Hi Everyone, Sorry I didn't make it to the swap today.With everything that's been happening and going on with the weather,I totally forgot today is the day.I really was looking forward to seeing you all.We're really trying to clean up everythng and waiting for help getting things back on the house.We have lots of missing shingles to get back on and the back down spout is laying in the back yard still yet,Not to mention pieces of siding blown off are in the far back yard.And of course a very large tree limb thats too heavy for either of us to move plus all the broken tree limbs and trash that comes along with the ride.But we'll get it done.We were without electric and water from Sunday to Wed.I'm very thankful it wasn't any longer then that and no one was hurt.I'm sorry to hear some of you are still in the dark,But know it won't be long now.I'm very grateful to all the workers who gave up time being with their families and loved ones to bring our power back on. I had so many plants to bring today,But like I said"Totally slipped my mind". I guess I will save them for the Spring Swap.I hope to see you all then.I will miss you all so very much!!Hope you had a good one!! I know you did!! I'll be reading when I can get on line to see what you all swapped for and had to eat. Granny57x

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I was dumbfounded to hear that she got this prestigious award. What in the world? Little Women was one of my favorite rereads as a child, and the idea of telling the story through the father's eyes was very interesting to me, so I had high expectations. They were soon dashed. The premise was good, but the character she drew was so different from what I imagined him to be, that the rest of the story didn't fit. I couldn't imagine Marmee being in love with him. Plus the writing was clunky - her Years of Wonder, despite the iffy ending, was a much better piece of work Then I saw what book she competed against - one was The March by E.J. Doctorow. What!!!??? Her book beat out his? That book was absolutely amazing - anyone with an interest in the Civil War, or anyone who ever read Gone with the Wind and wanted to know what the burning of Atlanta was all about could not do much better than to read this novel. He should have gotten this award. But its all subjective, I guess I did read her nonfiction book, Foreign Correspondents, about her journey to look up her penpals from childhood. That was most excellent, and you can see her journalism training coming through. BTW, her husband is one of my favorite travel writers. Kay, if you liked Blue Latitudes, you should check out his other books. Baghdad Without a Map was written early in his journalism career, about his work in the Middle East. Lots of fun, plus interesting look at the region post Iran revolution. He also talks about working and traveling with Geri a lot - guess who!?

Here is an exerpt from the official Booker Man site: "The prize, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008 after launching in 1969, aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland." Okay.........WHY change the whole premise? I understand the " every kid is equal and every one has to get a trophy" epidemic that seems to be sweeping our country ...but let's leave some things alone.