July flew by for me. In addition to the work we do here at FaithfulReader.com, our websites for children and teens as well as book clubs and graphic novel readers mean that my agenda is always chockfull, and I spent most of the month racing from coast to coast for the various book conferences that were being held. Sometimes I found it difficult to remember what city I was in!

While many of you have probably been relaxing and enjoying your vacation time, my July has been filled with what I call "bookish travel" to conferences, conventions and award ceremonies where they talked about BOOKS. I've been to Washington, D.C., Chicago and San Diego. At one point, the phone at one of my hotels rang with a wakeup call, and when I answered I wanted to ask, “What city am I in?”

While many of you have probably been relaxing and enjoying your vacation time, my July has been filled with what I call "bookish travel" to conferences, conventions and award ceremonies where they talked about BOOKS. I've been to Washington, D.C., Chicago and San Diego. At one point, the phone at one of my hotels rang with a wakeup call, and when I answered I wanted to ask, “What city am I in?”

Who knew that San Diego would be as muggy and humid as New York this time of year? As Carol and I were in town for Comic-Con, the walks to and from the convention center were intense…and a little bit sweaty. Carol prefers the word dewy, but no matter what the phrasing, it was HOT.