by Rebecca | Jan 24, 2016 | IRL, sensory overload, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, warm fuzzy
You may have heard that the East Coast was walloped with a snowstorm this weekend. As a Wisconsinite, the sound of snowplows scraping the pavement and snowblowers bustling down the blocks made me feel happily at home. I had a great time watching the snow from indoors,...
by Rebecca | Jan 14, 2016 | agents, ALA, Aladdin, authors, book people, conferences, eventful, I talk about food too much, lets take this show on the road, libraries, New Leaf, PIE, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found
Last weekend, I hopped on Amtrak and headed up to Boston for the ALA Midwinter conference. (The ride is actually pretty scenic, as the train hugs the coastline through Connecticut and Rhode Island, so you can see the ocean, ferries and fishing boats, and charming...
by Rebecca | Dec 31, 2015 | balancing act, books, don't you mean voracious, goals, Goodreads, this is how we read it, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, wrap ups
Thanks to Goodreads, it’s easy to step back and look at your year in reading. Here’s mine: So many great books, and I kept up with my personal reading goal of a book a week. Per the handwritten book log I keep in my planner, it looks...
by Rebecca | Dec 4, 2015 | books, eReading, news, social media for the shy, Sourcebooks, this is how we read it, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, White House
One of the ways I discover new books is the “Weekly Bestsellers under $4.99” section on my iPad. The vast majority of books I read are print, but I still love to browse that section and find titles I might not take a chance on otherwise. Recent sale books...
by Rebecca | Nov 12, 2015 | AASL, audrey and alice, conferences, eventful, historical fiction, I talk about food too much, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade, Sourcebooks, Summer of Lost and Found
Last weekend I made the trip to Columbus, Ohio (a lovely city!) for the AASL National Conference. My husband and I drove from NYC, and even though we aren’t really car people anymore, it was fun to wind through the Pennsylvania mountains and catch some late fall...
