Book Talk: Elizabeth Gilbert ~ Big Magic

This is actually a really hard post to even articulate into words, but I will try.

Elizabeth Gilbert first came into my life all the way back in 2010. A little book club in Central Illinois called the Page Turner's picked a book called 'Eat, Pray, Love' to read for their August meeting. I LOVED the book. That book means so much more to me than words on pages, after I read that book I feel like it changed the way I look at myself as participant in the universe.

Fast forward five years. I now live in Arizona, and part of living in a sprawling metropolis is authors make stops here to talk about their new books, and I'm literally 10 minutes away! 

Today the author in town was Elizabeth Gilbert, talking about her new book 'Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear'. I think what I like about Elizabeth is her humor and I love a girl who will drop an F-bomb in front of a room full of strangers. She writes like I would think to myself, a flowing stream of consciousness narrative with sarcasm sprinkled in among a few choice words, totally right up my alley.

She started her talk by reading an excerpt from the book. It talks about living your creative life, whatever that creativity means to you.

"and while the paths and outcomes of creative living will vary wildly from person to person, I can guarantee you this: A creative life is an amplified life. It's a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner--continually and stubbornly bringing forth the jewels that are hidden within you--is a fine art, in and of itself. Because creativing living is where Big Magic will always abide"

Whoa. It's big stuff. I wish I could have recorded her talking because her responses to the Q&A session were like whoa, change the way you see yourself kind of responses. She goes on to talk about fear. Fear and creativity go hand and hand. Wherever there is a creative thought there is fear right behind. You become afraid of so many things that it steals the ability for you to find the jewels hidden within you. Fear of not being good enough, fear that others have already done it better, afraid your dreams are embarrassing or afraid of so many things. 

She ended by telling us that she was sorry. Sorry because she would not be doing a signing line and personalizing books. She did however go to the publishing company's warehouse and sign over 20,000 books ahead of time. She said this was the hard part of creativity, you sometimes have to say no to things you love in order to keep yourself healthy. She is doing her biggest book tour ever and knew that in order to do that she would have to say no to meeting us individually. 

She ended the session by reading a poem by Louise Erdrich which also makes you think...

Advice to Myself
by Louise Erdrich

Leave the dishes.
Let the celery rot in the bottom drawer of the refrigerator
and an earthen scum harden on the kitchen floor.
Leave the black crumbs in the bottom of the toaster.
Throw the cracked bowl out and don't patch the cup.
Don't patch anything. Don't mend. Buy safety pins.
Don't even sew on a button.
Let the wind have its way, then the earth
that invades as dust and then the dead
foaming up in gray rolls underneath the couch.
Talk to them. Tell them they are welcome.
Don't keep all the pieces of the puzzles
or the doll's tiny shoes in pairs, don't worry
who uses whose toothbrush or if anything
matches, at all.
Except one word to another. Or a thought.
Pursue the authentic-decide first
what is authentic,
then go after it with all your heart.
Your heart, that place
you don't even think of cleaning out.
That closet stuffed with savage mementos.
Don't sort the paper clips from screws from saved baby teeth
or worry if we're all eating cereal for dinner
again. Don't answer the telephone, ever,
or weep over anything at all that breaks.
Pink molds will grow within those sealed cartons
in the refrigerator. Accept new forms of life
and talk to the dead
who drift in though the screened windows, who collect
patiently on the tops of food jars and books.
Recycle the mail, don't read it, don't read anything
except what destroys
the insulation between yourself and your experience
or what pulls down or what strikes at or what shatters
this ruse you call necessity.

What a Visit!

The family has returned home after their big AZ adventure and today sadly my vacation ended too, back to work for me. I dropped everyone off at the airport this morning, came home for a quick nap, and then off to work again! Everyone arrived safely back in Illinois to many a wagging tail, their fur-babies missed them all very much! 

Here's a few of the things we managed to squeeze in! 

We grilled...

We visited the Memorial Park downtown Phoenix in front of the Capital Building...

We saw one of the anchors and the signal mast from the USS Arizona...

We found the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine at Tortilla Flats...

We visited the Commemorative Air Force Museum...

We went to Organ Stop Pizza...

We visited with Oliver and Audrey...

 We swam...

We watched baseball...

