I am so looking forward to having an extra hour this weekend. I have a stack of books that I have been longing to read, and of course I have the absurdly misguided assumption that given the extra hour I will be able to work my way through them. I am delusional, I know; it’s more like I will spend the extra hour sorting and re-sorting what I want to read next. Do you do that, too? I always am reading books for work with various missions --- whether it be for something we are planning to feature or something we are featuring now or something people are telling me I HAVE to read NOW. I make piles, rearrange and prioritize them. This is not to say that reading is a chore, but I usually have some kind of a motive when I am reading, and sometimes there are titles that I eagerly anticipate that just must wait their turn.

So did you watch The Walking Dead? I was excited as could be for the Halloween premiere of the TV show, based on one of my favorite current ongoing series. They did a remarkable job of preserving the quality and content of the comics series and transforming it onto the small screen. Carol and I emailed back and forth as we were watching; Carol’s never read the series, and she’s now intrigued enough to check it out. I think it further proves how diverse the comics-reading audience can be and how well-done representations of those comics (such as this TV show) can help the entire community at large reach out to new readers. I hope the trend continues.