Currently freelancing

Does This Make My Assets Look Fat? by Susan L. Hirshman

I learned a new word today!

Currently freelancing

Dreamland by Alyson Noel

How to Not Be Afraid of Your Own Life by Susan Piver

Hello and welcome to new feature on my blog, "I Learned a New Word Today"!

Because . . . I think it's cool to encounter a new word and find out what it means. And although this is really lame, IT'S MY BLOG and I can do whatever I want.

Without further ado, I just learned this:



Thanks, Webster!

Previously freelancing

I'm a little giddy to share that I got to proofread this new book a few months ago:

Ten Rules for Living with My Sister by Ann M. Martin

Yes, that Ann M. Martin, she of the Babysitters Club.

The cover wasn't released online until recently, so I was waiting for that to happen before posting. While it was also exciting to have worked on Sweet Valley Confidential this year, because I also loved that series when I was twelve-ish, the Babysitters Club was far and away my favorite (I think Kristy, Claudia, and the rest were a bit more pure than Jessica and Elizabeth and their friends).



Perfect for those with a slightly obsessive nature because there were 100+ books in the series, I was also so into how each chapter would start with a handwritten excerpt from the BSC journal, and how each girl had her own instantly identifiable handwriting (Mary Anne's looked like a grandma's handwriting, Claudia's was zany and full of misspellings and i's dotted with hearts).

So if you know any eight- or nine-year-olds, Ten Rules . . . is a sweet novel about the misadentures of Pearl and her older sister, Lexie, trying to get along with each other (and they live in a New York apartment in the Village). Also there is a Grandpa with Alzheimer's Issue.