Dandelion Wine Days

My favorite summer book in my favorite summer place. 

The Books of Elsewhere, Volume Two: Spellbound  had its birthday on July 12, and the week that followed was busy and beautiful.  Thank you to everyone who turned up at the Red Wing Public Library, The Valley Bookseller, and Best of Times Bookstore -- especially  the enthusiastic young readers who had already read one or both books (some more than once!) and who asked such fantastic questions.  If you're in Minnesota and couldn't make it to either of these (but wanted to), I'll be reading/chatting/signing at Reading Frenzy Book Shop in Zimmerman on August 2nd at 6:30, and I've just added another signing at Bookin' It in Little Falls, from 11:00 - 3:00 on Saturday, August 20th.   

Reviews of Spellbound are beginning to come in.  Here's one from the Atlanta Examiner. which gives the book 5 out of 5 stars--Hooray!--  (www.examiner.com/young-adult-literature-in-atlanta/the-books-of-elsewhere-vol-2-spellbound-by-jacqueline-west-book-review-review), another from Monsters and Critics (www.monstersandcritics.com/books/science_fiction_fantasy/reviews/article_1651045.php/Book-Review-The-Books-of-Elsewhere-Vol-2-Spellbound), and a third from the lovely blog Waking Brain Cells (wakingbraincells.com/2011/07/05/book-review-spellbound-by-jacqueline-west/). 


Brom Bones loves the screened porch even more than I do.  As far as he's concerned, it's surround-sound, IMAX, and Smell-O-Vision all rolled into one. 

More reviews, interviews and updates coming soon. 
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