This year marks the 25th Anniversary of Sandra Cisneros' best-seller The House on Mango Street. Written as a series of vignettes in the voice of  Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl  growing up in Chicago, this book has found a place in grade schools, universities and libraries world-wide. I did get around to reading Sarah's recommendation, Jerry Spinelli's Eggs, and found it to be a unique story about a boy coping with the recent loss of his mother. I can't remember if I mentioned this before or not, but Greg Mortenson has a young readers's edition out of his bestseller- Three Cups of Tea. Mortenson shares his story of dedicating his life to building literacy and peace, is tailored to readers age 8 and up and features several pages of color photos. Lots of laughter in the store lately as people peruse I Can Has Cheezburger? an LOLcats colleckshun featuring pictures of cats caught in compromising positions accompanied by hysterical captions. Our March selection for the Duck's Cottage Reading Group is Alaa Al Aswany's The Yacoubian Building whose back cover reads 'this controversial bestselling novel...reveals the political corruption, sexual repression, religious extremism and modern hopes of Egypt today'. I'm looking forward to starting it. Other local groups are reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Nineteen Mintues (Jodi Picoult), Loving Frank (Nancy Horan) and one of my personal favorites, Traveling Mercies (Anne Lamott). Several of my friends in other book clubs have been raving about two recent reads: Those Who Save Us, a novel by Jenna Blum, and Same Kind of Different As Me, a true story by Ron Hall and Denver Moore.Some hot titles just out in paperback- Curtis Sittenfeld's Laura Bush inspired novel,  American Wife; and on my personal list to read, The Ten Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer. Wolitzer explores the lives of college educated, former career women who have come to the end of a decade spent raising children and are asking themselves 'now what?' Might put that on my Spring Break list! Another new paperback highly recommended by my Penguin rep is The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square by Rosina Lippi. Julia Darrow has moved from Chicago to South Carolina where she finds success with an antique linens shop. She catches the eye of John Dodge who becomes fascinated with her daily wardrobe- designer pajamas. It's all she ever wears!