I'm so happy someone finally nominated Ptolemy's Gate for The Cybils Fantasy/Sci Fi award, because now when I look back over the year, it was a real stand out.
If you love Bartimaeus and Jonathan Stroud's trilogy as much as I do, then head on over to the Guardian to listen to their new podcast. Stroud "talks about the book and reads two chapters from the final book in the series, Ptolemy's Gate." [sic]