Almost done with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I have seen this book at the local book store and library and frankly the cover put me off. It was creepy, ghoulish and for the life of me I couldn't pick it up to read. For some reason two weeks ago I saw it again at the library and decided I should at least give it a try since it is on several best seller lists. The premise is that a young man has heard fairy tale type stories from his grandfather accompanied by black and white photos. Upon his grandfather's death the young man decides he needs to find out more about his grandfather's past. To my surprise the story is not so much a mystery but rather more of a time travel- fantasy tale with a good vs evil story line. Not as creepy as I expected. Have been spending hours helping my 90yr old mother and 94 yr old father (with ALZ) pack up their home of 53 years to move to assisted living. Lots of memories, lots of treasures and lots of junk!! Many boxes containing some one else's treasure are going to the church tag sale. Also have made time to sail with my son. We placed 2nd in our Beetle sailboat for the month of July. He is a very able, competent and smart skipper with whom I have total confidence.