Gpa and I got on the big screen... no big deal...

They cheered me at the Warrior Dash....

 We saw more WWII Planes...

B-24 (The only one still flying)

B-17

(sidenote: Dad and I have seen 3/8 remaining B-17s still flying)

P-51

I had so much fun with everyone visiting. I love that this was Gma and Gpa's first vacation since my mom was little! We got to see a lot in the time they were here but we have so much more to see when they come back! Hopefully my next big vacation will be to visit NiBo in Hawaii!

I even had the chance to read/finish a book while I was on vacation...

This was the first book I have checked out digitally from my Library. Very convenient to be able to download a book for free without having to leave the house. I actually first came across this book after I saw the video below on a photographer of abandoned places page that I follow on Facebook, and I had to read the book. The book is filled with real pictures the author has found and incorporates the stories of those photos into the book. I have just started reading the second book in the series, and just now discovered there is a third book due out in September. I read this book in two late nights, I couldn't put it down and it left off with a cliffhanger ending so I'm glad I was able to snatch up the second book (also a digital checkout on my Nook) and I just got notification today that Girl on the Train is in and ready for me to read (again, digital check out) Look at me being a reader and all.... well I'm off to finally sleep in my own bed again! (I was an awesome granddaughter and let Gma/Gpa have my bed)

Workweek Rewind

What a week! Week 2 of the new job and week 3 of being an Arizonian. Lets talk about work for a minute. This was our first week at our actual office, well Monday through Wednesday anyway for me. The last two days of the week were spent at another building for some required training, but we'll get to that in a minute.

First off this job is going to be great, though it will have it's challenges I think it's a great place for me to be, it's kind of the rockstar job. Basically I'll be helping to train new employees, essentially a glorified teacher. I've always wanted to be a teacher in some way so I can't wait to get going and see if that truly is what I want. Great thing here is, soooo many opportunities. In my old area we just didn't have that. My coworkers are so nice and positive. It's basically the exact opposite of my old department, which is something I desperately needed.

So this training.... well it was basically a speech/presentation class. We had to give seven impromptu speeches and one prepared speech AND they recorded us = my.worst.nightmare! Overall the class was amazing. I learned a lot. They gave us pointers on some of our strong points and some things we can work on to improve. I need to work on using the room a little more, aka, walk around more. I also need to pause rather than saying um, so, or and. Learning to not hold my hands in front of me is also something to work on. Tons of great pointers. Luckily they weren't as concerned with the content of the speech rather they focused on the mechanics you used. My prepared presentation was about cupcakes and I made some to bribe everyone and make friends... I know what's up.

Honestly though, the worst part of the whole thing wasn't getting up and rambling in front of a group of people or having homework from work, it was sitting there having to watch yourself. You see after you gave your presentations they would take you into another room and make you watch it! TORTURE! Here is a screenshot of one of my speeches on day 2.

Day 1 speeches I could barely pay attention to what I was supposed to be listening to all I could focus on was my outfit. My mirror lied to me that morning. I left the house thinking I looked nice, whoa wrong! I was rocking one major spare tire in the mid-section. Yikes. This day 2 outfit was able to hide a major portion of the midsection and I hope that the camera added like 20 lbs but I don't think that is the case. Homegirl needs to stop feeding her face some crap and get it together.

The whole moving thing was stressful and now hopefully that things have settled down I can get into a nice routine and add healthy things in there. Eventually I will get a weekly meal plan down and get some actual food up in here rather than the quick and easy things, because we all know quick and easy is no the healthy way.

The rest of my weekend has been very easy and non busy. I did have to get up early on Saturday and drive 20 minutes to the Ford dealer so I can get Edgar's strut replaced. I arrived at 7:45 am and left at was done at 10:50 am, not too bad. I had planned to spend most of my whole day there so when it was just the morning I was pleasantly surprised.

Though I did keep getting distracted by Spiderman 2 playing loudly on the TV I was able to get a book started, Wild by Cheryl Strayed. So far so good, not quite what I was expecting but not bad.

