Of course

any book that mentions Judy is a great one.  We need to keep new generations exposed to the greatest talent who ever lived.  And every book I have ever read by Holly Goldberg Sloan has been a great one, too.  And Short was great! It just didn't wow me.  It just kept going along.  And I wondered if something MORE was going to happen.  But the thing was, even though nothing big happened, it was still a very good book because the characters were so likable and real.  I will recommend this book!

On Broadway!

Five, Six, Seven Nate is a clever title, the second in the story of Nate, a tween we first met in Better Nate Than Ever.  Tim Federle is rising star on Broadway and so all of the ins and outs of putting together a Broadway musical are here.  I don't know much about the business, but if this is what it is like, it is crazy and tedious and frustrating and wonderful all at the same time.  I gave this one four of five just because I got a little bogged down with the insider stuff, but that was more of a reflection of me than of the book.  If you have always wanted to be on the stage, you won't mind it at all.  This is a great, great book.

Gene Kelly Awards

So on Saturday night I attended the Gene Kelly Awards with my amazing wonder mom!  We had a really good time and saw some great performances.  One other thing we saw was the author of Better Nate Than Ever, TimFederle, who was a CLO Mini-star back in the day.  Wait.  Maybe he wasn't.  Maybe he just performed in a musical that was up for  Gene Kelly Award.  I can't remember.  But anyway, he was a great presenter and they mentioned that he wrote this book and I had heard from my friend Joy that it was a great book so I bought and read it and yes, it was a great book!  Nate is a kid who is bound for Broadway!  But he is from a mini-town near Pittsburgh and that's about as far away as he thinks he can get.  Still he hops a bus with the hopes to making it to an audition for E.T.: the musical.  Very funny book about a boy dealing with bullies, his sexuality, his love of the theater and everything else.  Great stuff.  I hope there will be more from Federle and more about Nate!