I just brought home The Golden Compass but I haven't opened it yet. I bet I'm going to end up disappointed at how non-controversial it turns out to be.

I read it a few years ago, and a friend's daughter started reading it a few weeks after I did. The friend, who is Catholic, asked me if there was anything in there that she should be concerned about. I told her what the plot was up to the point where I'd read, and had her read one or two pages that I thought were particularly anti-Catholic. She said that was fine for her ten-year-old to read, though she was glad to be aware of it to be able to discuss it with her. I kept up with giving her warnings on stuff as I got to it, and though there were a few parts that she thought might be too scary, I don't think there was anything that actually hit the "I don't think I want my daughter reading that" limit until the third book.

I bet I'm going to end up disappointed at how non-controversial it turns out to be.

I didn't really see what was so controversial about it.

I don't think there was anything that actually hit the "I don't think I want my daughter reading that" limit until the third book.

But, yeah, anything that would be is in the third book.

I have only read the first book (I have been meaning to get around to the next two, but I just haven't gotten a hold of them) and I definitely agree that the first book had nothing very controversial, but it is a really fantastic book.

Interview with Rita Mae Brown - at the Chronicle of the Horse.

Hey, Dennis Lehane has a new book coming out next week - a follow-up to Gone, Baby, Gone.

Wow, really? I thought he was done with Patrick and Angela.

Hey, Dennis Lehane has a new book coming out next week - a follow-up to Gone, Baby, Gone.

I have it set to download to my Kindle as soon as it comes out. I can't wait to read it.

P-C, you can tell your friend Seanan that I've become a fan - I've bought the three October Daye books, plus "Feed". She owes you a toaster.

She owes me SO many toasters! The other night, I got a text message from a friend:

I just lost 5 hours to october daye and now i don't have the next book. I blame you.

Thanks to everyone who's been reading and buying her books. It means a lot to me that you're supporting her based on my recommendation.

awesome...he's not gonna send them over Rickenbacher Falls, is he? That would be a pisser.