Double Read- Book # 16 and #17. The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg.A different twist on what to do if your spouse dies. The main character,Betta, reinvents herself after her husband dies. She sells her home, moves to a small town in the Midwest, reconnects with her college friends, starts a new business, and adds three new men to her life (ages 10 to 65). I liked the idea of her finding pleasure in her simple daily routines. Of course, it helped that she sold her house in Boston for a large sum of money and she doesn't have to worry about making a living. Not exactly the usual, but I enjoyed the book.

Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance by Lloyd Jones. Boy, what dancing lessons could do for ones romantic life. I say go out and learn the tango and see what might happen. Jones can really weave a story and it isn't all romantic or pretty.