Today I did not much. I vacuumed and put a few things away. I went and returned a pair of shoes I bought at Payless because the soles were talking to me already, I've worn them like 3 times, come on people! Then off to Petsmart to pick up a few things for Oliver, he's less meowy. I think he just meows at me because he wants me to give him soft food, but once he realizes I'm not he meanders away to play with something or sleep. I also picked up a few foamy hand soaps from Bath and Body Works. I love being close to everything. I'm literally 4 mins from a Target, it's awesome! 

More of the same for the coming week at work anyway. It's like being in college again or something with all the classes and training we are doing, but we are getting paid! I'm trying to get the rooms presentable enough to take a picture to show you my diggs, just be kind and remember it's still a work in progress.

I hope you all had a great weekend, enjoy your workweek! 

I Read It Somewhere: Humans of New York

Welcome to a new blog segment I'm calling 'I Read it Somewhere' In this segment I will share news stories and fun little blips I read about, well, somewhere. 

I've noticed more and more lately that there are things I read about and would like to share with you all, because once I know something it's fun to share (I'm pretty sure I've hooked OL on a few things now and again) But as of late the only thing my Facebook has is stories I've read somewhere and shared on my page, oh and also things like "I was not emotionally prepared for this episode #soa" or something like "o m g" because really can we just have a moment for the amazingness that was last night's Sons of Anarchy?HOLY MOLY... but I digress... back to my I read it somewhere. 

So here is my first 'I read it somewhere' that I would like to share, Humans of New York.

I'm pretty sure I read about this on CNN (it's one of my daily check websites) but what is Humans of New York you're asking. Humans of New York or HONY, is a project by photographer Brandon Stanton. It started out as idea to create a visual census of New York with humble beginnings as a blog showcasing just the pictures, http://www.humansofnewyork.com, then it developed into something more, he began collecting quotes and stories about the subjects of his photographs and HONY took on a whole new feel.

He now has a book out the shows off 400 photos in a hardback edition. I bought this book at Barnes and Noble and love flipping through the pages. I like photography books like this, it's awesome to read the stores and quotes of people that he basically just met on the street. It really drives home the reminder that everyone has a story, and this is a great way to see that presented in beautiful photographs. You definitely need to check this out. Be sure to check out the Humans of New York Facebook page so you can get all the stories and photographs right in your news feed!

I Met a Canadian Astronaut

You might remember a few months ago in the post 'How is Canada Cooler than the US?' where I mentioned that I was slightly stalking Canadian Astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield on twitter? Well it just so happens that Colonel Hadfield has just published his first book 'An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth' I've been reading about this book for months, and when I went to check about a book signing I just happened to notice that he was going to be in Chicago! Sure it's a 2.5hr drive but it would be totally worth it, I've never met a real famous person. I had told A.Drama about him awhile ago too and when I told her about this opportunity she was in. 

We left about 3, and managed to hit Chi at about traffic time, yay! (not) but we managed to arrive with plenty of time for the 7pm start. This signing was at the Barnes and Noble in Skokie. 

This is a picture from Col. Hadfields twitter and Facebook pages, this was the gathering as we waited for him to speak. I actually kind of thought there would be more people there to meet him, but it was a manageable crowd and very well organized. You bought your book and were given a number, we were 77 & 78 and we heard others mentioning their numbers in the 150's. The talk began promptly at 7.

Col. Hadfield began his book talk with a story about the bathroom facilities on your way up, as one would imagine they are quite limited. He said you are encouraged to really go before you leave, which ends up meaning 2 enema's. Yeah he went there.

Most of the talk time was allocated for a Q&A session. The first question came from a little girl about 8 or 9, her question to him was "What does it feel like to be in space" and "were you sad when you had to leave"  With a short pause he repeated the question and his answer was "magic" being in space feels like magic. Um insert heart melting here. He went on to explain it in a way an 8 year old could appreciate, he says you feel like Tinkerbell and can do all kinds of Tinkerbell flips in space. He also said that he enjoyed being in space but was glad to have his feet back on the ground.

He went on to explain a little bit about his social media presence during his stay on the International Space Station and explained that it's not something meant to be a ploy or anything wanting you to donate your money to space, he looked at it as an opportunity to share. Space is a limited experience that only a few will have the opportunity to visit, and he wanted people to see where their money was being spent. He shared his thoughts about the future of space exploration. He thinks we will go back to the moon and that there will eventually be a collaborative International Space program that will allow us to pool multiple countries' resources to continue exploration of the unknown.

