Thanks to all of you who shared the special holiday celebrations that your groups enjoyed with us. Appreciation also to those of you who wrote with your thoughts about the movie based on THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN. One of my favorite comments was from Geneva Oladele, who shared this about her group. "In November we started reading THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN. Then in December we came together to celebrate Eddie's birthday as well as Christmas. The November host had made a cake in memory of Eddie with a Ferris wheel on it to represent his carnival life. We watched the movie and discussed it." I enjoy hearing ideas like this.

We know that many clubs this month abandon their usual meetings for special holiday celebrations. Some even have told us that they use this month to plan their selections for the following year. If your club is doing anything special this month that you would like to share with other readers, please drop me a note at [email protected].

One of your favorite book club selections --- THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN --- hits the small screen on December 5th when the movie version of the book airs on ABC. Mark your calendars now. It stars Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels, and Michael Imperioli. Check your local listing in December.

Thanks to all of you, last month we had our biggest month EVER on ReadingGroupGuides.com with more than 111,000 readers coming to visit. Truly wonderful! Please continue to share this website with your friends who are in book clubs.