Just finished ALMOST MIDNIGHT by Paul Doiron and enjoyed the return of the Cronks and the wolf dog Shadow. This series keeps gettin better and better. I was happy to meet the author in Vero Beach!

Put me on the list of the many readers dazzled by THE CHAIN by Adrian McKinty . Explosive, unpredictable, engrossing and even better than advertised.

So glad to have had a chance to hear Ace Atkins at the Vero Beach Book Center this evening, talking Spenser and Pearl and other interesting things. Looking forward to ANGEL EYES.

Our mystery book group is reading books by “all the Lisas” mystery writers and I just finished THE STRANGER INSIDE by Lisa Unger . I appreciated the plot but loved the elegant writing and complex characterization. Rain will be in my head for a long time. Thanks, Lisa!

I’m very pleased to have met and chatted briefly with Charles Finch at VeroBeachBookCenter the Vero Beach Book Center tonight. Looking forward to reading THE LAST PASSENGER.

Wow! Just finished the amazing CAT TALE by the inimitable Craig Pittman. Fascinating, horrifying and a great look at the dirty doings hampering Florida panther preservation. Read it!

GNOMON is on a sundial... #spellingbee

This seems like really solid advice from the great Chris Bohjalian. Happy Friday!

Prior practice produces perfection. I wouldn’t have made Queen Bee today if I hadn’t found a small exhalation on a recent list of words I missed. #spellingbee

Seriously? WALLAROO? #spellingbee

So I guess you can CANCAN but you can’t CHACHA. #spellingbee Sam Ezersky

The next book I’ll be telling everyone about is the thrilling and timely RED LOTUS by Chris Bohjalian . What a terrific twisty plot and a stunner of an epilogue!

I missed one word yesterday, which was coincidentally the sound I made when I checked for it this morning. #spellingbee

Thanks Scalzi for a heartfelt defense of anyone reading anything they want at any age in the NYT By The Book this week. I too pored over The People’s Almanac series, and would love to eavesdrop at your imaginary dinner party.

I am so stuck this morning. Not even close to Genius. #spellingbee

Just got accosted at the grocery store by a library patron with no mask on who was upset the library still wasn't open. YOUR BEHAVIOR IS PART OF THE REASON THE LIBRARY ISN'T OPEN, SIR! Librarian is not Latin for martyr. We'll open when it's safe. #librarianproblems #librarylife

A Japanese floor mat but not a Japanese sauce? C’mon #spellingbee !

Almost there but getting suspicious—how many pangrams today? #spellingbee

Take a look in my front yard #thegridkid #spellingbee ANOLE