The evening ended with a final question "What is the prettiest thing from space?" He explained that while your in space the first things you look toward are the familiar, where you are from and places you have been. Then it just becomes something more and you are able to see the beauty of the whole Earth. After a short pause and really thinking about it, he determined that his favorite site from space is the Bahama's. He says the way the dark waters of the ocean meet the shallow blue waters over the reef's that it's just so beautiful from space to see all those colors coming together.

Then it was time to get in line for our signing. We were placed in numerical order from our tickets, I won't lie when it was my turn in line I was a little bit nervous. I was kind of star struck and didn't want to be one of those geeky people that wants him sign something weird. So I simply shook his hand and said it is a pleasure to meet you and thanks for sharing the images. He said, no problem and that he liked my shirt.

After the singing we couldn't help but notice there was a Cheesecake Factory a few doors down from the bookstore, so we stopped in and helped ourselves to a piece of strawberry cheesecake, and it was DELISH! 

So if you haven't yet, I highly suggest googling Chris Hadfield and take a look at the amazing photos he shared from his time in space, then hop on over to YouTube and watch his videos. Check out 'Space Oddity' first then if you're curious check out how you go to the bathroom in space or how to brush your teeth in space, I promise you won't be disappointed. And be sure to check out his book, sorry yours isn't signed like mine is ;) 

Books

I love reading books. It's so easy to get lost in another world when it comes to books, but I don't actually read all that many. Last night I opened this month's book club book, my pick, The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood and I couldn't put it down and read the whole thing, it was excellent! I won't go into detail about the book, I'll save that for after our meeting on Thursday, but I'm glad I picked this book, you should read it. How did I come across this book you may ask yourself, well Oprah told me I think, and I liked the cover. I'm pretty sure it was maybe on one of the must reads for a month or something.

But back to books in general. Books take up time to read, I appear to only like to read books at night, no clue why, but I always end up staying up way too late, just one more chapter I constantly negotiate with myself, then when I get to the end of that chapter, well, you just can't stop there either. I'm pretty sure it was like 1:30am before I went to bed last night. 

Since I've had my Nook, there have only been a handful of books where I've actually read the physical book. I do feel bad that I'm contributing to the demise of book stores and libraries, but I just love my Nook. I like having several books to choose from, they are usually cheaper and I don't have books collecting dust on book shelves. I think if I really really liked a book I would buy it to have a physical copy too, that should save the bookstores right? 

Anywho, books. I like to read. Anyone read anything good lately that they would like to share with the group?

Book Club: The Dry Grass of August

Tonight was book club night, this month we read The Dry Grass of August (my pick) If you know me at all, I procrastinate. Even though this was my pick and I've had a month to read it, I read it all last night.. that's how I roll.

I can't remember where I came across the review for this book, but it said if you like 'The Help' you would like this book. It's set in the south in the 50's during the violent times of segregation. Like the help, the story centers around a family struggling with their own demons and secrets as well as dealing with the maid/nanny is the growing violence of segregation. 

We had a small group tonight, just four of us. But to my surprise, I got a 5 out of The Page Turner, this is a big deal to me, not only had she not read this book already of knew about it but it got a 5 from her, a 4 from the rest of us and led to a great discussion. I was proud. We talked about work, we talked about other books and we even mentioned politics a bit. Next month we are reading 'Conversations and Cosmopolitans' by Robert Rave.

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Book Club Night!

This month we read 'The Happiness Project' by Gretchen Rubin. We had a very small group tonight, just four of us to discuss, it's a busy time of year to try and coordinate schedules with everyone. We had three people give the book a 4 and a stick in the mud who didn't like the book.  This book is very comparable to a Eat, Pray, Love (Which I loved)type book.

The book is about Gretchen, a woman living in New York who has it all. A loving husband, a job she loves, two kids and makes a good living. But one day decides though she isn't unhappy, is she really at her happiest potential, and doesn't quite appreciate the good life she has enough.

Researching the crap out of anything with happiness she decides to start her own happiness project. Every month for a year she will dedicate the month to something new to up her happiness level, from finding a hobby, focusing on love to lightening up a bit she uses the guidance of others to explore what really does happiness mean, and is finding ones own happiness a selfish thing to do.

