Happy November

It's been way too long. Seriously.
I spent October in a blur of coffee (work), friends visiting, and mini road trips.
Another change of address. Another coffee event. Another mini heart ache because I won't see those friends for a while.
And I haven't been able to squeeze a single book to read in that time. Only 3 New Yorker articles.

Oh baby it wasn't you, it's me! And I'm back! I'm reading again, sigh.

A few months ago, I stumbled across an NPR book review. If you know me, I don't have good luck with book reviews as they never live up to their expectations. However that doesn't stop me from reading what people of think of books, what authors think of other authors, etc. They have a column where librarian Nancy Pearl recommends books, which makes sense right? A librarian, surrounded by free books, she would know. And she does. My current book Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel might be my favorite contemporary read of the year as it was featured in one of her 'Under the Radar' picks. I'm declaring this, mind you, and I'm not even half way finished. That is how much I love reading it. And I better like it because it took me about 4 book stores to find a copy (I finally made my rounds of bookstores both new and used and happy to say it made me love Vermont even more).

Here is the book review...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128823435

Here is an excerpt of the book...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128805868