I was the substitute librarian yesterday for a local elementary school and read this to the class. When I asked for their reactions, one beautiful 2nd grader raised his hand and said, "Some people think racism is over now, but that isn't true because lots of people still get treated differently because of the color of their skin." Preach, child, preach!

Even I can hardly believe I've never read Dracula. Picked this up from the local library in October of last year and am just getting to it. Many renewals. I'm kind of an asshole.

I'm catching up with my 9 yr old, who is on book two of this series. It's fun and engaging, and I was more than a little amused to find that the lead character's resemblance to Kurt Cobain on the book's cover is intentional.