Today’s Birthdays: Mortimer J. Adler, Rod Serling, Manuel Puig

Thought for the Day: Always leave enough time in your life to something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.” – Paul Hawken

Tips and Teasers: What makes you buy a book? Is it the cover? The blurb? The first pages? The writer’s name? A friend’s recommendation? Or something else?

The challenge: Pick a book you know well and describe the book jacket you would design for it, then write a two sentence blurb telling us what the book is about.