Correction

It was Miss Grey. But who doesn't need an excuse to reread Sense & Sensibility?

Grad school applications are in, and Cybils nominee blogging commences (finally!) this week.

"...you will allow to be impossible, when you understand my affections have long been engaged elsewhere"

No, I'm not leaving you for a Miss Gray with 50,000 pounds.

Just admitting that I have to put blogging on hold for a few weeks. I have a grad school personal statement to write, and even though (or perhaps especially because) I'm not making much progress on it, I shouldn't spend that writing time on a blog post.

But I have loads of Cybils books to write about, along with the next few Trixie Beldens - not to mention thoughts on bookselling and politics and whatever else comes to mind - so be patient, por favor, and I'll be back soon.

(Post pic is me studying AP U.S. History back in high school, since I haven't been photographed hunting the elusive personal statement.)

The East Cost is really long

That may seem obvious, but I've been driving it - I left Sarasota on Sunday and got home to Connecticut tonight.

If you've been following me on Twitter then you've seen similar brilliant observations from the road. If not, you'll still understand that this is my excuse for not having a post ready for the One Shot Southeast Asia blog tour tomorrow.

So take yourself over to Chasing Ray for the complete list of posts from people who are better about time management (or expectation-setting; I also thought I was going to write 5500 words on this trip) than I am - and then come back here in a few days so I can tell you all about the fab Children of the River.