In this age of high speed internet, podcasts, instant news and satelites, I find my greatest pleasure in life is reading a good book. Whenever I need to destress or just to slow down a bit I read a book. I want to thank you for giving me many pleasant evenings reading the Richard Sharpe series, and I look forward to many more in the future. And for Christmas I received the dvd collection, from my hsuband. What a great gift. So now I have Richard and Sean Bean to look forward to. I guess I am the ultimate nerd of the 21st century, I would rather read than surf the net and keep up with the latest techno gadget out on the market. And when I do surf the net I look up my favorite authors and bookmark them to keep up with the next novel due out. I look up places that they write about and plan my dream vacations to such places. Some day I would love to visit Talavera and some day I would love to vist Bath, where Jane Austen lived. But, in the meantime I can visit them on the pages of a good old fashioned novel. Thank you for many pleasant evenings and I look forward to many more. Your fan, Mary Brewer