Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year! I would like to read A Short History of Nearly Everything as our next selection. I started it at the beach last summer but ran out of time before I could finish it. What I read was full of great stories of truly quirky people throughout the history of scientific discovery.

I am thinking of reading it on my brand-new Kindle! Merry Christmas to me! If either of you has any suggestions for how to make the best use of this marvelous device, please fill me in.

I fly to DC in a few hours and then head up to Gettysburg for about 10 days. Are either of you in town?

Suggestions?

Do you have any suggestions for our next book? I have some ideas I've been kicking around but I'd love to hear your ideas.

Some of the books I'd like to read soon include The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño, Changing My Mind (a book of essays) by Zadie Smith, The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Have you read those already?

I've started Christmas shopping. Have you read any books lately that you think my mom might like? Successful gifts for her in the past few years have included The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and Mr. Pettigrew's Last Stand. I tend to look for mysteries for her that are not too scary or gory. Thanks for any suggestions!