I have to admit I've never read your books.  Not because I thought they were evil, just, well, I'll have my therapist send over a copy of session #487 and then you'll understand why.

It's been a long time since I've seen my son choose to spend his before school time reading.  He thinks it's work, even though he's one of those genius kids who scored higher on reading tests than high school kids, in 2nd grade. 

Occasionaly he'd force himself through The Box Car Children.  He did read C.S. Lewis's Chronicles series.  But anyway, what I'm saying is, he's a capable kid who drives me crazy with his reading attitude.

That is, until I introduced him to your books.  He loves them.  He voluntarily reads them.  (Could you write a book about brushing teeth?)

Obviously, you have a huge following.  And even though I'm not going to dress up as Dumbledorf and sit outside the theater for two days before the debut of your next movie, because of my son, I'm a fan.

And p.s. Don't let yourself get down about being adverb happy.  What we forget sometimes is, a great story, and a great voice are all that's needed.  Plus, you can laugh at the critics all the way to the bank.  I don't see any bobble-heads of writing critiques anywhere.

Thanks,

A mom.