Welcome to "The Junto" -aBookClub-

• Genre of the month - Historical Fiction
• Book - The Last Days of Night - Graham Moore
• Book Length - 366 pages / 13h (Audible)
• Book Suggested by (Who do we hold accountable?) - Dan Hendrickson (Recommended to him by the proprietor of "Fenton Open Books")
• Meeting Date: 3/11/2024 - 6:30PM
• Meeting Location: Dan's House
• Average rating of the book - 7.92

• Genre of the month - Historical Fiction
• Book - The Revenant - Michael Punke
• Book Length - 262
• Meeting Date: 4/22/2024 - 6PM
• Book Suggested by (Who do we hold accountable?) - George Lieber
• Meeting Location: Jim's House - 9224 Woodridge Dr. Davison
• Average rating of the book - 7

• Genre of the month - Quest, Adventure, Fantasy (per Wikipedia)
• Book - The Alchemist
• Book Suggested by (Who do we hold accountable?) - Tom Goyette
• Book Length - 182
• Meeting Date: 5/9/2024
• Meeting Location: Churchills
• Average rating of the book - 6.39

• Genre of the month - Science Fiction / Alternative History
• Book - The Man In the High Castle
• Book Suggested by (Who do we hold accountable?) - Dan Hendrickson
• Book Length - 259
• Meeting Date: 7/11/2024 6:30PM
• Meeting Location: Dan's Pontoon
• Average rating of the book - TBD at meeting

Meeting Notes:

• New Member - Don Covert
• We consulted The "I Ching" (The Oracle) – Thanks George! That was fun!!

• Genre of the month - Science Fiction / Space Opera
• Book - Hyperion
• Book Suggested by (Who do we hold accountable?) - George Lieber
• Book Length - 500
• Meeting Location: 5746 Island Dr. Goodrich, Mi 48438
• Meeting Date: 9/23/2024 - 6:30PM
• Average rating of the book - 7.71

• Genre of the month - Science Fiction / Space Opera
• Book - The Fall Of Hyperion
• Book Suggested by (Who do we hold accountable?) - Group
• Book Length - 517
• Bourbon Selection - Blanton's Original Single Barrel
• Meeting Location: Ryan's House - 9241 Meadowview Dr. Davison, Mi 48423
• Meeting Date: 12/02/2024
• Average rating of the book - 7.62

• Genre of the month - History / Nonfiction
• Book - The Fight of Their Lives: A 21st-Century Primer on World War II
• Book Suggested by (Who do we hold accountable?) - Jim Vandaputte
• Book Length - 385
• Bourbon Selection - TBD
• Meeting Location: Steve's House - 2201 Mapleview Ct. Davison, Mi 48423
• Meeting Date: 1/27/2025
• Average rating of the book - TBD at meeting

Meeting Notes:

• It was decided that the "Club Drink" is the Old Fashioned.
• It was also decided that we would all chip in for a new bottle of bourbon for the old fashioned for each meeting.
• Anything left over would be kept in the traveling bar and brought to meetings (container TBD).