Musical Chairs with Books

I have been playing literary musical chairs for a couple of weeks. That is to say, reading as quickly as possible all of the books that are required of me or that I want to read because I never know when I am going to find a DHL envelope on my chair containing a book to review from Library Journal. This week the music finally stopped. I put The Fountainhead on hiatus to read Giraffe: A Novel for my adult book discussion for today's session. When I was ready to return to Rand, sure enough, DHL had delivered. The turnaround time on reading and submitting reviews is 12 days. Fortunately, my editor would have a great career as readers' advisory librarian because the books she sends me are books I would otherwise read. This newest book is the second book in a trilogy and it turns out I read the first book when it came out 10 years ago. For a while I was receiving a book to review each month. That pace was a little hectic. It has been fun, though. My reviews are starting to make it to book jacket covers. Of course, my name isn't there, but I know that "...-Library Journal" means me. When I go to Mexico next month, I'm bringing a stack of books just for me (I emailed my editor to tell her...she recommended a book).