Time to recharge

I really should start recording the RifRaf meetings. Unlike other book clubs, this one doesn't pick a single book to read and discuss. Instead, a (supposed) theme is picked each week, and tends to run along the lines of "Characters who shouldn't have (or should have) died" and other such speculation. Today, folks seemed to be fascinated by the idea of popes and the supernatural (involving zombies and their ilk). I have no idea why. So next week's theme will delve into this mystery - for a good five minutes, anyway. A more concrete proposal emerged, perhaps inspired by NaNoWriMo, which was to collectively write a novel in a brand new mashup genre: "zombie pirate robot vampire alien French Pope romance." Can't wait to read the ARC.

It's conference season for me right now. Last week I attended the Illinois School Library Media Association annual conference in Springfield. Tomorrow I leave for the American Association of School Librarians National Conference. I'll be blogging for them, so this little corner of the blogosphere will be quiet until I get back next week, recharged and ready for more zombies.