Going to Vermont for a few days; hoping to see Katherine Paterson and HB reviewer Joanna Rudge Long (who lives not near but ON the Appalachian Trail) but otherwise just r&r, Roger and Richard, and Buster, who at twenty is too old for any trailwalking but we hope will enjoy the fireplace. Lots of reading planned--Richard gave me the latest Arthur Phillips for my birthday and I've got the second book about the tattooed lady (as well as the new Vanity Fair which promises a hatchet job on same by Christopher Hitchens) and the new Isabel Dalhousie "mystery" on audio. All that and a hot tub!
And look for the new Notes from the Horn Book later today, where I interview Jim Murphy about his new book about the Christmas Truce--appropriate for Veterans' Day, yes?
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This sounds wonderful! Enjoy your time there -- and I'm sure it isn't all Ben & Jerry's. Hope Buster enjoys the fireplace!
Looking forward to the information on The Christmas Truce.
There isn't even a Ben&Jerry's in Montpelier, our state capitol, any more. O, the horror.
leda
Did you mean to link to the new Notes, or are you trying to make us subscribe?
Leda, last I was in VT, people kept pulling me aside to whisper "Have you been to . . . Ben & Jerry's yet?" like it was some kind of secret state treasure. Worse, I did not get a single recommendation for anywhere else. Do those guys have some kind of socialismistic monopoly?
Anon, Notes comes out this afternoon and I won't be here to post when it does. A subscription is free and can be obtained by clicking the "sign up for newsletter" link on the right-side border.
I appreciated your points From the Editor in this issue of Notes. The nine-year-old I was would have loved to wave that paragraph in my parents' faces. Knowing the vital stats of all (at the time) seven Baby-Sitter's Club members gave me ownership and made me want to keep reading, and I can only imagine the feeling of power a similar level of knowledge gives a young fan of sci-fi or horror.
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