Towards the end of last week, I received a book -- Nightmare Academy by Dean Lorey -- in the mail! That in itself isn't terribly odd, what with my birthday being next week and all, but what is odd is that the name of the sender doesn't ring a bell. It was apparently sent from a public relations firm, so it's entirely possible that someone I know in the publishing and/or communications biz had the book sent to me as a gift through someone else, but I dunno. Or perhaps someone I don't know visited Scary-Crayon and sent the book to me for the purposes of a print review! It looks like it's in the vein of the Harry Potter series, so maybe someone wanted to see if I like it more than its hated cousins in the children's fantasy genre.

At any rate, please drop me a line if you had anything to do with the sending of the book so that I can thank you properly and stop pondering the manifold possible chains of events that led to the arrival of this book at my residence. 🙂

In other news, because today is my mother's birthday, I am currently in the process of baking my first cake! It should be ready to come out of the oven in ten minutes or so -- I'll be sure to take pictures and let you know how it turns out. If it tastes anything like the batter, it should be fantastic.

All for now, then!