Dave Barry As Literature? Yes!

We're all going out this week to order Dave Barry's Starcatcher Trilogy. These three books are a "prequel" to the Peter Pan story, and if they are as funny as Dave's other books, we're going to have a very happy time of it.

We are doing this because the "ReadMOre" statewide book group is going to organize discussions on this three-book set, and we're big on one-book projects of any kind.

There's a new wrinkle to how we're promoting the programs this year, and I hope you'll help us give some online gadgets a good shakedown. If you go to the ReadMOre web site and poke around, you will notice that we have set up an online "Discussion" place, a Blog, and an online Calendar for events.

Although navigating this page is somewhat like an Easter Egg Hunt, if you persist, you may see a Facebook link and a photo-sharing place at Flickr.com. So...that's five "portals" for people to participate online in some way, and I've got to admit, the portals are empty right now. (I just set them up!) Why don't you take a look at these portals and see if you might want to become part of an online community, a "virtual circle of friends" who come together to chat about these books? I just jumped in and opened a Facebook account, and that was brave. I felt silly doing it, as if I'd walked into a place made for people of tender years. We'll see how it goes. Join in so I won't feel so lonely, OK?