A book thread! how wonderful! I get to do this at work, too.

Last week I finished the Birkin book on J.M. Barrie in anticipation of having to answer a lot of questions at work about the movie. I was a great read. (and Barrie knew Arthur Ll Davies quite well for 10 years, and there were 5 boys, not 4 ...)

Then I gulped down LeGuin's *The Telling;* my storytelling friends told me I just had to read it, and they were right.

I have a book checked out now on the New Science of Dreams, but meantime I finally got hold of the book on Larry Gorman, and can't wait to dive into it. I did think it had all his lyrics. (I actaully got it from Canada by way of Abebooks. and no, Max, Amazon could not get it.) I just reread the Poe's Raven parody from *Antic Muse,* which I must reread every year, and am about to reread *Child's Christmas in Wales,* which I also must do every year. I'll probably take it to dinner tomorrow and make everyone listen to it.