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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Hi everyone,</font></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Thanks for a great call. The discussion was very interesting and I appreciate everyone's contributions. A special thank you to Jim, Nan, Adam, Mark, Frank and Lynn for preparing responses to our study guide questions. Great comments! I am already pumped for our next call.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">I've posted the recording of our call at </font><a href="http://www.readingodyssey.com"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">http://www.readingodyssey.com</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">, listed as "Homer 2009-1 Books 1-8 Oct 5 09 -audio recording"</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Our next call is Monday, Nov. 2, 8PM EST, and we'll be discussing books 9-16. Some of the best-known stories in the Odyssey will appear in books 9-12, when Odysseus recounts his journey from Troy to Calypso's lair. In books 13-16, Odysseus will be reunited with Telemachus.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">I'll be sending messages to everyone reading along with us to this email address: </font><a href="mailto:homer2009-2@readingodyssey.org"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">homer2009-1@readingodyssey.org</font></a></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Just post to that address to reach everyone in the group with questions or comments. It'll be a good way for all of us to keep the conversation going between calls.</font></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Thanks again for the great thoughts. Happy reading, and talk to you soon!</font></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Best,</font></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Andre</font></div>
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