Table for Sixteen

“I like large parties, they're so intimate. 

At small parties, there isn't any privacy"

F. Scott Fitzgerald

This is one of the few Friday photos which isn't my own but it's a great nod to the recent GBC meeting for The Great Gatsby and quite delightful for a Friday.  I wish I could have been able to join.  Hope your weekend is stellar and full of good reads.

Photo Credit:  Michael Emrick
The Mad Platter Restaurant, Nashville, TN
October 2012

"The World is Ahead"

I remember the cover of my first The Hobbit book.  I think I purchased it from one of those magazines at school where you could buy three books for a few dollars and everyone's books delivered on the same day like one gigantic bookworm Christmas in the spring.  I'm pretty sure I still have my copy but one of the downsides of sorting your bookcase loosely by genre, book type, and height is that you really can't lay your hands on a book quickly when you want to write about it in the few moments you have before departing for the office.  There is a chance it's with my sister.  She liked The Hobbit too.

Today the Peter Jackson film premieres in New Zealand, and I'm pretty sure this will be on my viewing list.

The Truth is Out There

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens would make a fascinating book for GBC discussion.  The novel has been attempted to be finished by various persons at least three times and is currently the feature of a musical at Studio 54, Drood.  The novel was intended to be completed in 12 installments however only six were published, leaving the disappearance of Edwin Drood to remain a mystery.  Wiki has a pretty thorough entry but I'd suggest holding out to read the story and draw your own conclusions   

Table the Motion

How did you spend your post-holiday Saturday?  Mine was divided into little segments of activities;  some were dedicated to chores and others to pleasure.  My run was a bit of both.  Some moments were stolen away for reading little articles.  I even took a test.  The Guardian's Thanksgiving thinking: feasts in fiction quiz was quite fun, despite the fact that my score was akin to my dressing, a tad underwhelming.  I'm sure you could fare better.