You can access the meeting with an Internet computer or by telephone on November 30th as early as 2:45pm. To join Zoom Meeting with your computer, click on this link:

https://zoom.us/j/92264730831?pwd=VXZkVy9yYmlsSlhwY0RlNkg4UGpUZz09 

Meeting ID: 922 6473 0831

Passcode: 591838

To join by telephone, dial 1-312-626-6799. The Meeting ID is 922 6473 0831 and 

Passcode is 591838.

Discussion sheets are available at: http://www.lmelibrary.org/attachments/article/108/Secrets%20We%20Kept%202020.pdf 

Discussion sheets are available at: http://www.lmelibrary.org/attachments/article/108/Nanaville%202020.pdf 

Our next book club meeting will be Monday, November 30th at 3pm. We hope to be able to meet by then in the library's meeting room but this is reliant on what is happening with pandemic mitigations. Copies of the book, Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott are available for pickup at the LME Library desk. Discussion guides are also available for pickup or online.

Summary of Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan and readalikes (unbound content tab) are accessible through RSAcat.

Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous offer of money convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable's circle of literary friends, ideally getting close enough to him to learn his secrets. But eventually Mercer learns far too much.

1. I'm not sure how well the multiple storylines will be received by our group.  Usually members prefer a more linear storyline but I like how the author weaves them all together.
2. It was very disturbing to gain some insight on how the North Korean leadership controls and manipulates its people and other countries.  I think the author does a great job showing the reader how this happens and why negotiating with their government does not produce the results expected.
3. I felt that ending was very abrupt and would like to see a sequel.  I saw on Goodreads.com that the author is considering writing one.  I'll keep watching to see if any new title has been announced!