Book Choices Looming

It's been a busy fall for the Cupcakes, individually and as a group, and we're still finding our way in the virtual mode as we bridge physical distances. Mostly this means more bang for our buck when we do get together, with a lot of blogging and e-mails in-between.

We like to keep it casual, but we have decided that we do want to read the same books in the same months and keep going with the Chronicles whenever and however we may fancy (and we do fancy the fancy, generally speaking).

But how to choose with so many books, so little time -- and each of us with piles and piles of books on the bedside table, beside the couch, at the kitchen counter? It's a book, book world. We all have multiple reading going at the same time (Short Attention Span Theater), and there are new distractions every day.

And so it's assignment time! For the month of November, Catherine has chosen a book by Kathryn Stockett, The Help. And we have our December book already: Bright-Sided, by Barbara Ehrenreich. I'm really looking forward to reading both of these books with the Cupcakes as we go through the holiday season.

Meanwhile, can we all do a bedside documentary or a book list? I love the ones we've put up in the past and it's fun to track those over time. Mine is eclectic but very Italy-focused right now as we get ready for our trip. I'll put something up soon.

And let's not forget Annie Lamott. Maybe in addition to Forster's "Only Connect," we can have "Bird by Bird" as a Talking Cupcake motto. We're all getting there, bird by bird. And what's the point? Well, only to connect.