Carol Cochran, Minneapolis: I'm reading "The Art of Civilized Conversation" by Margaret Shepherd. I put H. G. Wells' "The Invisible Man"

and N. Scott Momaday's "House Made of Dawn" on my bookstand. I learn so much from all I read, and one book leads to another.

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