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TUESDAY, JULY 15
2:00 pm
Open Mic Poetry (Catcher in the Rye)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Twist%20of%20Fate/209/193/27
Come join us to share your favorite poems, or listen as people read their own. Reading will take place in both text and voice, a microphone is not necessary, but being able to listen on voice is helpful.
Original poetry is especially encouraged and welcome! The meeting will be lead by the very talented Mr. Sabreman Carter. Hope to see you all there!
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6:00 pm
Storytelling/Open Mic: AineMari Flanagan and David Itamae (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Stories of all sorts, plus open mic
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7:00 pm
Storyteller Han Sontse (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
One of our new storytellers, who likes Sci/Fan stories, reading ‘Ariel - Abook of the Change’ by Steven R. Boyett
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
1:00
Murder She Wrote (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/172/140/22
Published author Cora Hawker reads from her thriller/horror novel “The Lesser of Two Evils”. Not for the faint-hearted. (Gathering held at the Stone Circle)
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3:00 pm
Oral Interpretation of Poetry (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/128/44/2
Julian Hifeng will teach an eight-part course in “Oral Interpretation of Poetry” here at MILK WOOD. (Gathering held at Poet’s Wood)
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5:00-6:00 pm
Fairy Tale Discussion Group: Puss in Boots (Fiction & Lattes)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healy/206/64/103
We have been reading so much about the ladies, its about time we read a good tale with a male character first and foremost! And who can possibly resist a cat wearing boots? Give the story a read and think on similarities with other stories, symbolism and realizations as to its content that might come about. Have an alternate version? Bring it along to share with the group! This group is conducted in text chat…you are welcome to use voice, just be sure you are willing to type for those who can’t hear!
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7:00 pm
Storyteller Rei Hax (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Rei Hax continues the reading of “Elder’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
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THURSDAY, JULY 17
5:00 pm
Poetry Reading (Fiction & Lattes)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healy/206/64/103
Bring your favorite poetry…by any author or, yourself! Please have a
bit of info about the author…not much just a little….and enjoy reading
OR listening to poetry. Please be voice activated. 
You don’t have to talk but need to have this feature enabled in order to hear. I will be reading selections from James Dickey and Elizabeth Bishop.
7:00 pm
Storyteller Shandon Loring (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Chief Storyteller Shandon Loring delights us with Celtic Myths and Legends and stories of the little people in the Catskill Mountains of NY state
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SATURDAY, JULY 19
Noon
Book Trivia: Towns & Villages (Bookstacks)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tholtfinger/47/131/49
This week’s trivia is all about settings, specifically towns and villages. Test your knowledge at Bookstacks Trivia. Winner receives $L250.
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2:00 pm
Poetry & Pints: Flowers & Gardens (Bookstacks)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tholtfinger/47/131/49
This month’s Poetry & Pints has a theme, flowers and gardens! Bring your poems to share in text or voice. You will want to have voice on to hear others reading.
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2:00 pm
Storyteller Elder Priestman (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Elder Priestman, another one of our new storytellers, begins reading tales from “Zion’s Cause” by Jim Peyton, tales from the old South
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5:00 pm
Literary Discussion Group: The Tragedy of Julius Ceasar (Fiction & Lattes)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healy/206/64/103
Discussion of Caesar, Antony, and the conspirators……not to mention the absent Cleopatra!
Please be voice activated! You don’t have to talk but need to have this feature enabled in order to hear. If you have not read the play…no worries….I can guide u through it and can send u a notecard with a summary…just IM me! ~SIDDA LEIGH
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SUNDAY, JULY 20
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Book Moochers’ Sunday Social (Bookstacks)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tholtfinger/47/131/49
A social gathering for all book lovers, writers, and others with a literary interest. Bookstacks recently expanded to include a little beach property, so this week we are meeting there. Beachwear and books. Great combination.
