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<div dir="auto">Over the last year the NESFA Reading Group met online 11 times. We didn’t meet in May of 2020, as we adjusted to the new realities of COVID.<br />
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On 6/5/20 we discussed <em>Cat’s Cradle</em> by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.<br />
On 7/3/20 we discussed Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw<br />
On 8/7/20 we discussed <em>A Memory Called Empire</em> by Arkady Martine <br />
On 9/3/20 we discussed <em>The Dark Side of the Sun </em><span style="white-space:pre">by Terry Pratchett </span><br />
On 10/1/20 we discussed <em>Ancestral Night </em><span style="white-space:pre">by Elizabeth Bear </span><br />
On 11/6/20 we discussed <em>Scented Gardens for the Blind </em><span style="white-space:pre">by Janet Frame </span><br />
On 12/4/20 we discussed <em>The Memory Police </em><span style="white-space:pre">by Yoko Ogawa </span><br />
On 1/8/21 we discussed <em>A Deadly Education </em><span style="white-space:pre">by Naomi Novik </span><br />
On 2/5/21 we discussed <em>A Little Hatred </em><span style="white-space:pre">by Joe Abercrombie </span><br />
On 3/5/21 we discussed <em>Piranesi</em><span style="white-space:pre"> by Susanna Clarke </span><br />
On 4/2/21 we discussed <em>The Shockwave Rider </em>and <em>The Stone That Never Came Down, </em>both<em> </em><span style="white-space:pre">by John Brunner </span><br />
On 5/7/21 we discussed <em>Leviathan Wakes</em><span style="white-space:pre"> by James S. A. Corey </span><br />
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Future Discussions<br />
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On 6/4/21 we will discuss <em>Children of Ruin</em> by Adrian Tchaikovsky <br />
On 7/2/21 we will discuss <em>Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta </em><span style="white-space:pre">by Doris Lessing (*)</span><br />
On 8/6/21 we will discuss <em>Seven of Infinities </em><span style="white-space:pre">by Aliette de Bodard </span><br />
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<em style="font-size: 9px">(*) Next Book Selection</em><span style="font-size: 9px"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><br /></span>Book Selections<br />
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We stopped using Survey Monkey in our process of selecting books because Survey Monkey recategorized ranked voting as a premium (no longer free) feature. We used Google Forms for our last book selection. <br />
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Monthly <br />
On 5/7/21 we discussed <em>Leviathan Wakes</em> by James S. A. Corey. We had 12 attendees, 8 of them being the usual suspects. The book was received mostly well. The highest ranking, 5/5 stars. The lowest ranking, 2.66/5 stars. The mean ranking, 4/5 stars. <br /></div>
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