[AmishDude]

Well, as I like to say, I don't read...paper.

It's so 19th century, ya know?

Besides, I have to read a book on finance:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400047587/qid=1151283549/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-7535302-4228611?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Travel:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345431138/ref=pd_sim_b_1/103-7535302-4228611?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

And, of course, history:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345416600/qid=1151283778/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/103-7535302-4228611?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

(OK, I've already read the last two, but you have to read them again to appreciate the subtleties.)

[Torie]

I guess you are more into laughing than crying. That is perfectly understandable. But having a good cry before the laugh, makes the latter all the more satisfying. JMO.

By the way, one of the main characters in the novel had a few trenchant comments about Carter, and had a Reagan Bush sticker on his beat up van in 1984. That brought a smile to my face. No, before you ask, that was just a cameo moment, not what the book was about, except as part of larger theme, one of many, about human dignity.