Detroit- D-troit!! D-licious! Un-D-nialble! You guys came, you saw, and you conquered. And I love you for it. Again the show will be remember partly for MJ’s passing. It was touching for us to be in Motown on that day. But the show did go on and we rocked it- HARD!!! So much fun- so many awesome new memories to cherish! And so many books to share with the world!!!!!! Hope you guys had a good time getting all those books!!! :)

Detroit you make me smile. oxoxo -jm

Cleveland! Buncha’ cuties! Look atcha! Gawd Love ya! Cleveland was arguably the loudest crowd on the fall tour and they did not disappoint this time!! Hope you guys had fun collecting the books. Its not always a perfect science, but it seems like it makes people feel good to get involved. Thank you so much for lending your time and energy. You knocked it out the box! oxxoxoxo -jm

Detroit you came hard. You stepped up. You did like you do. Ka-plow!! The show was revved up like a Ford 150, but of course it had its heavy hearted moments with the passing of MJ. It was an honor to celebrate him in our own way. I have to admit, I was a little weighed down for a bit, but then I was snapped out of it by the awesome crowd. The show must go on. I’m sure Mike would agree. And it sho’ nuf did. AND he would be proud of his Motown for bringing 760 new books to the show!!!!!!! 760! Amazing…thank you!!! I’m proud of the Motown, too!!! xoxoxo

Now Chicago…Chicago, Chicago, Chicago. You did it. You once again secured your very special place in my heart AND… by a nose… you took out Toronto as the biggest book getter. Chicago takes it with 1300 BOOKS!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!! I love ya! I knew you wouldn’t let me down, but I didn’t think you’d take the crown!!! Much love to the volunteers from Detroit and Chicago. It wasn’t raining but it was hot as a Waffle House skillet, so thanks for hanging in there and giving your time and energy to this very important collection. The kids are getting these books and they are going to read them and cherish them for a long long time. 

I could go on and on and will in the future :)  More pics coming tomorrow. oxoxoxoxoxoxoo -jm

As you can see below- New Vlog is up! My main man on the key-pad J.Siegel hooked it!

And oh, yeah…Damn, does Cleveland rock!!!! The vlog was before the show…now I see Cleveland just keeps rockin’ harder and harder!!! Bang!  And Cleveland not only rocks, Cleveland Cares!!! Over 500 books baby!!! Beautiful, colorful, gorgeous new books for the kids. You guys are making engineers, and scientists and teachers and doctors and presidents and really smart stay-at-home moms and dads!!! Wooo-hooooo!!!!!!!!!! Only the tip of the iceberg. Spread the word and let people get involved. Let’s Get This! xoxox -jm

Unreal, but so real and so right! We are getting this!!!! We are getting this!!!! And we aren’t even half way thru the tour! You are all amazing! If you haven’t gotten involved yet, please got to firstbook.org/letsgetthis and get your free download of “5 Brothers and a Million Sisters”- my valentine to my brothers and our supporters. Been singing it out on the tour and its a blast. Thanks again and let’s KEEP GETTING this!!! -jm

Toronto, Toronto! I love ya, Toronto! A Thousand new books in one day!!! And the sun DID come out that day, too! I went for a beautiful run in the afternoon along the water. The Molson Center is a great venue. Beautiful day, but the best part by far is giving these kids brand new book and impacting their life in a way that keep on giving! Thank you to these chipper (Canadians are like that naturally) volunteers for all their hard work. Besides collecting books in the pouring rain, they had the toughest job so far collecting over a thousand books!!! Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!! xoxoxoxo much lovey!  -jm