First and foremost, and breaking our policy of not citing The Edge of the Forest 
	authors, MotherReader set off a firestorm of listing and considering the Best Books 
	of 2006 (so far).

	Leila at Bookshelves of Doom continues her series of reviews of Nancy Drew, 
	this month taking on The Secret of Red Gate Farm: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #6

	Tockla covers an interesting writing event, William Nicholson at The Space, for 
	Tockla's World of Children's Literature

	Colleen Mondor talks about reviewing at Chasing Ray
	
	J.L. Bell reads Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl as a nationalist statement at Oz and Ends.
	
	Sherry says hello to autumn in a wonderful post at Semicolon.

	The always smart Gail Gauthier just "has to wonder" about overworked cliches in 
	Young Adult Literature at Original Content

	Julie and Eisha, working together at the fabulous new blog, Seven Impossible Things 
	Before Breakfast, consider New Picture Books That You Cannot Live Without in three 
	parts (part 1, part 2, part 3, presumably, to follow)

	Robin, one of The Disco Mermaids, seeks recommendations for picture books 
	that answer life's big questions, such as "Why your first girlfriend will inevitably 
	break your heart…I don’t know why…but she will…and you’ll never forget her"
 
	Poor Gregory K. is swabbing the decks at GottaBook
	
	Brooke, a new blogger on the block, calls out the tearjerkers at The Brookeshelf 
	
	Jen Robinson celebrates National Literacy Day at Jen Robinson's Book Page

	In a new "Ask Esme" column, Esme Raji Codell recommends biographies with a 
	Latin and Hispanic flavor at PlanetEsme's Book-A-Day Plan

	Anastasia Suen shares top 10 query letter gaffes at Create/Relate, and 
	there's some doozies amongst them.  Writers, beware!