Thanks Deb, the trip back East was fun, and it had been a long time since I’d been there. I’d love to bike to the end of the C&O towpath sometime. !
It seems A Guardian and a Thief has received a lot of buzz lately. I’m also on the library wait list for it. It sounds a bit alarming with the climate change in the story. Cheers. Hope you can get a copy.

I could not resist requesting A Guardian and a Thief. Of course I am late to the table and it will be awhile before it arrives for me.

Hi Jinjer: glad you’re liking Taylor’s new album. Woohoo I hear it’s different than her others but good. I’ve listened to some of it and liked it.
Being on the C&O towpath, made me want to bike that one and the Erie Canal path which is even longer. 360 miles! We might look into it for next year! Hope you are doing well. Happy October.

That towpath sounds cool. There’s another blogger who visited one on the Erie Canal in Ohio. I want to see the towpaths!!!

I love Taylor’s new album so much!!!!

Thanks Tracy, it was a good season to be there, though sort of weird with what’s going on now.
I’m glad you think the Gish Jen book sounds appealing. It is a bit since it’s based on her relations with her own mother. Gish also has another book — a collection of short stories titled Thank You Mr. Nixon that seems quite good and pretty popular. So I might also look into getting that from the library.
I hope you get some rain there! I’m sure you could use it after a hot summer. The snow here was a bit early and surprising. But I think it will melt this week and then come back later. Happy October to you!

Hey Constance, it was nice to get your message about Canadian Thanksgiving, thanks! It seems no one knows about it in the States, lol.
DMV is sort of apt acronym for the DC area these days, ha. Mount Vernon was great the day we went — hardly anyone was there and we had the guides to ourselves. It’s an amazing place. You should tour there again sometime.
It’s interesting to hear that the Susan Orlean book had that effect on you. I can understand — it’s a pretty cool book about the LA library. It’s great you work at a library, hooray! Happy October.

Hi Rachel, Mount Vernon was amazing the day I went. Hardly anybody else was there — so I felt we had some of the guides to ourselves. It was also a nice fall day too. It seems like you’ve been in the DC area a bit. I agree it’s a weird time to visit there now.
You might have to check out the novel Sacrament — after your work experience during Covid. Man, what a crazy time it was for hospitals and staff. And I’m still working up my courage to see The Lost Bus movie about the Camp fire in Paradise. You live pretty close! Hope that won’t happen like that again. Happy October.

It was nice to read about upcoming books but none of them are calling to me as much as others on my wishlist. The book by Gish Jen sounds the most interesting.

And, wow, snow on October 12th? We are supposed to have rain here tonight and tomorrow, and as long as it doesn’t get too bad, I am very excited about that.

Sounds like a fun trip to DMV. I regret not visiting my brother more frequently when he lived there – I haven’t been to Mount Vernon since I was a baby (and I only know this because my mother says I screamed the whole time) and I would like to see it.

I think Susan Orlean’s book caused me to go to library school. Not sure I will ever become a full time librarian but you never know.