Wow. It's winter. As if there were any doubt. On the bright side, it's the PERFECT weather for snuggling by the fireplace with a hot toddy and a good Book... I just started Snow, by Orhan Pamuk. Appropriate, no?

Here's the recommended books from On the Nightstand from Fall 2008. Most of them were mine. Heather seems to be on strike:

• Shift, by Jennifer Bradbury
• Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
• Finding Nouf, by Zoe Ferraris
• Oh Pure and Radiant Heart, by Lydia Millet
• The Prairie Girl's Guide to Life, by Jennifer Worick
• Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman
• Without a Backward Glance, by Kate Veitch
• Made in America, by Bill Bryson
• The Risk Pool, by Richard Russo
• Genesis, by Jim Crace
• Lulu in Marrakech, by Diane Johnson
• When Will There be Good News? by Kate Atkinson