SWERV will look at the best books of the year, and also best picks for holiday gifting, at its next meeting from 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Nov. 10 at Filipino American Hall.

All women with holiday gift lists are invited to hear resident island expert Martha Bayley’s selection of the very best reads of the year at Savvy Women Exchanging Relevant Views. B

ayley is a retired collections manager and fiction buyer for Kitsap Regional Library, and the word is that her bedside table is stacked high as she has been reading, reading, reading in prep for this talk. She is the only speaker invited every year to SWERV.

Filipino American Hall is at 7566 High School Road.