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It's a pretty intense process. First, you have to do a research project looking closely at four generations of one family. When you pass that portion, you have eight hours of testing which includes interpreting historical documents, short answer questions, and a mini research project. After that, you go through an oral review. It's pretty intense! I'm glad it's over :)

Awww, you're so sweet! No, nothing bad, just a stressful test. I have also been working on a big personal family history project at the same time, so that's also taken my focus away from blogging. It's good to be back.

Thanks for the well wishes! Now that it's all over, I'm not too worried about passing, but I definitely had some moments during the testing where I wondered if I knew anything at all about genealogy. LOL.

I ended up liking THE WEDDING DRESS SEWING CIRCLE. It's not my favorite of Ryan's books, but I enjoyed it overall.

Exactly! I can breathe again :) Whew.

I can't resist bookstores, no matter if they're big, small, chains, or indies. I adore them all! The challenge is that it's SO convenient to buy books on Amazon or from a store that's close. It takes almost an hour to drive to and from my local indie and sometimes that's just more than I want to drive. I am planning a trip there soon, though, as I have some books to trade in and that's the only place around here that really does that. You're right, too, I buy more books than the average person so I'm still doing my duty, right?

I'm with you there, Susan. My visits to any town or city include visits to all the bookshops I can reach. An hour drive just to reach a bookshop is a lot, though, my local is only about ten minutes away, so I go there frequently.
And I would think we all do more than our fair share for the book trade, I sometimes wonder where the other hundred or so people are that make up the average together with me. ;)

Right? I rarely take pictures, so I guess he's right to worry about my skills :)

Morton is one of my all-time favorite authors. I can't wait to dig into HOMECOMING. I hope we both love it!

Ha! I didn't even notice that, but you're totally right. They all kind of have Fall-ish themes, too. I'm not really a seasonal type of reader, so I'll be reading them all this summer.