Miss Delacourt won't be making her official curtsy to the Queen until December 24th, however, she is a sensible young lady so her mother has declared her unofficially "out". This means that she is allowed to accept invitations to your home where she promises to be a delight to all who come to know her (which is regency-speak for Miss Delacourt has hit libraries all over the country and people are reading her. People I don't even know, have never even heard of! )
As you can imagine, this is pretty epic, mind-boggling and tres exciting! On Monday morning I reported that six library systems (there are multiple libraries in each system) have ordered one or more copies of Miss D. There are now 49 on the list (click on the book cover in the sidebar to be taken to the list of library systems). However, not all library systems are with worldcat.org. I have discovered, through the efforts of a friend in San Jose, that the library system there has ordered 15 copies of Miss D! There is no sign of this on worldcat.org, the link to which the book cover takes you should you click on it. I am about to go through the list to see just how many books have been purchased by libraries (that I know of) and how many books are checked out and being read right this moment. I will be updating this post when I know the full scoop while trying to get ready for the Big Guy's 19th birthday party. And put away Halloween. And get the kids ready for church tomorrow. Oh, man, my head hurts! At least the Big Guy doesn't want cake--he wants banana splits and hot fudge sundaes. For which I am very grateful!
UPDATE: There are 51 library systems (that I know of) that carry Miss D and 75 different libraries with 77 books purchased so far. Four of them have been checked out (most libraries don't have their copy on the shelves, yet) and four people have put a hold on it. If any of those are you, please comment and let me know. Yay!
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