Knox’s Book Club Bingo - Summer ‘24
Over the summer the faculty and staff at Knox College participated in Summer Book Club Bingo. We’ve curated a list of all of the books that were read and we’re sharing the board in case you’d like to try a version of it in your own ministry context (or event a solo journey). Have we mentioned how much we LOVE books at Ministry Forum?
Here are the books that the Knox College Staff and Faculty read this Summer…
A Book You Already Own:
· Dear Edward, by Ann Napolitano
· Beowulf
· Somehow: Thought on Love, by Anne Lamott
· No Fond Return of Love, by Barbara Pym
· Stone Blind, by Natalie Heynes
· 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in my Head, Reduced Stress without Losing my Edge, and Found Self-Help that Actually Works – A True Story, by Dan Harris
A Book by an Indigenous Author:
· Indians on Vacation, by Thomas King
· Gathering Moss, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
· Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
· Permanent Astonishment, by Tomson Highway
· Wenjack, by Joseph Boyden
· Fire Keeper’s Daughter, Angeline Boulley
A Book by an Author of Colour:
· The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
· The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai
· The Light We Carry, by Michelle Obama
· Her Space, Her Time, by Shohini Ghose
· Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay
A Book Translated from Another Language:
· Blindness, by Jose Saramago; translated by Giovanni Pontiero
· My Grandmother Asked Me to TellYou She’s Sorry, by Fredrik Backman
· The Man Who Plundered the City, by Sven Elvestad
· Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
A Book that was Turned into a Movie:
· Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
· Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
· The Sheep Pig, by Dick King-Smith (move: Babe)
· The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
A Book from the Year You Were Born:
· The Stepford Wives, Ira Levin
· Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
· Cat Among the Pigeons, by Agatha Christie
A Book You Read in One Day:
· On Browsing, by Jason Guriel
· Maus, by Art Spiegelman
· A Grief Observed, by C.S. Lewis
· Too Good to be True, by Ann Cleeves
· The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War, by Malcolm Gladwell
A Book Published This Year:
· The Exvangelicals: Loving,Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church, by Sarah McCammon
· The Perils of Lady Catherine deBourgh, by Claudia Grey
· Horse, by Geraldine Brooks
A Book Recommended by a Friend:
· All the Beauty in the World, by Patrick Bringley
· House of Silk, by Anthony Horowitz
· When Nietzsche Wept, by Irvin D. Yalom
· Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
· Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves
· Resilience is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde, by Julie S. Lalonde
A Book from the McKay Education Resource Centre:
· Here, the Dot We Call Home, by Laura Alary
· All Our Griefs to Bear, by JoniS. Sancken
· Seculosity, by David Zahl
A Nonfiction Book:
· Where We Are: A Field Guide to Canada’s Restaurants, Past and Present, by Gabby Peyton
· Buddhism, by Herbert Ellinger
· Darwin’s Ghosts, by Rebecca Stott
· Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, by Naomi Klein
A Book with a Character Who is a Memberof the LGBTQIA+ Community:
· The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller
· The Twilight Garden, by Sara Nisha Adams
· A Spoonful of Murder, by J.M.Hall
· Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donaghue
A Picture Book from the MERC Collection:
· A Boy and the Whale, by Mordecai Gerstein
· A Church for All, by Gayle E.Pitman
· The Rabbit Listened, by Cori Doerrfeld
· The Yellow School Bus, by Loren Long
· All the Faces of Me, by Laura Alary
A Book from a Genre You Don’t Usually Read:
· The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion
· The Future, by Catherine LeRoux
· The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym, by Paula Byrne
· The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
· The Sunflower, by Simon Wesenthal
A Book by a Knox Faculty Member:
· Why I am a Presbyterian, by Walter Bryden
· Unsettling Worship, by SarahTravis
· Leaving Christianity: Changing Allegiances in Canada since 1945, by Brian Clarke & Stuart Macdonald
A Poetry Collection:
· The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, theGreat Sufi Master, by Hafez
· Blue Horses, by Mary Oliver
· Alexa, What is There to Know about Love?, by Brian Bilston
· Milk & Honey, by Rupi Kaur
A Book Set by the Water:
· Flying to Nowhere, by JohnFuller
· House at Sea’s End, by Elly Griffiths
· Murder at the Lakeside Library, by Holly Danvers
· Kiss the Joy as it Flies, by Heree Fitch
· Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angline Boulley
A Book Set Mostly or Entirely Outdoors:
· The God of Wild Places: Rediscovering the Divine in the Untamed Outdoors, by Tony Jones
· Permanent Astonishment, by Tomson Highway
· Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
· Go as a River, by Shelley Read
· Haven, by Emma Donaghue
A Book Set in a Library or Bookstore:
· The Royal Librarian, by Daisy Wood
· The Librarian of Crooked Lane, by C.J. Archer
· The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
A Book About Family:
· Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell
· The Second Chance Store, by Lauren Bravo
· The Seamstress of Acadie, by Laura Frantz
· The Berry Pickers, by AmandaPeters
· American War, Omar El Akkad
A Book with Multiple Timeline:
· Metropolitan Stories, by Christine Coulson
· The Girl from Bletchley Park, by Kathleen McGurl
· Little Liar, by Mitch Albom
· Cassandra in Reverse, by Holly Smale
· The Secret History of Audrey James, by Heather Marshall
· Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
A Book of Short Stories or Essays:
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, by Kate Manne
· Vinyl Café turns the Page, by Stuart McLean
· How to Pronounce Knife, by Souvankham Thammavongsa
A Book with a Disability Representation:
· C’mon, Papa: Dispatches from a Dad in the Dark, by Ryan Knighton
· The Mystery Guest, by NitaProse
· Macy MacMillan: the Rainbow Goddess, by Shari Green
· Get a Life, Chloe Brown, byTalia Hibbert
A Book from this Year’s Canada Reads:
· The future, by Cathine Leroux
· Meet Me at the Lake, by Carley Fortune