So, I finally feel confident enough in my French to let myself read in English again. What a pleasure it is! I started with The Da Vinci Code as my light vacation reading in Turkey (it was definitely intriguing, if a bit of a guilt-pleasure.) Now I seem to see odes to Mary Magdalene and the eternal feminine every where as I hit the tourist sites in Paris with my parents.

I moved onto Donna Tartt's The Little Friend a few days ago and it too is very, very engrossing. I went to hear her do a reading in New York City for the launch a couple of years ago and am finally getting around to reading it. Has anyone out there read it? Would love to have a "discussion" about it when I am finished. It'll be just like old times with the Park Slope-style book club. I'll bring the wine.