Where oh where has the nice weather gone?

The days of heavy overcast gray skies are already wearing on me.  The current temperature is 42 degrees and I and Coffee Cup are feeling a little rough this morning with the cold and sinus bug that is going around.  I really could have just stayed in bed this morning if it was not for having to deliver Chance to school by 8 am.

It is probably a good thing I did have a commitment as now I am up and have already made two appointments into my day – I love making appointments before people are int he office.  That way I can give details of what I need and the right person usually calls me back with the right info and a date and time instead of being put on hold and waiting forever to get to the right person who then ponders over a schedule for 10 minutes….  LOL.  Yes I even micro manage my time to make appointments.  🙂

Anyway… as I ramble on, has anyone seen this book?  Novel Destinations?  I think it looks wonderful.  I have seen bloggers have opportunities to go to wonderfully bookish sites and I think I wouldn’t even know where to start.  For all I know I could have been in areas where great books were written and land marks are just a few steps away and totally unaware…. (oblivious seems harsh right?) I wander my own way.

For the new breed of vacationer who craves meaningful trips and unusual locales, the combination of reading and travel can be a heady mix—especially if you happen to be checking into Hemingway’s favorite hotel in Sun Valley, or strolling about Bath’s Royal Crescent while entertaining fantasies of Lizzie Bennett and her Mr. Darcy! Cue National Geographic’s Novel Destinations—a guide for bibliophiles to more than 500 literary sites across the United States and Europe.

I just love book on books.  I have one that lists the top 100 books that I should be reading.  Uh yeah… good luck with that when all these new ones keep calling me like shiny new cars….

One I use frequently is The Book Club Companion.  This one was a life saver as my book club grew large and I was struggling to figure out how to run a successful meeting.  This book gives not only great reads to discuss… but fun themes for the group, recipes to try, questions to ask, what to do if there is no leader.. etc.  LOVE this book.

Apparently I am in a very Bookie mood this morning.  I need to do some research today on how to run an online book club…. haven’t done that before, but with a group already created (Word Shakers) and a plan to review The Help.  I had best get a good grasp on how to do this.  Any advice?  🙂