The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook (book #64) was an enjoyable book. It is a mystery having to do with a family in New Mexico at the turn of the last century. The main character is Hannah, a woman who came west from Chicago to be a "Harvey Girl" - basically a live-in waitress at one of Mr. Harvey's out of the way hotels. Hannah wrote journals which her daughter publishes...but of course there are a few things Hannah's daughter Bassie didn't find out before she died, but that her granddaughter Meg ferrets out in the end. 
Lovesick Blues by Paul Hemphill (book #63) is a biography of Hank Williams. I've been interested in Hank Williams since I read Bob Dylan's autobiography earlier this year, and he raved about his admiration for Hank.What a troubled soul he was. A lovable drunk, basically. What a waste of a lot of talent...to die at 29 years old. This book was like watching a slow motion car crash.
One interesting thing - Hank wrote the song "I saw the Light" not as a religious song, but because when he and his band would be driving back home after a concert, and he would be asleep in the back seat, drunk, his buddies would wake him up when they "saw the lights" of the airport up ahead.
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