Fifty Books: An Introduction of Sorts

 Nobody reads blogs any more. So no one will even notice this! Hahahahahaha! This is the perfect time to sneak back on to my old book blog!

I have an Idea. Just something fun to do while I'm procrastinating on my Serious Writing. And the idea is this, just simply this: to write about books I love. Especially kids' books. Especially older books [say, before 2000]. With no agenda except that: books I love, and why I love them. Say, fifty books. 

If I were going to rename this blog, I'd call it just that: Fifty Books. It it not at all catchy or clever or even interesting. But it's interesting to me. 

I will confess to being inspired by Ann Patchett's Friday video posts, which she always starts "I'm Ann Patchett at Parnassus Books, and it's Friday, and if you haven't read this book, it's new to you." Then she does a short lovely impassioned booktalk about some book I have almost never heard of. Usually it's an older book [though usually still in print]. Mine will not all be in print. But if you haven't read them, they'll be new to you. 

Endings have always been my Achilles heel - I never know how to wrap things up. But my day job now is about 50% diplomatic emails, and about 25% meetings of one kind or another, and both have taught me that you don't always have to make a song and dance of it, you can just sign off. 

So, signing off. For now. More soon.