11:00 am
Feminist Science Fiction Reading Group (Minerva)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Minerva/161/77/32
We’ll be reading Native Tongue, by Suzette Hayden Elgin. We’ll be meeting under the big tree at the south end of the beach. If you haven’t finished the book, you can still join in the discussion. Go to the discussion questions page http://minerva.wetpaint.com/page/Elgin
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2:00-3:00 pm
Book Discussion: The Sea Wolf by Jack London (Steelhead Public Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Steelhead/123/185/24
A discussion of Jack London’s stirring epic. From bibliomania.com “The Sea-Wolf was published in 1904, during the time of London’s great successes with The Call of the Wild, published the year before. It tells of Humphrey Van Weyden, an amateur literary critic who finds himself picked up by the sealing schooner Ghost when the ship that he is travelling on across the San Francisco Bay collides with a steamer. A new central character emerges in the form of Wolf Larson. Larson is a fierce, strong and ruthless industrialist. After the Ghost rescues some refugees near Japan on its sealing expedition, Larson and Van Weyden come into conflict over the poet Maude Brewster. In time Brewster and Van Weyden manage to escape to a desert island together. However, in time, the Ghost finds itself drawn to them half-wrecked and without a sail. Larson is now in a sorry, semi-paralysed state and even though Van Weyden and Brewster manage to find a way to sail the ship away, Larsen dies a sad and individualistic creature while Van Weyden shows his nature as a moral and decent individual.”
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2:00 pm
Trivia Quest: Anatomy, Movies & Children’s Books (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/128/44/2
As the name implies, it is all about trivia - a night of trivia to be exact (or as we Brits like to call it a PUB QUIZ). Harriet Gausmann is writing the questions and hosting this week. Dress theme: MOVIES. Quiz winner: $L250 and Best-dressed winner: $L250. (Gathering held in the Lounge Bar of the Main House)
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MONDAY, JULY 21
2:00-3:00 pm
Fantasy Storytelling (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/128/44/2
A book discussion and look at the historical whailing industry of New England.
The Great American Novel? A great treatise on ..or apolgy for…whaling? A great throbbingly overworked phallic metaphor? A great bloody bore? Herman Mellivle’s “Moby-Dick, or The Whale” is revered and controversial, loved and derided. The novel is also an enduring source of cultural references, from the highfalutin’ all the way down to Jeff Smith’s graphic novel series “Bone”…and a certain Great White Coffee Chain. What’s sure is that it is a great walloping leviathan of a novel, stuffed with brilliant prose, skillful metaphor, sly humor, and narrow observation.
All misunderstood cetaceans, obsessed captains, idle observers, dauntless harpooners, and sweet-talking bosuns are welcome to join us, whether they have read the work or not
Contact Trudy Takacs for more information
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6:00-8:00 pm
Book Discussion: Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare (Caledon Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/30/180/23
Bellicose Tybalt, fanciful Mercutio, the bawdy Nurse, the compassionate Friar, the tender and tragic lovers, the proud Capulets and the haughty Montagues, each strut and fret their hour upon the stage in Shakespeare’s endlessly popular, endlessly reinterpreted tragedy of young love’s power and pathos. All are welcome at this discussion, whether they have read the play or not.
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WEEK-LONG EVENTS
Sun, July 20 - Sat, July 26
Shakespeare Summer: Romeo and Juliet (Caledon Library)
Radio Riel: http://music.radioriel.org
The second month of Shakespeare Summer, produced by Radio Riel in cooperation with the Caledon Library, and funded by the Foundation for Rich Content. Radio Riel’s “From The Library” programming all this week will feature music from, thematically connected to, or providing commentary and sidelights on, The Bard’s eternally popular play of the impetuosities and tragedies of youthful love. Programming & events this week lead up the the Romeo & Juliet Ball on July 26th. Visit Radio Riel at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/ for details of the programming
Daily, Sunday - Friday
Noon-1:00 pm
The URU Book Club Readings (URU)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bestone/183/92/21
Live Book Readings at the Explorers Community Center (starting a new book - The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz). Must have voice enabled to hear the reading.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
5:00-6:30 pm
Fairy Tale Discussion Group….Beauty & the Beast (Fiction & Lattes)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healy/206/64/103
A beautiful, young woman. A man cursed as a beast. Why does this
tale appeal? This group is conducted mainly in text chat. You are
welcome to use voice, but will have to type as well for those who don’t
have this feature enable to be included.
