I have met some readers!  Last Wednesday I visited the children’s book club at the Studio City Library near where I live. I had spoken with Barbara, the fabulous librarian, a number of times and she had asked if I’d like her to ask some questions to get the ball rolling or if I wanted to just leave it to the kids.  I was afraid of one of those difficult silences where everyone stares at everyone else and no one knows quite what to say, but I needn’t have worried.  The girls were absolutely brimming with questions and comments about the book and we had a great conversation about the book, ghost stories, oracles and everything.

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An interview that I did with Sarah from Park Ridge Public Library in Park Ridge, IL, has just gone up. You can find it at the library’s “Books We Love” site here.  As usual, I yack on quite a bit.  Sometimes there’s just no shutting me up!

It was fun to do, though, and even better because I discovered someone else who likes old cookbooks.

Well, the hols are officially over and so I’ve applied nose to grindstone and posted a new blog on the Tor.com site.  It’s called “Read Like A Child.” Please have a look and let me know what you think!