A Thank You

The May 14 issue of Time Magazine held a pleasant surprise. It is the annual 100 most influential people in the world issue. As I'm flipping through the pages, there, listed under arts and entertainment (right under a picture of Leonardo DiCaprio), was Nora Roberts. The brief blurb praised her for her writing (yes, really : "She can make romance seem fresh and hopeful every time"), recognized her as the beloved author she is, and didn't put down the genre at all. When I saw the piece, my first thought was "My God, we've made it." OK, perhaps a bit overblown, but somehow it seems that a huge step toward romance not being considered the embarassing step-daughter of literature was taken by this inclusion. So I salute Nora for all the work she has done for the rest of us (although I would hazard the guess that she wasn't thinking of us but just writing the stories inside herself--the rest was just an unintentional call to greatness) and for all the terrific stories she has given us over the years. I know she will probably never read this, but I wanted to acknowledge her.
--Gabi

Books I'm reading now:
The Trouble with Valentine's Day byRachel Gibson
Born in Death by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban (slow going this time with the kiddo)
Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
And I gotta go to the store because I'm finally on vacation for the summer