We’ve had one hell of a great book weekend. First Little City Used Book Sale and then Printers Row Lit Fest. I’m just about as “booked” out as I can be!

We spent a wee bit of time wandering around the Harold Washington Library, and enjoyed the visit but we’ll need to go back so that we can see more than just the escalators, the multi purpose room and the children’s room.

We were in the library because I snagged tickets to the Robert Rodi event (who was joined by Amy Sutherland and Jen Lancaster moderating.) When I grabbed the tickets, I grabbed them because we really like Rodi. I didn’t even bother to see who Amy Sutherland was - turns out she’s the woman who wrote Kicked, Bitten & Scratched - a book we really liked. We didn’t love this panel but we didn’t hate it either. All of that focus on the new non-fiction book by Rodi, which makes sense I guess since Sutherland’s most recent books are animal-ish books. It was interesting and I got Rodi’s book, When You Were Me, signed so that was fun.

Now about the Printers Row Litfest spectacular. OMG the books. That’s just all I can say. The books. The books. The freaking BOOKS. Must save money in preparation for next year’s event. Must also bring more canvas bags and someone to carry full bags because, people, books are heavy!

We had so much damn fun wandering around the tents, chatting with authors, fondling books, buying books, drooling over books. Did I mention THE BOOKS?????