Dear valued reader

First of all, I must apologize for the lack of posts over the weekend. Life gets chaotic, you know? And moving apartments in the winter is almost always a bad idea. Anyway, from now on I'll only be posting during the week, except in emergencies—like if I see someone reading Anthony Trollope (swoon!). But between monday and friday you can still expect to see daily updates.

Second, a belated thank you to NPR's Monkeysee blog —particularly Linda Holmes of Morning Shots— for the lovely, lovely write-up of The Book Spy last week. Those who know my super-secret identity may also know that I'm a die-hard NPR fan. In fact, my clock radio is set to play two solid hours of WNYC every single morning. The fact that someone from an organization I admire so much would take notice of my fledgling blog made me feel like a total rock-star. So thank you Linda, thank you NPR and thank you readers. It's delightful to know that I'm not alone in my voyeuristic curiosity about what other people are reading.