What you're saying about The Hunger Games just reinforces my decision not to read it. :) My friends have all been raving about how good it is, and I'm quite sure it is, but I read The Handmaid's Tale earlier this year and one dystopian novel a year is all I can handle. ;)

Didn't know Meredith Baxter had a memoir out. Will have to give that one a try since I've always liked her. :)

Thanks for the heads up on Bryson. I have too many good memories of Europe to have them belittled by him. :(