You could categorize this as a self help, I like to call it more a self awareness book. Some of the things she brings up are duh! no brainers and others make you think a bit and reflect on your own life a bit. I like books that make me think about things in a different way or reflect how I feel about certain things. It's always nice to feel not alone in something.


You can check out Gretchen's blog http://www.happiness-project.com/ that she started as one of her resolutions.

There are lots of things I took away from this book, I dog-eared several pages of things that struck me as interesting and things I want to look into a little more.

I know I've been away for well.. a week. But my brain has been mush. Reading a book like this has lit a fire under my butt once again... sometimes you just need a nudge in the right direction or a little bit of inspiration from unexpected places.

In the book Gretchen starts a one sentence journal, because she's too busy to write the novel like entries we all associate with good journalers. So bear with me, but on days where the brain is too much mush I think I can at least write one sentence about my day or list my favorite part of my day because even though I may have had a crappy day, there was someone or something that made it worth it. Even if it's just sharing a laugh, that's at least something.

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have." - Frederick Keonig

I Accidentally Read the Whole Thing

I didn't mean too. I was excited to have the pretty book cover over there on the 'Currently Reading' section for a few days. But I couldn't help it, it was too good to put down. I accidentally read all 341 pages in one night. The book was that good, and I could NOT put it down. Page Turner and I ventured out to the bookstore over lunch I had been wanting to buy this book for months and then the urgency of Page Turners excitement and impulse to buy got me all excited to throw down the dough and pick it up too, it's always more fun to read with someone and I'm so glad I did.

If you are a fan of The Pioneer Woman this is a MUST read. It tells the story of how she meant Marlboro Man! I always kind of pictured him as the quiet protector cowboy type but man does that man like to make out. I had a smile on my face the entire time I was reading this book, a chance meeting while Ree was out with friends in her home town, a flirty conversation and nothing... for four months. Then Marlboro Man appeared again and swept her off her feet and the perfect courtship ensued. Swoon.

Now all I can think about is a chance meeting with a rustic manly cowboy who will come and sweep me off my feet and whisk me away to a rural oasis.... well a girl can dream can't she? I really loved this book, I definitely give it at 5!! This is a book that I will read over and over. It's a happy all around book and I would definitely recommend this to anyone, Pioneer Woman fan or not. All I have to do now is sit and wait for Mr. Cowboy in his cowboy boots and strong hands, chaps that accentuates his perfect posterior, don't forget the cowboy hat and a crisp button up shirt.... oh sorry got a little carried away there. Do you think that reading books could ever be bad for you? lol. Go read it, NOW!

It's Just Another Manic Monday

I finished Still Alice today, and it is a sad book. It's about Alice who finds out she has early-onset Alzheimer's disease. You follow Alice through the initial shock and realization that her memory isn't quite as sharp as it used to be. As a professor of Psychology at Harvard and only fifty years old you see the frustration and heartbreak as her and her family deal with this disease and it all happens so quickly.

My grandma on my dad's side of the family is dealing with this disease as well. It starts out with little things here and there and it's passed off as 'old age' then the forgetfulness becomes more and more frequent, then there is getting lost in a town you've lived in for many years to not even knowing your own children. It's heartbreaking for everyone, she gets frustrated and tries to remember it's not that they don't want to, they just physically can't remember. The saddest part is their is no cure, it's just as hard if not harder for the families watching a loved one suffer through this terrible disease and lose their independence.

If I ever get it, I hope to go out like The Notebook.... man that is a great movie and um hello Ryan Gosling. Yummo!

In other news, Monday you suck. Stupid, unorganized and last minute work flow changes are my enemy, oh and so are grumpy people who like to complain, you both do not put a smile on my face. Nor does my inability to overcome laziness and my severe lack of motivation. One of these days I hope to find the spark that is my motivation and self control. That is all, goodnight.

Book Club: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The monthly meeting of the Page Turners was this evening and we had a great time as always. Tonight we welcomed a new member to the club! I'm sure it was a little overwhelming for J to be thrown into the middle of all of us but she fit just great and added great insight to our discussion, welcome to the club J!

