I'm reading a book I liked enough to buy for my mom for Xmas -- Beth Gutcheon's "Good Bye and Amen." It's about funerals, families and the Episcopal (I think) church.

" ... he told her just to use the service from last week and use the word processor to substitute "Edna" for "Mary", and obviously she didn't do any proofreading because at one point we were all on our knees praying to the Virgin Edna.
You wouldn't think it was funny if it happened at your mother's funeral."

Wally Lamb's new book, "The Hour I First Believed" has come out and of course is very good. It largely concerns the Columbine school shooting (and several other themes). Another good novel based on school shootings is "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver, who also wrote several other good novels. Seems like there hasn't been a school-shooting spree for a little while. Hope that doesn't mean one's about due.