The holiday season is fast arriving and that means it's time to give thanks for good friends, good family and good books. The weather is perfect to hunker down and read by the fire, or to grab a friend for a night at the movies (check out our Books into Movies feature to learn all about November's film adaptations of your favorite books). This month Teenreads.com is stuffed with new features and cool stuff --- all you need to fill yourself up, in case the pumpkin pie just isn't enough.

This morning when I looked out of my home office, I saw a palette with lots of brown and just a few hints of yellow. There are crumpled leaves on the lawn, the trees are barren and I can see we are probably a week or so away from ardent leaf blowing and raking. The morning air has a kick of cold in it that's announcing that winter is on the way. Every year this is the week that the weather snaps...what's the Paul Simon line that sums it up? "The leaves that are green, turn to brown..."