As Kirkus folded while Ellen met with them in NYC ( among other services ), I had a funny thought about timing. What if The Last Track would up being among the last batch of reviews Kirkus released? That would be kind of cool, actually.

Many publishers harbored conflicted feelings about Kirkus. Or so I’ve read. In fact, a few ceased submitting projects to Kirkus in recent years, since they were beholden to neither the reach of the publisher nor the author’s legacy. But oftentimes when I loved a title, odds were good Kirkus had some nice things to say about the book, too. Oddly, I have trouble recalling a bad Kirkus review. Then again, selling the Last Track sharpened some pretty intense filtering mechanism in my fragile little mind.

Despite the years of querying, very few replies have survived the shredder. Perhaps five or six personal notes and emails are what remain from that entire period. Maybe I could have kept them, but one form letter is pretty much the same as the next.

The book club meeting got rescheduled due to inclement weather. However, the Revolution Reading Club were kind enough to provide a very nice review in the meantime which will appear with the book.