back to the Forest

I picked up Autumn Term by Antonia Forest the other day, because I wanted a book to read over lunch (handy, working in a library!). So then, inevitably, I was sucked into re-reading almost the whole Marlow series again. I skipped Thuggery Affair, because, well, it's Thuggery Affair, and Peter's Room because I couldn't find it on the shelf. I can't imagine a thief breaking in just for that one book, but that was the hardest for me to get. Bother.
The SO brought home a fun preread yesterday: 21 Proms, edited by David Levithan and Daniel Ehrenhaft. I'm only a few stories into it - I was underwhelmed by the Cecily von Ziegesar story, but really charmed by a few others. It often seems as though unknown authors write better for short story collections - they have to earn their way in by talent, instead of by their name.