But enough about me -- what do you think of me?
Today, I must tidy the house in advance of the arrival of the cleaning ladies. (Once upon a time there was a TV show for kids called The Big Comfy Couch, with a grown woman pretending to be a little girl amidst oversized props. She'd throw her toys all over then look around and say "Who made this big mess?" I feel a bit like that today, particularly as I look at my desk area, my kitchen, and much of the master bedroom. But I digress.)
I must also devote some time to preparation for this evening, when I'll join the panel that Paul Acampora acampora has put together to discuss "What Makes a Good Children's Book" as part of a course he's teaching at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. I have to think about which books I'd like to pimp chat about tonight as representative examples of good middle grade and YA novels (I've picked 5 in each category). Not to mention contemplating the actual topic itself.
And if I need something else to contemplate, there's this navel-gazing piece over at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. How much do I love the gals over at 7-Imp? Beaucoup. Beaucoup d'amour. Eisha and Jules are two of the hardest-working women in blog-land. They consistently have extraordinary content level, from last week's Picture Book Week to their reviews of children's books to their interviews of children's authors and bloggers to their participation in blogging events like the Summer Blog Blast Tour and Under the Radar Week, that it puts regular blogs to shame. *Hangs head.*
Well. This mess won't clean itself, and as it's unlikely that anyone else in my house will decide to clean (or have the opportunity, what with the kids already being at school and hubby gone to work), I suppose I'd best get started. Then again, maybe I'll just read A.S. Byars's book, Possession and call it a day.
What's on your Monday agenda?
I must also devote some time to preparation for this evening, when I'll join the panel that Paul Acampora acampora has put together to discuss "What Makes a Good Children's Book" as part of a course he's teaching at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. I have to think about which books I'd like to pimp chat about tonight as representative examples of good middle grade and YA novels (I've picked 5 in each category). Not to mention contemplating the actual topic itself.
And if I need something else to contemplate, there's this navel-gazing piece over at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. How much do I love the gals over at 7-Imp? Beaucoup. Beaucoup d'amour. Eisha and Jules are two of the hardest-working women in blog-land. They consistently have extraordinary content level, from last week's Picture Book Week to their reviews of children's books to their interviews of children's authors and bloggers to their participation in blogging events like the Summer Blog Blast Tour and Under the Radar Week, that it puts regular blogs to shame. *Hangs head.*
Well. This mess won't clean itself, and as it's unlikely that anyone else in my house will decide to clean (or have the opportunity, what with the kids already being at school and hubby gone to work), I suppose I'd best get started. Then again, maybe I'll just read A.S. Byars's book, Possession and call it a day.
What's on your Monday agenda?