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Readathons and Book Expos

BOOKISH EVENT THINGS.


Ok, so as Kayleigh V has reminded us, Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon is a month away, which is CRAZY and also I've never actually done it because things always come up but THIS IS MY YEAR so it'll happen and also BEA so really all the bookish things. But yes, so go sign up and then later we'll discuss what we're going to read and HURRAH. I still very much want to get a hotel room and do a hole-up thing -- mostly because I am 90% sure I won't get much reading done in my apartment, as it has All the Distracty Things -- but it costs moniiiies and also what if I get pulled away by the prospect of a tv with channels.


I know we've discussed BEA before, but it is looking more and more likely that I'm going. So. People should hotel it with me. Because then it'll be like a slumber party except for the part where I fall asleep at 11 pm because, let's face it, I am no longer one of those chickens of the spring.


AND THEN we will take the ferry and look at the Statue of Liberty, AND THEN we will go to various historical landmarks that I have not yet seen, AND THEN we will see Nice Work If You Can Get It, starring Miss Jessie Mueller who played Helena Landless in Edwin Drood, AND THEN....eat things? Yes, eat things. I am the Queen of Itineraries. Tell me what you wish to do, and I will figure out how we will get there and how much it will cost.

So basically I'm super-excited about both of these things. Also about the Supreme Court justices. But let's ignore that for now.

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