Okay, this is going to be a quick one.  Can I just say that I really didn't ever need or want to know any of the details of Babs sex life?  I have a special contempt for anyone who chooses to sleep with a married person but then to advertise the fact in your memoirs.  Maybe you should have just kept it to yourself. 

Stay classy, Babs. 

It is banned book week.  I was surprised to see how many books I had read that were in the top 100 banned books.  I think the freedom to read what we want is so important.  It worries me that people don't read as much as they used to.  It worries me that people seem to take their freedoms for granted.  I don't understand the philosophy that I think this book is bad so no one else should read it.  After looking through the list I just wonder why we are so uptigh...

My ten favorite books in no particular order

1. All Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters

2. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott Dell - my favorite book when I was a kid

3. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry - This book was hard for me to read. I cried but it really stayed with me for a long time.

4. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

5. Who Do You Love - Jean Thompson - a collection of short stories

6. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith - classic and in...

I need to start reading more. I feel that my brain is shriveling from disuse. I just need to find time to get to the library and pay my fine. I always have a fine. I would love to start a reading group but I don't know if I can find the time or participants. I could do an online reading group or join a yahoo group.

Anyway what this all comes down to is I need some suggestions of good books people have read lately. I mainly read fiction and my favorite is mysteries. My favorite author ...