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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sunday, September 12 we met to consider our book club choices. Five persons participated in the Zoom meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will meet at 7:00 PM on the first Wednesday of each month beginning in October. We did not discuss in person or Zoom meetings. However, with the prevalence of the Delta virus I think we should meet by Zoom in October. Finally we selected
books through January. We need to select some discussants on October 5.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h4 style="background:white"><span style="color:black">October 5, 2021: </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#006600"><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB100088"><span lang="EN">Caste: the origins
of our discontents </span>DB100088</a><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Wilkerson, Isabel </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Reading time:
14 hours, 28 minutes.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Robin Miles</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns (DB 71929) examines the unofficial </span></span><span class="hghlght"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red;background:white">caste</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">s
and hierarchies she has observed as inherent in American society. She also discusses the eight pillars of all </span><span class="hghlght"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red;background:white">caste</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white"> systems
and offers ways for America to move forward. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not sure of who suggested this. It was either Carl or Me or it may be someone else.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h4 style="background:white"><span style="color:black">November 3, 2021: </span>
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#006600"><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB100054"><span lang="EN">The splendid and the vile: a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz </span>DB100054</a><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Larson, Erik </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Reading time:
17 hours, 51 minutes.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Erik Larson</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">Bestsellers</span><br>
<span style="background:white">World History and Affairs</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">The author of Dead Wake (DB 80936) describes Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz. He examines this dark year of London's history primarily through the domestic drama of Churchill and his family's day-to-day experiences.
Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h4 style="background:white"><span style="color:black">December 1, 2021: </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#006600"><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB100531"><span lang="EN">Anxious people</span> DB100531</a><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Backman, Fredrik; Smith, Neil </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Reading
time: 9 hours, 55 minutes.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Marin Ireland</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">Humor</span><br>
<span style="background:white">General</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Psychological Fiction</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house in a Swedish town becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes an eclectic group of strangers hostage. Strong language
and some violence. Commercial audiobook. 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="background:white"><span style="color:black">January 5, 2022: </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#006600"><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB100586">The evening and the morning DB100586</a><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Follett, Ken. Reading time: 24 hours, 21 minutes.<br>
Read by John Lee.<br>
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Religious Fiction<br>
Suspense Fiction<br>
Historical Fiction<br>
Human Relations<br>
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England, 997. In the time of the Anglo-Saxon kings, Vikings rule the seas. A Norman noblewoman follows her new husband across the sea to her new home. A boat builder moves his family to safety, but doesn't fit in. And a monk dreams of a center of learning.
Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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