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Originally Posted by uujudy
Boomer, I saw Carl (may I also call him Carl?) on the Today Show. I was surprised that he was sooooo much cuter on television than he is on the book jacket. Don't think I ever saw him on TV before. I'm sure I would have remembered if I had.  |
Judy! Judy! Judy! -- Carl Alert! Carl Alert! Carl Alert!
Oh Judy, this morning, when I sat down at my desk to drink coffee and get sidetracked by my computer, I noticed my copy of
Star Island in a stack where I abandoned it after I finished it. As I was trying to decide whether I should treasure it on my bookshelf or selflessly donate it to the Friends of the Library book sale, I decided to dig out this thread and have a look at the link I put in the first post, in case there was anything new there.
Ohhhhhhh, is there ever......Judy! Carl is coming soon to a bookstore near you! Well, sort of near you. Nearer to thee than to me anyway.
I was pointing and clicking my way around that link just now, and when I opened the part that says, "See Carl in person!" -- there it was! Carl will be in Orlando at the Winter Park Borders on September 1.
Yeah. I know. I know. Winter Park is not that close to TV, but hey it is closer than it is to Cincinnati.
Alas and (sigh) and (sigh) again, I will not be Florida in time to see Carl at the bookstore in Orlando. I will be around later, but he will be long gone and back in the mangroves by then. (In his FAQ interview about the book, he says that's where he would rather be, like Skink.)
It is probably just as well that I will not be back in town by September 1. I would try to find you and take you along with me so we could swoon together over Carl and his way with words. But I guess it is for the best that I cannot do that. We could get arrested.
Oh my, I can see it now. A slow news day in Orlando might cause a headline.....
Bookstore Cashier Heroically Intervenes When Two Middle-Aged Women Escape The Villages and Fling Themselves at Carl in Orlando
(Hey! No comments out there from the Peanut Gallery. I am middle-aged. Planning to live well past 100. And don't ask me how I know about the Peanut Gallery.) But I digress....back to Judy now.....
So anyway, I just wanted to let you know.....in case you want to go. (sigh)
Boomer