Book Club

I've been a member of my workplace book club since January of this year. I'm ashamed that it took me so long to join, but I'm now very happy to be there every month.

A couple of months ago, my dear colleague Karen Morse left us to move to greener pastures. She had been the fearless leader of our book club, and I took over from her very capable hands.

We're now at the point of needing to select books to read for the next couple of years. The following categories were developed a couple of years ago, and I think we're going to stick with them. We will identify books for each category, and then put it up for vote by all members of the Library staff.

I need you!!! If you have any suggestions for any of these categories, I'd love it if you could add it in comments. Thank you so much!

Now, the categories:

• Biographies & Memoirs 
• Classics and Contemporary Classics 
• General Fiction (non-genre) 
• General Nonfiction 
• Graphic Novels 
• Historical Fiction 
• Mystery/Thriller/Horror 
• SciFi and Fantasy 
• Women's Fiction (formerly romance)
• World Literature (formerly literary fiction)
• Young Adult

Cuban Black Bean Patties with Pineapple Rice

I love this recipe, and it's something the whole family (except Ethan, who's persnickety) will eat. Very, very tasty. I used brown rice instead of white rice for a little extra fiber. A friend of mine gave me some blood orange-infused salt, and I used that in the rice. It gave a lovely orange aroma to the dish. Quite lovely. :)