FINISHED:
 Wood, Maryrose. (2012). The unseen guest [The incorrigible children of Ashton Place #3]. New York: Balzer + Bray.

[Not my favorite of the 3 so far, but it's still a highly entertaining series.  Much like the TV show LOST (best. show. ever.) she seems to be presenting a whole bunch of clues to something (but, what??), and asking a whole bunch questions and not answering any of them.  In this one, the Widow Ashton comes to visit her son with her new boyfriend and their pet ostrich in tow.  When the ostrich mysteriously gets away, Penelope and the three incorrigibles head off into the forest to find it, eventually having to spend the night in a cave - a cave which Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia seems to know only too well...]

STARTED:
Tyler, Anne. (2012). The beginner's goodbye. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

[NEW ANNE TYLER! NEW ANNE TYLER!!]

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