On a completely different note, J. L. Carr's A Month in the Country was just republished and it is just a lovely little book. A young veteran of WWI spends a summer restoring a mural in a country church in England, between the wars.

    Just finished Marisha Pessl's (Special Topics in Calamity Physics) new book  Night Film, and it is well worth reading. Big book with a plot powered by a murder mystery, that draws the reader in completely. Even the critical reviews make it clear that the reviewer accepted the premises.) Anyway I would recommend this to any fan of horror.
    Also, Doctor Sleep is here, also very good. Not quite as good as The Shining, but how could it be?

     Well, Mother's cancer is back with a vengeance. Tumors, and now it's gotten into her lungs. Caroline says she'll be with us for Xmas, but she won't last a full year. And she refuses surgery and chemotherapy. Well, that's her choice, I can't say I really blame her.  She says everyone she knows except me and Caroline is dead, including Daddy. There's no arguing with her.