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What appeared to be a fabulous new feature of Typepad has instead been,
um, not so helpful. See, when people comment, the way I know about it
is that it appears in my email account. There, I happily read it, and
when I have time and it doesn't seem too dorky, I reply. I used to do
this by going to the blog, and clicking on "leave a comment" or
whatever it exactly says. But lately, there has been an enticing little
note that says "To comment, just reply to this email!" So I have.

It turned out that this was a mistake. It turned out that all those witty, thoughtful, and appropriate comments I made were then speedily sent to my own special spam comment area (which I didn't quite know existed—I blame myself). So anyone I replied to, it never got there.
To
rectify this, I herewith summarize all those comments I made to various
commenters.
In no particular order:

Yes! I love that book, too!

Yes, that makes sense. I did read The Magicians, and
liked it a lot, though I don't feel quite as bitter about my present
experience of magic or the lack thereof in the present world as the
book seems to be.

I loved that book, too! I loved Mrs. Piggle Wiggle.

Yes, I love No Flying in the House too!

The link for the Winter's Tail contest is here: http://www2.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/smp/winter/WinterContestSheet.pdf

I love that book, too!

I love that book, too! (ad nauseum)

I
will try not to be lazy and to now post all comments through a more
reliable conduit. Or at least to check to see if they appear, for
heaven's sake. I will also try to know what I am doing.