When Amazon recommends your own book to you. That algorithm is either really good or really bad. I haven't quite made up my mind.

Looong meeting in elementary school library = checking out Newbery winners, intense nostalgia.

Two generations, on book! My mother and daughter are completely engrossed in the adventures of Annabel Tippins, an ordinary girl who turns out to be half fairy. A wry, dreamy perfect read for my second grader.

I *should* be packing to head home from BookExpo America. Instead, I started Michelle Falkoff's PUSHING PERFECT. It's got a hell of a first line ("During the summer between eighth and ninth grade, I turned into a monster), so I'm pretty sure I'll read and read and read and have to scramble to pack.

Signing advance copies of The Done Thing (out in November) at BookExpo America today. Looking at the quality of my signature, you'd never guess I could write a grocery list, much less a novel.