It’s the fall of 2007 and my daughter learns–probably the night before–that Terry Pratchett will be speaking at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Can we go? I’d read a few of his books, but had no idea 1) she liked him so much and 2) there was a book festival with speakers on […]
For the first time (ever?) the National Book festival was held not-on-the-mall. So we traveled extra Metro stops up on the new Silver Line (this is probably only significant if you live in the DC area: we have been waiting FOREVER for the Silver Line to open!) to the Washington Convention Center. The new venue […]
I ran out of steam before finishing my tale of my author viewings on Saturday. Eventually I had to leave my primo seat in the fourth row and couldn’t get it back. For R. L. Stine I sat over to the side, which turned out to be a bonus. All day the American Sign Language […]
Well, I’ve forgotten my Six Sentence Sunday again this week, but attending the National Book Festival was an exciting alternative. If you hadn’t seen the advertising, the beautiful poster by Rafael Lopez is terrific. Wildlife reading! Yes! The theme graced the banners and backdrops and gazing at them was definitely a highlight of my day. […]
I had a fan girl moment this morning – at breakfast. A Goodreads message in my inbox said ‘Tony likes your review’. Huh, this hardly happens. I write reviews of most of my reads and this is maybe my third like. Tony liked The Search for WondLa, a recent MG that I’ve been all over. […]