Whoa, I am really late on this one. In my defense, I’ve been running all over Las Vegas and Southern California, and this is the first day I’ve really had a chance to sit down at my computer and do more than post a quick tweet or make sure there weren’t any earth-shattering emails in my inbox.

Anyway! Thea and Ana of The Book Smugglers asked me to guest-post for their Smugglivus event, and my post can be found here! I’m a day late with the announcement, but hey! Better late than never. :D

I haven’t had time to write up those reviews I mentioned the other day, but I’m adding a couple more books to the review pile: the On The Prowl anthology (3/4ths of which I loved) and Karen Chance’s Midnight’s Daughter (which I’ve almost finished). So, to entertain you all while you wait with baited breath for my reviews (ha.), I’ll link you to my Flickr photostream. At the moment, most of the recent uploads are from the Vegas part of my trip, but I’m uploading California pics as I type. Enjoy!

Run for your lives!

My family’s first holiday party was yesterday. The second is today, and the third will be on Wednesday. And then on Thursday, the boyfriend and I are flying to Las Vegas to visit his brother.

Not much of a winter break, is it? But it’s going to be cool; I’ve never been to Vegas or to San Diego, where we’ll probably drive to visit the boyfriend’s parents.

DumbLittleMan has links to ten websites you should visit before you travel, and I’m going to take full advantage of Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush, a website with a very handy travel list. I love lists.

I’m already trying to figure out which bag I’m going to take to carry books. I want to finish reading Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book before we leave, as it’s a hardcover and I don’t want to carry a ton of heavy books. I will, though, carry a ton of light books, heh.

A brief vacation, anyway. I’m going to the Bay Area for the weekend! I’ve never been, so I’m really looking forward to seeing San Francisco.

Not that I’ve been posting regularly lately, but there won’t be any posts until at least next Tuesday. I don’t think I’ll have really regular internet access while I’m there, but even if I do, I don’t think I’ll have time to post! It’s a whirlwind trip, and I’m determined to do as much as is humanly possible. :D

I did pack a couple of books to read on the plane, though. I’m in the middle of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which I’m sure I’ll finish on the plane tomorrow (though I should be reading stuff for class, heh), and so I tossed in Patricia Briggs’s Cry Wolf to read when I finish PoA. Werewolves, woo hoo! I’ll post a review when I finish it up.