This month we read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. We were all a little surprised when we went to purchase (or check out from the library) that this book was located in the young adult section, but everyone managed to find it and had one of our better discussions in awhile.

The book is the story of Bruno who comes home one day from school to his home in Berlin, only to find that the maid is packing up all his belongings, because of his father's job the family will have to move. When they get to their new house, it's not as nice as their old home and Bruno is all alone, there are no other children to play with. Out the window he can see a tall fence that goes on what seems like forever and has sharp barbed wire at the top and in the distance he can see people all wearing these striped pajamas. One day Bruno decides to sneak away and explore. As he travels farther from the house he finds a skinny boy sitting on the other side of the fence and they become friends with tragic consequences for his unknowing family.

I gave this book a 4/5, and I'll warn you the ending is sad. We had a great discussion and all had different thoughts about different parts of the book, truely one the best things about book club (duh!) is that one persons thoughts will make you see the book in a completely different perspective.

Our book for next month is Room by Emma Donoghue. From what I've head this is going to be a good read too! Until next month, Happy Reading!

Book Club: Hungry for Happiness

This month the Page Turners read Hungry for Happiness by James Villas. It's the story of Loretta who has dealt with weight issues her whole life. She has been almost obsessed with losing weight after she had gastric bypass surgery. The book follows her through some tough times with men and food and dealing with a family who like her better fat because they too deal with weight and are unable to be happy for her in her new found life. Loretta has always loved food and after her surgery she loved to share her joy of food with others and begins a catering business. Through the book we find her struggle still with body image, the ups and downs with me and constantly searching for happiness.

Some people think that being skinny will solve all the problems but as we see from Loretta that's not always the case, no matter your size, the grass is always greener.  During our discussion the quote was thrown out there "If everyone threw all their problems in a pile, we would quickly grab our own back." We had a great discussion the best we have had in awhile. It's something everyone can relate to, and as women most of us have some sort of issue with our bodies. But I think the lesson from the book was just finding something that takes your mind off of all of that, something that you can do and be focused and be in the moment; that was our other big theme for this book, "living in the moment". We felt that through cooking, Loretta was able to focus, although out of necessity to not spoil the recipe, she was able to be in the moment and be happy and forget about the other worries and things going on in her life good or bad.

Happiness and living in the moment, most of the time so much easier said than done. Life is too short to worry about tomorrow or yesterday, we have to learn to live in the now and remember Hakuna Matata (it means no worries)

Book Club, Party Time, Excellent

The Page Turner's Society turned 1 today! Hooray! We voted on our favorite spot that we'd had dinner at the past year and the food was delish!

It's no secret that I love bookclub, even if the book ends up sucking I have one night a month to hang out with some great ladies and talk and drink and stuff our faces with food. Everyone brings so much to the table... I know you've heard that all before but it's so true. They are so much fun to sit and chat with, as usual we will veer off course but we all like to read and talk, perfect combo.

This month we read Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It's tells the story of Charlie, a man in his 30's who is mentally challenged and Algernon a lab mouse who scientist used in an experiment to test a procedure that would make him smarter. Needing a human trial they found Charlie and gave him the same operation to increase his IQ. The book is from Charlie's perspective through his progress reports he rights to chart improvements. This book was also a Hallmark movie with Matthew Modine and there is a nice cliff notes version for you as well.

The book starts out with grammatical errors and misspelled words since Charlie isn't too smart. As the book progresses his dated progress reports become more correct as we see that the operation has worked and Charlie's IQ is increasing. As the story continues the author challenges to see whether or not intelligence makes a person better. We follow Charlie through his struggles as his mind outgrows his emotional and social "smartness" It's a sad story as you see him struggle through these changes. But it's one of those books that you have to read to see if you'll like it.

I actually had "read" this book back in High School so I knew the general premise of the book. I gave it a 3 and our discussion a 4 this time around. We have already read 12 books, it's crazy to think about. December is my month and we will be reading A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood. You may remember this being my secret submission for the one year anniversary meeting. I really liked the book, it's a different style/direction for the club and it's a good short book for a busy December (can you believe it's almost December already?! crazy!) So read along with us and tell me what you think of the book if you ready it. It's also a very pretty movie directed by Tom Ford starring Colin Firth (love him). Happy Book Club Night everyone!