Meanderings on a Tuesday

Oh dear - I keep forgetting what colour I'm supposed to write in. Is it pink?

The live webchat Leonie and I did on Mumsnet was a lot of fun - really interesting to correspond with a whole variety of parents and hear directly about the kind of questions and worries they've got as far as reading with their children goes.

I've recently started reading Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks. I'm a big fan of his, though I wasn't too taken with Road of the Dead, which is the most recent title I read. This one is creating a fantastic sense of menace. It's certainly not something I'd give to a pre-teen, but I'm hooked.