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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here are the book club selections we chose for 2016-2017. We need to select a June book, however.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our next meeting will be on November 1 at our home unless someone else would like to host.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe November<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The residence: inside the private world of the White House DB82761<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Brower, Kate Andersen. Reading time: 10 hours, 52 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read by Carol Jacobanis. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Biography<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> U.S. History<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Journalist Kate Andersen Brower offers an intimate account of daily life in the White House for its service staff who tend to the needs of the First Family. Brower includes first-person anecdotes, interviews with staff, and archival research to illuminate the details of life in the White House. Some strong language. 2015.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wanda December<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am Malala: how one girl stood up for education and changed the world DB79878<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Yousafzai, Malala; McCormick, Patricia; Vaswani, Neela. Reading time: 4 hours, 55 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read by Neela Vaswani. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Biography<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Memoir of corecipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Recounts how Malala risked her life for the right to go to school. Raised in a changing Pakistan, Malala stood up against the Taliban and remained an activist for girls' education. Commercial audiobook. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2014.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sandy January<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>House rules: a novel DB71010<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Picoult, Jodi. Reading time: 18 hours, 59 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read by Joe Peck. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Family<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Bestsellers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Medical Fiction<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Eighteen-year-old Jacob Hunt, who has Asperger's syndrome, lives with his mother and younger brother and has a social-skills tutor. Jacob is obsessed with forensic science. When a murder occurs in Jacob's small world, both his hobby and his condition make him a suspect. Strong language. Bestseller. 2010.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Arielle February<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Rosie project: a novel DB78150<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Simsion, Graeme C. Reading time: 8 hours, 12 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read by Guy Williams. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Humor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Bestsellers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Romance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Socially stunted geneticist Don Tillman embarks on an endeavor he calls the Wife Project. As he quantifies the qualities of a perfect wife, he encounters Rosie, who seeks Don's help in identifying her real father. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Patty March<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Afraid of the dark DB79462<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Grippando, James. Reading time: 14 hours, 16 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read by Erik Sandvold. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Suspense Fiction<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Legal Fiction<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Three years earlier, Sergeant Vince Paulo held his best friend's dying daughter as she implicated her boyfriend Jamal--and then a blast blinded Vince. Now Miami lawyer Jack Swyteck has been asked to defend Jamal, who is accused of terrorist activity. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John April<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The boys in the boat: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics DB77138<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Brown, Daniel. Reading time: 17 hours, 24 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read by Kerry Dukin. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Sports and Recreation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Bestsellers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Recounts the accomplishments of nine working-class athletes from the University of Washington who beat elite teams at home and abroad and won the gold medal for rowing at the 1936 Nazi-orchestrated Berlin Olympics. Bestseller. 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Carl May<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The sixth man DB73352<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Baldacci, David. Reading time: 12 hours, 40 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Suspense Fiction<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Bestsellers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>