Didn't we just do this? maybe it was another group.

I am currently reading Turow's *Personal Injuries* -- just love his insightful analysis of the sea of corruption in what is a thinly veiled Chicago. (except Laws of our Fathers, which I think was way hard on the Black Panthers -- too many of us remember Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.)

Lots of faves mentioned; Sharyn McCrumb's con spoof, *Bimbos of the Death Sun;* also if you haven't read any of the ballad novels, you'll love 'em -- in the newest you find out why Spence Arrowood's parents were so crummy to him in favor of his jerk brother.

Connie Willis *Bellwether* is a gas. I'm on the waiting list for her newest.

Gee, and I wonder why I never seem to have a clean house, a weeded garden, or a practiced repertoire.