Lots Before 5: What I've Been Reading

Sorry for the pause in blogging. I'm in the middle of a week-long nanny gig (including nights).

Keywords for context: gummy vitamins, Silly Bandz, iCarly, Junie B. (Jones, that is), pancakes with sprinkles, pink toothpaste, homemade cinnabuns, conga lines around the kitchen and pony rides around the living room, bus stop meltdowns, 6am wake-up calls and total exhaustion by 7pm. 

Tell me you're not green with envy...

Here's what I've been reading:

• "National Book Critic's Circle prizes awarded" (via Jacket Copy)
• "Apple iPad Now Available for Pre-order" (via GalleyCat)
• "Continuing the conversation..." (via The New Sleakness) A rundown on Macmillan CEO John Sargent and his savvy idealism
• "DBW Profile: Ryan Chapman, Marketing Optimist" (via DBW) I like marketing. I like optimism. I like this interview. eProps to Marian.
• "Who Are We Really? And Why Marketers Should Care" (via AdAge-The Big Tent)
• "A Q  and A With Lorin Stein, the new editor of The Paris Review" (via Nal Post)
• "Mark Twain on Queen Victoria" (via Jacket Copy)
• "This Week in Fiction: Questions for Junot Diaz" (via Book Bench)
• "10 of the best: heres from children's fiction" (via Guardian)
• "I Just Ordered an iPad: Here's Why" (via AdAge)
• "E-Book Readers: Will Secondary Features Win Consumers' Hearts of Leave Them Cold?" (via Tech Crunch)

And with that, I leave you, as I'm on girl scout duty this evening and need to plan...please don't think I'm kidding. 

Later loves,
The Nanny