To all the followers and visitors of the blog, I wanted to wish you the best holiday weekend and hope you have the time to grab a book, sit back and relax ...at least for a while... away from the rat race!

Each one of you that visits the blog, it seems, has a high level of respect and admiration for books...writing and the joy of introspection that books bring to us. They can take us deep inside a person's psyche...invite us on a journey to Shanghai, educate us and help protect us from our enemies and provide an escape even if briefly to a state of mind away from our concerns and worries of the moment.

Have a great weekend.

Dan