My Humble Aplogies...

Forgive me, dear readers, for my spotty posting as of late. The wedding is 3 months away, and it's crunch time. I've got invitations to mail, tuxes to choose, showers to attend, and DJs to book. Hopefully I'll be a faithful blogger once I've entered into wedded bliss. Right...

Anywho, I recently attended the Annual ALA Conference in New Orleans, which was great fun. My favorite pic from the trip by far is from a pub next door to our hotel very generously catering to the librarian invasion of their dear city by creating mixed drinks just for us:

I've been slowly plowing through some of the great ARCs received at the conference. Here are some that I'm most excited about reading:

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Crossed by Allie Condie (very ready for this sequel!)

The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin (loved her previous book, Alice I Have Been)

How to Save A Life by Sara Zarr

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonatha Auxier

The Women of the Cousin's War by Philippa Gregory (nonfiction)

The Scorpion Races by Stiefvater

The Swerve by Stephen Goldblatt

Greetings from ALA 2010

We're all book dorks in the family, so we make ALA our yearly vacation of sorts. ALA Washington D.C. is one of our favorite destinations due to all the fab museums. Brother and I have played hooky a couple of times to visit the Holocaust Museum and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

My favorite moment of the conference so far was the interview with Nancy Pearl and Mary McDonagh Murphy, documentarian and author of Scout, Atticus, & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill A Mockingbird. Interspersed throughout the interview were clips of the original movie starring Gregory Peck, as well as authors sharing their own thoughts on the significance of Harper Lee's only book.

Also exciting is the news that Nancy Pearl (my personal hero) is soon to release her fourth book in the Book Lust series (I'm holding an ARC in the picture above). This book is all about travel. Each recommended reading list is based on a certain geographic country or region. I've been squealing with delight flipping through the pages this evening.

All for now...

So, just wondering...

Is anyone going to ALA next week?

If so, I'll see ya there :)