I'm about to start reading Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. I know that it got stellar reviews from all the media honchos, but what really convinced me to read this book was a review by one of our editors, Victoria Skurnick. You've probably seen her name now and again in the QPB e-mail newsletters and in the catalogs you receive. Victoria called this book "one of the most moving and unusual books of this year" and while the subject matter is compelling in and of itself, it was really how Victoria bared her own soul in telling how much she was moved by the book that convinced me to read it.

We actually have a video of Victoria talking about the book, which you can view right here if you're intrigued by what I just wrote. If you haven't already bought the book, I hope you'll be as convinced as I was just by watching Victoria's reaction to it.