This month has had me traveling to Portland and Seattle, which has been one busy but great trip. It's been fun visiting bookstores in these cities and meeting readers and some of our reviewers. As soon as I fly back, I am headed to the Outer Banks for Spring Break and looking forward to catching up on my reading. I think I have read the same page three times in the book that I have with me before I fall asleep --- a reflection on me, not the book! It's a very good page, but I look forward to some reading time next week. May it be warm enough there to sit outside!

I have been in Seattle since Tuesday, where I am on an uber booklover adventure. I literally have been racing all over the city --- and I am loving every minute of it. Lourdes Orive, an old friend and one of our reviewers, has been Master Hostess. She is a native of Seattle, and thus on each block she has great stories about the history of the city. Here’s a taste of what has been going on.