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Revolution & Joe Hill
Joe Hill is the spectacularly-talented author of Heart-shaped Box. This is not the kind of book I normally read or recommend, because it’s considered “horror” and I am a weenie. But Toddly liked it so much, I had to give it a whirl. To my shock (not my horror) I loved it. Trying new things [...]
It’s monday so I have to be organized, right?
First – I am blushing and squirming profusely as I do this, but Betsy Bird posted an incredibly detailed and generous review of CHAINS. Thank you, Betsy! The weekend sort of didn’t exist for me because I spent most of it rushing hither and yon. Saturday morning I flew to Detroit and then took a [...]
running forward
Many, many thanks to everyone for the kind notes and condolences for my sister and her family. They are muddling through the best they can, and the love of others sure makes a big difference. It was actually very nice to have work as a distraction. So I am drawing the curtain across the lingering [...]
Beautiful and Unexpected Things
It is Friday, so I will list Five Beautiful and Unexpected Things. As an added bonus, two come with pictures. 1. Meredith the Office Mouse spent part of yesterday weeding through a mountain of books so that BH can build some bookshelves. By the end of the day, she made an amazing discovery. She found [...]
My New Team: Meet Mr. Cat
Thank you very much for all the comments yesterday. I fasted, I slept, I looked to the stars for guidance and I have decided to support…. Davidson College: “Where Hoops and Books Coexist”. Even though they are located in you-know-where. And if, by some strange chance, they get beat, I’ll support whoever beats them, and [...]
Want to hang out today?
I know I am a little tardypants with this announcement, but I will be speaking at the Barnes & Noble in Clay, (just north of Syracuse)TODAY AT 2PM. Come hang out with me. We’ll drink coffee. We’ll talk amongst ourselves. It will be great. One more thing – please wish Ellen Wittlinger a happy birthday!
Portland teen Author Lecture
My run along the Willamette River yesterday was gorgeous. I didn’t look at the clock when I left so I don’t know how fast I ran. This allows me to fantasize that I was churning out 8-minute miles; a total fabrication, of course, but one I am sticking to. On my lunch break I walked [...]
Third catch-update BEA- Day 2
So yeah, by the end of the dinner where I met (brace yourself, more sqweeing ahead) KATHERINE PATERSON, I was whooped. There were a couple of other parties to go to, but I had to speak early Friday morning, so I was a good girl and went to bed. Woke up at an obscenely early [...]
Second catch-update BEA – Day 1
(Pardon the crumbs, but I am inhaling a sandwich as I type this.) From the glorious (and rather flat) state of Indiana, I flew into Washington, DC. Got in so early that my hotel room wasn’t ready, which was fine with me because I needed a belt and (gasp!) stockings. Our hotel was at 23rd [...]
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