It's been a quiet few days since Stolen Magic's book-birthday. MrD is still on his two-week spring break, so I've been taking him to playgroups and doing lots of reading together at home - re-reading lots of his favorites, like Mr Popper's Penguins, Finn Family Moomintroll, and ALL of Hilary McKay's Lulu books ( Read more... )

Oof. It has been A Weekend, to say the least. House issues, plumbing catastrophes, deadline panic, health issues...and some really, really awesome book-related stuff, which has really balanced things out.

First: it hit me on Saturday that WHOA. It was one month to the day until Kat Book 3 would be coming out in the UK as A Reckless Magick (on ( Read more... )

Everything is a bit mad here at the moment. MrD may be starting his lovely new school next week...or the week after...or possibly the week after that? We're still waiting to find out (and be able to arrange childcare accordingly ( Read more... )

Before anything else, I keep meaning to announce: I'm going to London! OK, yes, I think I did mention that before, but I finally have some details to share along with an official invitation ( Read more... )

I am selfishly thrilled to be hosting Erin's giveaway - I've really, really loved reading the lists of people's favorite literary heroines, not least because it's given me so many new books to look for! My library reserve list has grown exponentially.

Sadly, since a nasty stomach bug hit me last night, I don't have much brain power for sparky ( Read more... )