I could not have scripted a better week for a booklover! In the past 8 days I have clocked a couple of thousand frequent flyer miles crossing the country in a couple of directions and banked an amazing number of "talking to/listening to author" hours, which have been a real pleasure.

If the saying “April showers bring May flowers” holds true, then we’re expecting to have flowers coming out of our ears here at Kidsreads.com. April has been the rainiest, stormiest, yuckiest month we’ve seen in a long time, and by now we just want spring to be here! Luckily for us, one of the best ways to beat the rainy-day blues is with a good book. In fact, a couple of particularly soggy weekends have taught us that books really do make everything better.

If the saying “April showers bring May flowers” holds true, then we’re expecting to have flowers coming out of our ears here at Kidsreads.com. April has been the rainiest, stormiest, yuckiest month we’ve seen in a long time, and by now we just want spring to be here! Luckily for us, one of the best ways to beat the rainy-day blues is with a good book. In fact, a couple of particularly soggy weekends have taught us that books really do make everything better.

I am writing from Miami Beach where I am in town for Sleuthfest, the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America's mystery convention. As readers of this newsletter know, I never travel light, but I always try to carry just one bag. My pet peeve is that I never can find my luggage as it comes through on the luggage carousel as it's always been the ubiquitous black bag that everyone seems to carry. Sure I have tied things on it to make it "different," but still it was hard to spot.