a reading addict, passed me a link to join the U of T Alumni Virtual Book Club. Knowing her advice to be sound, I clicked on the link she provided to check it out.
I learned how it works on the website. It is a private forum powered by PBC Guru where registered participants vote on which of two recommended books the group will read and discuss over the upcoming several months.
To get started you sign up by creating an account by filling in a few fields such as name, email, a password, and graduation year/ affiliation. When I saw graduation year, I thought I had hit a snag, but fortunately the choice of affiliation was the loophole I needed to find. I was given several options such as faculty, staff, current student, or friend of the university. I didn’t see any reason why I couldn’t be a friend of the university! I clicked the box beside the line, friend of the university, to complete my sign up. Almost immediately I received an email in response. I now was a member of the virtual Book Club!
Though I must admit I haven’t taken part in the online virtual chat feature yet, I have read three very good books. I also have had the opportunity to better understand the personal backdrop for the Violin Conspiracy, by listening to a talk by its author, Brendan Solcumb. Author talks are regularly offered to registered members with the option to join live or to access the link for the recording of it at your leisure.
You might want to pursue U of T virtual Book Club yourself. Don’t let summer days pass by without enjoying a few good summer reads.
https://alumni.utoronto.ca/events-and-programs/upcoming-events)
-Sister Nancy Wales, CSJ
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