Oh yeah, Virginia Woolf might have been on the list, too! I really should check that..... I've always gotten the impression that Toni Morrison is what I refer to as an Oprah writer, so I've never really been keen on trying her out. My professor seems to like her quite a bit, though, so we'll see.

I'm so glad you asked about Blind Luck! Argh, I'm working on it, slowly but, well, not very surely, either, but I'm working on it. I got a little stuck in the last chapter, but I'm nearing the climax. I just want to finish it before I post anymore.