Book Club II

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'Growing Up' by Russell Baker

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Growing Up by Russell Baker.

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Growing Up

'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens

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Bleak House by Charles Dickens. 

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Bleak House

Book Club II in December

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When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut.  "A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining."

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When We Cease to Understand the World

Fourth Friday Book Club in December

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The customary November 4th Friday is the Thanksgiving weekend. Unless otherwise noted, we will meet Friday, December 5th. 

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Fourth Friday Book Club in October

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James by Percival Everett

 

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James, book cover

Fourth Friday Book Club in September

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The Fourth Friday Book Club will discuss An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin when the group meets via Zoom on September 26.

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"An Unfinished Love Story" by Doris Kearns Goodwin, book cover

Fourth Friday Book Club in August

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The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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The Great Gatsby

Fourth Friday Book Club in July

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Still Life by Louise Penny.

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Still Life

Fourth Friday Book Club in June

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H is for Hawk: A Memoir on Grief and Falconry by Helen Macdonald, published 2016.

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H is for Hawk

Fourth Friday Book Club in May

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I, Claudius by English writer Robert Graves, published in 1934, will be up for discussion when UMRA's Fourth Friday Book Club meets via Zoom on May 23.

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I, Claudius, book cover

Fourth Friday Book Club April 25

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The Black Count: Glory and Betrayal by Tom Reiss, published in 2012 and winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in biography, will be the selection for discussion when UMRA’s Fourth Friday Book Club meets via Zoom at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 25. Newcomers are welcome.

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The Black Count, book cover

Fourth Friday Book Club meeting in March

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UMRA’s Fourth Friday Book Club will discuss The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson when it meets on Friday, March 28, via Zoom. It is a horrifying and compelling read.

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The Devil in the White City," book cover

Fourth Friday Book Club to meet February 28

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The Fourth Friday Book Club will meet via Zoom on February 28 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. CST to discuss The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

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Huckleberry Finn, book cover

Fourth Friday Book Club in January

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Selection: Middlemarch by George Elliot.

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Middlemarch

Book Club II: White Noise

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UMRA’s Fourth Friday Book Club will discuss White Noise, the eighth novel by the master storyteller Don DeLillo, when it meets on Friday, November 22, by way of Zoom. Newcomers are welcome.

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White Noise