Have an alternate version? Bring it along to share with the group.
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7:00 pm
Poetry writing workshop with Dov Whiteberry (Steelhead Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Steelhead/118/186/2
Dov Whiteberry (known in RL as Vermont poet and teacher David
Weinstock) will help you write your first poem or improve the ones
you’ve already written. No previous experience is required.
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7:00 pm
Storyteller Rei Hax (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Science Fiction
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THURSDAY, JUNE 12
6:00-8:00 pm
Discussion Group at Fiction and Lattes-Tonight…Paranormal Romance (or What The?) (Fiction & Lattes)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healy/206/64/103
A type of speculative fiction, paranormal romance focuses on romance and included elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, blending together themes from the genres of traditional fantasy, science fiction, or horror. Read any? Come tell us about it…or just come to hear others fill you in on this fascinating literature genre. This group is conducted in voice chat so you will need to have the feature turned on in order to hear the discussion. You don’t have to talk, but believe me you do not want to miss hearing the conversation!
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7:00 pm
Book Discusion: The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (Steelhead Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Steelhead/118/186/24
Come on out and enjoy a fascinating book discussion with our host
moderator Remington Pinion as we talk about this classic book first
published in 1902 which helped define the American cowboy and the
Western book genre.
Available for free online reading from Project Gutenberg
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7:00 pm
Storyteller Shandon Loring (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Celtic Myths and Legends
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14
Noon
Book Trivia: Time (Bookstacks)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tholtfinger/47/131/49
This week’s trivia game delves into the past, the present, the future and any other incarnation of time you might think of. Winner receives L$250.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 15
11:00 am
Book discussion: Magic Realism - Why isn’t it just fanasy? (Bookstacks)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tholtfinger/47/131/49
The fantastic can be an everyday occurrence in Magic Realism, and the characters treat the events as perfectly normal. The same can be said of the worlds created in fantasy novels. What sets Magic Realism apart from other genres? Our discussion will attempt to shed some light on the division.
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2:00 pm
Writers’ Retreat (UK Writers’ Guild)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/172/140/22
A chance for writers of all genres to meet, share and discuss their
work. Time can also be used to write or share freelance markets, ideas
and tips for publication. This is all about helping one other and
getting results. Guest readers on hand to read for you. Don’t come
empty handed….share, share, share!
GATHERING HELD AT THE STONE CIRCLE
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2pm
Caledon Library Book Discussion
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Sunday, June 15th , 2 - 4pm slt
The Great Lawn of the Whitehorn Library, Caledon VIctoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/30/180/23
Considered the most varied and original of The Bard's early comedies, Midsummer Night's Dream is discovered anew by each generation, as its multiplicity of interpretations and productions shows. The play's fantastical wordplay and imagery is a gorgeous wrapper for a layered tale of the changeable nature of attachment & desire "momentany as a sound, swift as a shadow, short as any dream," which ends, as a good Elizabethan comedies must, with a wedding…but this one is a triple wedding, accompanied by the comic "Play within a play" of Pryamus & Thisbe.
Peopled by such memorable character s as Bottom the Weaver, Titania the proud and impulsive queen of the fairies, and Puck (or Robin Goodfellow), the play transports us to a realm as strange and familiar as a dream.
All lovers of Shakespeare and of fairy lore are invited to join us, as are all Amazon Queens, Sportive Dukes, Star-Crossed Lovers, Sprites, Merry Wanderers of the Night, Talking Walls and Diffident Lions, whether they have read the play or not
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Great Lawn, or use the red and gold book-shaped Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
Please direct questions to JJ Drinkwater, Caledon Library.
