Pamela Tracy here, and I think the first inkling my family had that their child was a true bookworm was second grade. Mom would take me to the public library and I'd check out the 8 books I was allowed. Then, she'd check out the next out 8 more books for me on her card. That night, as I was reading book number 2 (I mean, how long does it take to read a Betsy book), she'd caution me (while giving my dad a confused look) not to read them all in one night.
Neither of my parents read for pleasure.
This past weekend, I was at the Tucson Festival of Books. TFOB. I meant to get more pictures, but I was so busy I didn't even sit down for lunch.
Not true. My birth mother and sister came for the event. Here we are are a restaurant. It was nine at night, though.
We all started at the festival Saturday morning. The second workshop we went to was my favorite. It was by Lily Koppel who wrote The Astronaunts' Wives Club, which was one of my favorite 2013 readers.
I gave a workshop with Judy Duarte (Harlequin American) and our own Merrillee Whren at 1:00. We had great fun! Then, my birth mom, sister, and I were off to more workshops or not. This festival is huge. Three workshops we'd picked out had no room for us. Door closed: sign says full. I wanted to hear Larry McMurtney and Sandra Day-O'conner. I wanted to hear Lois Lowry. I did get to hear Sharon Sala, Cathy Maxwell, and Nancy Holder.
We got home late last night, but before I fell into bed, my son said, "Mom, did you get me anything?"
Can you guess what I got him?
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