Well, between the whirlwind of a weekend and several nights of insomnia I think it’s time for this Bookgirl to take a bit of a break. So, I’m sorry I won’t be around the blogosphere much this week (oh, yes, and I’ve got a quick trip up to Dallas) but I really do have lots of bookish stuff to share with you and promise to get to it next week.

I will tell you that I’m still in the middle of several books. They are:

• The Ice Chorus by Sarah Stonich. The author sent me this book and I’m enjoying the dreamy quality of it. It’s about a documentary filmmaker who goes to Ireland hoping to find refuge from her past and in the meantime immersing herself in the lives of others.
• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. Remember I mentioned that I picked this one up for Banned Book Week? Well, I love this book so far. It’s much more than I had expected so I can’t wait to find out what happens.
• A Deadly Paradise by Grace Brophy. I can’t say that I’ve liked this one as much as the first book in the series but who knows how the ending will turn out and so I’ll tell you later what I thought.

I’m sure I’ll add another into the mix soon. Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful week – read something good – and I’ll be back soon.

What happened to the weekend? We had such a busy, but fun, weekend but I can’t believe it’s over.

We got a chance to spend a quite evening at Border’s on Friday. Believe or not, I didn’t buy a book for me but I did buy for my mom. I did find quite a few magazines to read and have to mention that if you are into Nancy Drew you should check out the latest Bust Magazine as they have a Nancy Drew-inspired fashion spread. How can you not smile at that.

I finished reading Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler which was quite fun and I will write more about soon. Unfortunately I didn’t get to my spooky short story but you guys made quite the case for Carmilla so I promise I’m going to read that one.

Oh yes, and I went to the library and picked up books. Fun. The loot post is coming up this week because I need to tell you about each of the books I got.

And, best of all I got to see my wonderful and dear friend Christine! She’s in town visiting and we had dinner with her and her husband tonight and I even get to hang out with her at BookPeople tomorrow. How cool is that.

So off for now but will be back soon to tell you about books I’ve received, books from the library and so much more.