It’s that time of year again: in which I try to figure out a way to get to Kidlit Con. I’ve gone to the past two, and have had a fun and rewarding time connecting with blogging friends and learning how to do this whole thing better. The full information is up at Chasing Ray, but the basics are these:

DATE: September 16 – 17 (the 16th is a “pre conference”, registration for that is $30)

PLACE: Hotel Monaco, Seattle

Before July 1, the registration is $95, after July 1 it’s $100.

Can I tell you that I’m really excited for this, mostly because it’s on my birthday? I can’t think of a better way to spend my birthday this year than with like-minded bookish people! I’d love to see you there!

On a completely unrelated note, Weekly Geeks this week is about our favorite bookish quotes. I try to change mine over there on the sidebar monthly (sometimes I forget), but I do have a couple of absolute favorites:

“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.” — Mark Twain

“May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.” — Thomas Carlyle

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” — Oscar Wilde

“When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.” — Jean Fritz

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” — Jane Austen

Also: I’ve been trying to remember/find a quote from John Green’s story in Let It Snow, I think. The one about the happy middles instead of happy endings. Anyone know it?