This Discussion is part of the "Shakespeare Summer", produced by Radio Riel, with the kind assistance of the Foundation for Rich Content. The Dream will continue on June 21st, with a Gala Midsummer Night's Dream Ball, in the Enchanted sim of Hoy, 6-8pm slt. See the Radio Riel blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/ for more information.
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5pm
Faust by Goethe
5:00 pm SLT - 5:45 pm SLT
Lanzius Promontory, Cape Wrath
SLURL
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Cape%20Wrath/214/147/41
A discussion of Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Discussion will be largely unstructured, but topics for consideration include Satan's actual role in Faust and his decisions and the reconcilation and its relation to actual religious trends of the time. A copy of Faust is available in Caledon's fine libraries. Please also IM Quinn Lanzius for more sources, provided by Mr. JJ Drinkwater. Contact Quinn Lanzius for more information
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MONDAY, JUNE 16
11 am & 7 pm
Bloomsday Celebration! @ West of Ireland Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Bloomsday is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin and elsewhere to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904. Join us for readings by Cunningham Docherty (WOI Curator and Architect) and Derry McMahon (WOI Librarian). Performances at 11am and 7pm slt. Guinness will be served.
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2:00 pm
Aianna Oh Storyteller - Valley of the Ivory Swan (UK Writers’ Guild)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/172/140/2
Real Life Storyteller, Aianna Oh shares her wonderful fantasy book.
GATHERING HELD AT THE STONE CIRCLE
I love April, and not simply because of the promise of spring. April celebrates something which lingers even longer than the fragrance of lilacs. It is National Poetry Month for those of us in the United States.The child alone a poet is:
Spring and Fairyland are his.
Truth and Reason show but dim,
And all's poetry with him.
The Academy of American Poets declared April "National Poetry Month" in 1996, and each year the opportunities to join in the celebration grow. My favorite treat is the daily delivery of poetry. Poets.org and Knopf e-mail new poems each day, and I'm hopeful that The Best Words in their Best Order will again have audio recordings each day.
Second Life is also celebrating National Poetry Month. The Caledon Library is hosting a Spring Poetry Discussion at the Reading Garden on Friday, April 11. Mr Skein, the host, asks that you bring one or two of your favorite poems to share.
The Caledon Library Benefactors event for April is a Jellicle Ball. If you happen to be unfamiliar with Jellicle cats, you may read about them in this month's Book of the Month select, T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," scheduled for Sunday, April 27 at the Whitehorn Library. The Ball will be held on April 26, so there is time to find a top hat to fit your ears and a gown that will allow your tail to twitch freely.
If you haven't made it to the current exhibit at the Whitehorn Library, please visit the second floor. The poetry in Apollinaire's Bestiary is witty fun. My favorite selection is "The Cat." Hmm, I'm sensing a theme.
Elsewhere in Second Life, poetry abounds. Fiction & Latte is hosting a "Depictions of Spring" literary discussion on Thursday, April 3 at 6 p.m. -- again bring your favorite pieces to share. Readings at F&L are done in voice, so even if you don't read, you will want to turn on Voice so you can hear the works. Bookstacks is hosting a poetry-themed trivia game at noon on Saturday, April 5, and there is a poetry discussion scheduled for Sunday, April 20.
I hope to see you all at these wonderful poetry events. Please check the full calendar of events on homepage of The Library Militant.
Date/Time: February 25 6:00 p.m.
Event: The Complete Jane Austen: Discussion of Pride & Prejudice
Location: Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity (slurl)
Description: The Complete Jane returns to the Whitehorn library!
The Library's own Dame Kghia Gherardi will be hosting a discussion of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice on February the 25th, following the airing of the film on PBS's Masterpiece Theater.
Radio Riel will air the Librivox recording this weekend, on Saturday the 23rd, for your listening pleasure, along with programmes of music from Jane Austen's Era. See the Radio Riel blog for the complete schedule.
Date/Time: March 1, 12:00 p.m.
