Catching up

I haven't been around the last week because I started an avalanche on my fan journal when I asked what I thought was an innocent question, after seeing the current Newsweek Twilight cover, wondering what Bella and Edward would talk about when the romantic sexual glow wore off. (That thread is currently at 200 posts.) Then I felt I had to explain that my intent was not to trash the Twilight books, but to ask, after all I've heard, what these two had to build a relationship on. More discussion. And then it was again brought to my attention that our math/science girls are having a hard time of it, and I made that an open thread, which is getting a lot of traffic. If you have resources for our science/math/computer/music gang, please post them there!

Since I thought you folks might be tiring of cross posts, I'm simply going to link here.

Lots of woman stuff to discuss and, I admit, lots of cheap jokes at Bella and Edward's expense. But I like the conversation because it's plain readers are thinking about what they read, which is always a good thing.

In the meantime I'm off with two tote bags plus a Nook full of fiction and non-fiction. I've almost read a run of school shooting books dry but not my need to know, which is very frustrating. I still haven't read any of the genre that's as good as Nancy Garden's ENDGAME, though Jodi Picoult's 19 MINUTES is a decent second. I'm looking forward to reading George R.R. Martin's and Cassie Clare's new books while I'm away, as well as two Robert McCammon books I haven't read. And for those who are panicking, I will be working on BATTLE MAGIC!

Back to packing. I need to make sure all the name books I need are in those tote bags!