ALMOST HEAVEN

I feel like I died and went to heaven last night. ALA is having their midwinter meeting in Denver. The exhibit hall opened last night- I was one of the first people in the door and one of the last people to leave (my boys are now absolutely sure that their mother qualifies as one of the world's biggest nerds!) All of the publishers are there with their latest and greatest, and I got to look at tons of books that people have been blogging about, e.g. BLACK

I bought a couple of books, the new DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, which I had planned to go buy for the boys this weekend, and SAMANTHA HANSEN HAS ROCKS IN HER HEAD. Mostly, though, I picked up free ARC's!

Here's a list of what I will be reading for the next few weeks:

LISTEN TO THE WIND- Greg Mortenson (this is THREE CUPS OF TEA for kids, I also got the THREE CUPS OF TEA chapter book for kids)

THE BEAUTIFUL STORIES OF LIFE: SIX GREEK MYTHS RETOLD- Cynthia Rylant

JUST GRACE GOES GREEN (third grade-ish novel)- Cherise Mericle Harper

DRAGONBREATH (young novel)- Ursula Vernon

SIR JOHN HARGRAVES MISCHIEF MAKER'S NOVEL

WOULD YOU RATHER (gross choices to ask kids- dinner table conversations with the boys!) Justin Heimberg and David Gomberg

THE VALENTINE CAT (young novel)- Ann Whitehead Nagda

PETE'S DISAPPEARING ACT- (dog novel)- Jenny Tripp

TROLL'S EYE VIEW- (fantasy)edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling 

MY VICKSBURG (historical fiction)- Ann Rinaldi

MY BROTHER ABE (history)- Harry Mazer

CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER (historical fiction)- James Swanson

TILLMON COUNTY FIRE= Pamela Ehrenburg

CLOSED FOR THE SEASON- (mystery)- Mary Downing Hahn 

THRE GREAT RECEIVER- (football)-Elena Yates Eulo

CITY BOY (YA)- Jan Michael

ABSOLUTELY MAYBE (YA)- Lisa Yee

THREE WILLOWS- (YA)- Ann Brashares

FOREVER (YA)- Meg Cabot

WINTERGIRLS (YA)- Laurie Halsen Anderson

FLYGIRL (YA) Sherri L. Smith

THE UNKNOWNS- YA mystery- Benedict Carey

ANNIE'S GHOSTS- (memoir/mystery)- Steve Luxenberg

DREAMING IN HINDI (adult memoir)- Katherine Russell Rich

THE WRITING ON MY FOREHEAD (adult novel)- Nafisa Haji

HOW WE DECIDE (adult nonfiction)- Jonah Lehrer

JOKER ONE- Donovan Campbell

THE WORD SNOOP- Ursula Dubosarsky

FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!!!!!!!