The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

rocked.

(I did mention how much of a complete nerd I am, right?)

I manged to get into talk on teen books as well as the "conversation between" Sara Vowell and David Rakoff. Sara Vowell and David Rakoff were hilarious. So was Mike Lupica. Michelle Serros had some very interesting things to say.

I also spent way too much money buying cds of some of the Saturday sessions that I missed.

I plan to write more about the talks but, unfortunately, my notes are nearly illegible - even to me. (Yes, I took notes. Did you think I was kidding about being a complete nerd?) Once I decipher my own shorthand, I'll try to write something about the talks, even though I'm sure I won't do any of the speakers justice.