Darjeeling:
I just looked up Andrew Clements, and I knew the name sounded familiar. I am fairly certain I went to a reading one time that he was at. Judy Blume was the main speaker that night. It was one of the few perks I got as an supervisor in retail book hell. According to wikipedia he currently lives very close to here, too. I am definitely going to go with one of his books for the nephew. Thanks again, AmyLiz!
Cool, sj! Jake loved his stuff, and Ben has just started on it.
I suppose it should go in the comics thread, but this is where Anita Blake gets mentioned occasionally, so I give you: The Annotated Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter.
8.4: In a caption explaining how her mystical vampire-sense works, Anita claims that she "knew vampires like some people knew horses." Given what I've heard about her relationships later on in the series, that line is frigg'n hilarious.
Be sure to mouse over the pics.
Bwah! Thank you for linking to that, Strega.
Jilli, have you read the book, Dragonfly, by Frederick S. Durbin? I'm almost done with it and it seems like something you'd like.
OMG.
They said "werewang".
If I weren't on a call I'd laugh myself silly.
Anita claims that she "knew vampires like some people knew horses."
Didn't they disprove that rumor about Catherine the Great?
Jilli, have you read the book, Dragonfly, by Frederick S. Durbin? I'm almost done with it and it seems like something you'd like.
Nope, haven't read it. I'll add it to the list of Books to Find.