Read-and-Tell #2

The Book Exchange is a casual bi-monthly chat about books. Share what you're reading, what you've just finished, or what you're obsessing over at the moment. Each session will have a suggested theme. However, all books are welcome! 

We meet bi-monthly on the last Sunday of the month at 10 am (EST) on Zoom. The next Book Exchange is on Sunday, January 25, 2026.

Members met virtually for the second time on Sunday, November 30, 2025. The suggested theme for November was resonance. OHS members shared that they don't have a preference between biographies and autobiographies, but writing quality and narrator reliability matter. 

Nonfiction book topics ranged from probability statistics and the mega-yacht rich to raising a hare. Fiction titles covered life regrets and what it means to be human to a collection of sci-fi, fantasy short stories that incorporate Chinese culture. Check out all the book titles discussed (and the titles mentioned but not discussed)!

Non-Fiction: 

> Struck By Lightning (Jeffrey S. Rosenthal)

> The Haves and Have-Yachts (Evan Osnos)

> Nobody's Girl (Virginia Giuffre)

> Raising Hare (Chloe Dalton)

Fiction:

> The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)

> The Humans (Matt Haig)

> How To Stop Time (Matt Haig)

> The Life Impossible (Matt Haig)

> The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (Ken Liu)

> Hollow Bamboo (William Ping)

So little time, so many books! Below are some titles that were mentioned, but we ran out of time before we could discuss! 

Nonfiction:

> Impossible Monsters (Michael Taylor)

> The Upside of Down (Thomas Homer-Dixon)

> Istanbul (Thomas F. Madden)

> On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service (Anthony Fauci)

Fiction:

> The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)

> Interior Chinatown (Charles Yu)

> The Bookshop Murder Fiction (Merryn Allingham)

> Clown Town (Mick Herron)

> The Secret of Secrets (Dan Brown)

> Marble Hall Murders (Anthony Horowitz)

If you missed the second meet up, join us for the next book chat! 

Date: Sunday, January 25, 2026

Time: 10 am to 11 am

Suggested theme: Resolutions

Zoom link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87272538522?pwd=eZ1N2pBK16qrGoddYKvlRvLYinNaJz.1

Drop In: No registration required. 

* Please include your full name (first and last) when joining the meeting.

If you'd like a reminder about the next meeting or have any questions, please send an email to bookexchange@ontariohumanists.ca.

Happy reading!