Had a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family. Finished SOW and started Mourning Gloria - a China Bayles mystery. Book club meets tomorrow night for discussion. Our next book is a mystery which is a genre we don't usually read.

Have been working on getting ready for Thanksgiving. We are up to 18- with family and friends. House is fairly picked up and cleaned, silver polished, actually got the kitchen cabinets cleaned and polished. Washed light fixtures. Dishes are on the table. Starting some baking tonight- blonde brownies for those who don't want pie (apple or pumpkin). Pies to be made on Weds. And I still need to finish SOW- almost done. Did pick up the latest China Bayles mystery when I was at the library Thursday night for the library board meeting. NY Times had an article on Ann Patchett and the book store she is opening because she couldn't live in a town without a(n) (independent) bookstore. Great.

Starting reading State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. Finding it quite interesting and while not a quickly moving plot or story it is holding my attention. I am focusing on Patchett's writing- really beautifully written. About halfway through. My book club meets the Monday after Thanksgiving so I am on track to finish before the meeting. Will be having family and friends for Thanksgiving and feeling pretty organized. Scary.

This is the beautiful deer that was in my backyard this morning.Actually he was fighting another buck and it was pretty neat to watch the interaction between the two.

Read this article this morning in the New York Times. Sounds like a worth while organization.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/opinion/sunday/kristof-his-libraries-12000-so-far-change-lives.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Last week my book club had what was undoubtedly the most animated and interesting discussion in quite awhile. Even though I didn't get to really re-read The Tiger's Wife the discussion and input from my book buddies was valuable in helping me better understand the book. It is not an easy read but definitely worth it. Our next book is Ann Patchett's State of Wonder . I was hoping to take it out of the library but when I signed up for it last week there were 101 requests ahead of mine. Today there were only 79 requests. No copies at the used book store so I had to suck it up and buy it. And it isn't in paperback yet (one of our rules is to suggest a book that is available in PB form). So off I went to Barnes and Noble to purchase the book. Well it was not easy to locate for some reason and then the staff person helping me said there were only 5 copies in the store! Hope it is good. Have started the latest in the Coffeehouse Mysteries - Murder by Mocha which will be fun.