About us
Welcome to the Open Shelf Collective. We collectively decide on books to read. We prioritize books that are available in multiple formats and have reasonable wait times at the Toronto Public Library. We meet monthly and schedule meetups approximately 12 weeks in advance, so we require that books be obtainable within 8 weeks — so no one has to scramble or purchase a new book to participate.
Voting for the next book begins the day after the meetup (Thursday) and closes on Sunday evening at 11PM. The next book will then be announced on the Monday. You are welcome to nominate books at any time for future meets on Fable:
fable.co/club/open-shelf-collective-with-llisa-s-837690360639?club_type=free
Any nominations given after a voting period has begun will be put towards the vote for the next session.
Upcoming events
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OSC #4 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Pauper's Pub, 539 Bloor St. West, Toronto, ON, CAWelcome to our fourth meetup! The book for August is The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
The first thirty minutes of the event is open social time while we allow attendees to arrive. The book discussion will begin at 8:00 PM. At the end of the meetup, we will accept nominations for the next book. We encourage attendees to stay afterwards and chat if they would like to as well.
If the event is full, please DM us and we can put you on a waitlist.
"The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
"Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination.
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart."
Results from the vote: https://app.rankedvote.co/rv/lflwev853sj5nle65d/results
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