h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I seem to spend quite a lot of time on Zoom. The Council use it for their meetings and the French conversation group I belong to use it for their sessions.

It works most of the time (though sometimes members of the group can't get their cameras or microphones working.) It's not the same, though. You don't get the chat round the edges of the meeting that you might if you met for real. And once, a council meeting was interrupted by a whole group of people who burst in and shouted to each other in Spanish!

As for books, I used to a real bookworm . However, it recently occurred to me that there are lots of books which I've read in the past but completely forgotten. Maybe I should go back and reread them..One book I've read recently and would recommend, it you haven't already read it is American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. I found it horrifying but compelling.

I've been avoiding Zoom, though I enjoy texting on Skype. But Zoom is turning out to be a godsend for the universities and business people! (As well as for those who love to watch compilation Youtubes of cats interrupting business meetings.)

Reading about immigration issues is a great idea! I looked up 'American Dirt'. I found, among many criticisms of inaccuracy, misrepresentation, 'appropriation', etc, this list of recommendations of books to read instead. Some of them sound really good - maybe something for your reading list?

'17 Great Books on the Border to Read Instead of ‘American Dirt’'
http://www.texasobserver.org/17-great-books-on-the-border-to-read-instead-of-american-dirt/

This is a book of poems, and...wow:

'Unaccompanied' by Javier Zamora

Javier Zamora was just 9 years old when he traveled alone from El Salvador to the United States to reunite with his parents, who had already fled violence. He’s now a poet living in New York City. The poems in 'Unaccompanied' are based on his harrowing journey here, but they also interrogate the United States’ role in funding and supporting the Salvadoran Civil War.