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I've been so overwhelmed with gratitude at the emails that have been showing up recently. I received one of these amazing emails today, and I wanted to share it:

Dear Danica,
Last week, my 12 year old, Kelsey, and I were waiting in the doctor's office for her sports physical. We were flipping through a copy of Newsweek and saw an article about your book-I ordered it as soon as we got home.

Math Doesn't Suck arrived yesterday. I can't express to you how impressed I am! Your writing is so perfectly geared toward middle school girls it is unbelievable. I haven't had a chance to read the whole book yet, but I spent quite some time yesterday afternoon flipping through the different sections. The blend of humor, your real life experiences, bios on successful women and encouragement is truly wonderful. I doubt I will have the opportunity to read more of the book for awhile, as I am the mother of three girls. My 10 year old, Avery is in line to read it next. (It will be a little while before Maggie, the 7 year old needs it)

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"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door. You step onto the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." - Bilbo Baggins (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Condé Nast Traveler just released its list of "The 86 Greatest Travel Books of All Time". The titles were selected by a panel of forty five writers which featured luminaries such as Vikram Chandra, Peter Mayle, John McPhee, Paul Theroux, and Gore Vidal.

This epic list contained nine books published by Penguin, and included tales told by travelers who have ranged from the arid plains of Patagonia, to the shifting sands of Southern Arabia. Books such as these allow us to experience characters like the darkly ironic Mark Twain as he flees the Civil War or mulls on the Mississippi, and the profound, itinerant monk Bash-o as he travels through 17^th century Japan.