Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Yes, I’m a day late, but I did organizing kinds of things yesterday, not computer kinds of things. (Also laundry.) Three Trader Joe’s bags of clothes went with my daughter to her youth activity/clothing drive last night, several books went into my 10-year-old’s reading pile, the area in front of my closet is still crowded but at least stable–you get the idea. I also had a virtual meeting and made zucchini bread, which included finely grating a large zucchini, so it was a productive day.

Today, by contrast, is going to be part computer things, part Costco, and (possibly) part doing some work in my terrifying food room/spare bedroom. And to start off, I give you Frank Cammuso’s The Night Door (Edison Beaker, Creature Seeker), which is just fun to say. I enjoyed Cammuso’s ‘Salem Hyde’ books and thought his ‘Knights of the Lunch Table’ series was hilarious; ‘Edison Beaker’ was not quite as fun for me as either of those, but I suspect that’s mostly a genre preference thing. The Night Door isn’t long and it doesn’t hit impressive levels of emotional depth, but it’s a fun graphic novel about a family of ‘creature seekers’ and their night of dangerous/zany world-saving mishaps. Reluctant readers, adventure lovers, and graphic novel fans all ought to enjoy this Halloween-ish candy for the brain–and at 160 or so pages, it’s accessible for the majority of elementary schoolers. Not a bad way to kick off fall!