I’ll hopefully post something more detailed tomorrow, but for now here’s some nifty ARCs I managed to get while I was there:
I had a fantastic time, and am very glad I went, even if I had to leave home at 5:30 AM and didn’t get back until 11PM (whew!). It was wonderful to meet some of my online friends in person, and to see those I’d met before again. I met Inkies, Debs, fellow Betsy-Tacy fans, and a host of other cool librarians, authors and publishing people.
All that conferencing was fun, but it sure wore me out. After I crawled out of my extrovert costume I slept in to the extravagent (for me) hour of 8, and spent the day goofing off, working on LARP plot, and playing with my beeyootiful new MacBook. I also discovered something I must do to celebrate next year when CIRCUS GALACTICUS comes out (discovered via this blog post by author Kristin Cashore): Trapeze Class!
And now back to revising!
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Enchanted Glass is very good. I wasn’t able to resist digging in and read it instead of socializing and networking.
And then went straight on to The Magical Misadventures of Prunella Bogthistle, which was great fun. I can see the Diana Wynne Jones influence, certainly, but found it quite lovely for it’s own sake. Especially the Gullets and their magical masks.
Now, to hunt down Fortune’s Folly and eagerly await Circus Galacticus…
A Most Improper Magick! *steals while you aren’t looking*
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Hi Madison! Oh, I am glad to hear you liked Enchanted Glass. I told myself I had to finish my current revision before I could break into the ALA ARCs, which might account for my marathon revising session yesterday. But now I am free, and I foresee some happy reading later tonight…!
And wow, thank you for the kind words about PRUNELLA. I am so glad you enjoyed it!