Event: Bookstacks Book Trivia
Location: The Bookstacks (slurl)
Description: Join a lively game of book trivia. This week's topic is Children's Literature.
Date/Time: March 2, 2:00 p.m.
Event: Library Exhibit Opening: The Beauty in the Beasts: Medieval & Modern Bestiaries
Featuring the Bestiary of of Guillame Apollinaire & Raoul Duffy
Location: Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity (slurl)
Description: Medieval bestiaries combined art, science and moral lessons to reflect the thought, philosophies and values of the period. Over the centuries, artists and writers have continued to explore this form. Works such as Le bestiaire ou le cortège d'Orphée (The Bestiary, or The Parade of Orpheus) by Guillaume Apollinaire and Raoul Dufy reflect a modern sensibility and style within the ancient frameworks. In all eras, these works both explored the world, and helped define the human by depicting the non-human. The curators invite Caledon to come and be diverted and edified
Event: "I love you as certain dark things are loved...": A poetry event
Location: Whitehorn Library, Victoria City (slurl)
Description: Miss June Wozniak most sincerely hopes you will join her for a sharing of poems in keeping with the upcoming St. Valentine's holiday. Those poems that we hold closest to our hearts are especially welcome, particularly those that awaken deep ardor and unbridle passions of a most indecent nature.
Date/Time: February 16, Noon
Event: Book Trivia Quiz
Location: Bookstacks (slurl)
Description: The theme is art in all the ways it is peppered through literature.
Date/Time: February 17, 2:00 p.m.
Event: The Scarlet Letter: Caledon Library Book of the Month Discussion
Location: Whitehorn Library, Victoria City (slurl)
Description: The theme is art in all the ways it is peppered through literature.
Note: Austen Discussions will resume Feb. 25, after the final airing of Pride & Prejudice on PBS
Event: Book Trivia Quiz
Location: Bookstacks (slurl)
Description: Australian Literature is the topic. Join in a game of book trivia, test your knowledge of the subject, and have a good time with other bookish people. Prize to the first place winner.
Date/Time: February 2; 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Event: Caledon Library Exhibit Opening & Conversation with the Curator: Notes of Love
Location: Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity (slurl)
Description: Notes of Love: Romance in the Victorian age
Curated by Mica Braun
Date/Time: February 3; 11:00 a.m.
Event: Sunday Book Discussion
Location: Pemberley Clubhouse
Description: Reader's Block
Do you reach the point where you can't read another word? The back of the cereal box is a challenge? What brings on reader's block and how do you get past it?
Join for a weekly general book discussion. Meeting locations change each week to give participants an opportunity to see more of the wonderful environments of Second Life.
Date/Time: February 3; 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Event: Story hour with Gilbert Sapwood
Location: Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity (slurl)
Date/Time: February 4; 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Event: Story Session at the Falling Anvil - Gotcha! Trickster Tales
Location: The Falling Anvil, Caledon Tamrannoch
Description: Sponsored by the Caledon Library, the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers, and the Storytelling Guild
"Gotcha! Tricksters, Con artists, and Tales of FlimFlam"--most cultural traditions have a "trickster" figure like Coyote or Brer Rabbit--tell your story of someone having the wool pulled over their eyes.
Date/Time: February 7, 6:00 p.m.
Event: Beowulf vs. Grendel Book Discussion
Location: Info Island, Meeting Area (slurl)
Description: Join a group of readers to discuss the Seamus Heaney translation of Beowulf and John Gardner’s modern novel Grendel. Explore the continuing power of this medieval epic to touch our twenty-first century lives. Come to the meeting area between the Alliance Library and the Reference Desk on Info International. Everyone welcome.
Date/Time: February 9, Noon
Event: Book Trivia Quiz
Location: Bookstacks (slurl)
Description: Topic to be announced
Date/Time: February 10; 11:00 a.m.
Event: Sunday Book Discussion
Location: TBA
Description: Topic to be announced
Join for a weekly general book discussion. Meeting locations change each week to give participants an opportunity to see more of the wonderful environments of Second Life.