I prowled through the craft stores this week looking for orange and brown. Time to change "the look" in the store and at home - a bittersweet task. Entirely dark at 9 pm now but that means more hours to read! I'm finishing Siddhartha and Gilead, reading a little Emily Dickinson and realizing that I've misplaced a couple of books I started this spring. Where could they be?

I love belonging to goodreads.com because I find out about so many great reads and get to read the reviews my friends post there. This no-cost site is that place where all my lists can all reside - the books I have read, my reviews and the books I hope to read before I die - sort of my literary Bucket List. We are gearing up for a wonderful and busy autumn. Inklings will soon celebrate our 9th anniversary. We have chosen a book that many of us have read and loved as our Anniversary Celebration Book for 2009. It is Labor Day by Joyce Maynard. We think you are going to like it to. Kind of fun that the special begins around Labor Day, too, don't you think? During September, Labor Day, usually $24.99 will be only $17.49! Read it and get ready to buy a stack for Christmas gifts. The coupon below is reusable - buy as many copies of Labor Day as you'd like!

Sue Domis of Inklings Bookshop reviewed Labor Day:"What a surprise! I didn't expect to be so moved by this book. It is simply great in a quiet gentle way. This is a coming of age story, a story about a lonely agoraphobic single mother, & an escaped convict who brings love & wisdom to them both. My heart was really touched by the characters & I hope they'd have a good ending. I still think about them, a few months after I've read the book. That's the sign of a great read for me!