Thursday Ramblings - joeB knows how to pick um'

Well Thursday again, a very fast paced week for me, you? Thankful for a holiday next week spent with family and eating some great food!

Did you notice which book and author Oprah Winfrey picked for her book club? None other than Ken Follett and his 1989 novel Pillars of the Earth. Extra copies were shipped out to the respective bookstores in anticipation of the announcement. Mr. Follett is the author of the month for Fiction Views and everyone else has jumped on the bandwagon. Good for them! This is as I stated on November 1, a book unlike any other Ken has written. Pillars is based around the building of a Gothic cathedral during the Middle Ages.

Earlier in the week noted author Ira Levin passed away. Well known for Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives, his best work for me was The Boys From Brazil. All three novels were made into movies.

A novel about the Vietnam War, Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson won the National Book Award in Washington. From the description and interview with the author, I may have Santa bring ol' joeb this winner for Christmas!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!