Sunday again, my goodness! I had a pretty decent week in reading--only two books, but over a thousand pages, so I'm not complaining!! I reviewed The Crimes of Paris by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, as well as The Dawning of Power by Brian Rathbone. Don't forget to check out my Crimes of Paris review--there's a GIVEAWAY going on that ends tonight (courtesy of Hatchette Books!). I actually started reading a third book, which I ended up staying up until the wee hours of the morning to read, and subsequently reviewed it this morning: A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman. So for me, it was a pretty good week!
In other news, I went to my first book signing in years today! Melissa Marr was at the B&N in Alpharetta so I made the drive over to have my copy of Wicked Lovely signed, along with buying Ink Exchange and Fragile Eternity to have signed. Marr was a great speaker--the whole session was Q&A and she's such an interesting, personable woman that the time flew by. It was fascinating to learn more behind the Wicked Lovely series, not to mention how she comes up with the ideas and puts them all on paper. I think everyone there enjoyed it and had a lot of laughs--Melissa Marr has a great sense of humor! I also had the pleasure of meeting Vania over at Reverie Book Reviews, as well as Kelsey from Just Blinded Book Reviews. I took some pictures of Melissa Marr talking and signing, as well as one of myself with her. Silly me forgot to get a picture of the bloggers, though, darn it! :-) So I'll leave you with those pics. Have a great week, everyone!!
Yay for book signings! :-D (It's Melissa squared!)
In other news, I went to my first book signing in years today! Melissa Marr was at the B&N in Alpharetta so I made the drive over to have my copy of Wicked Lovely signed, along with buying Ink Exchange and Fragile Eternity to have signed. Marr was a great speaker--the whole session was Q&A and she's such an interesting, personable woman that the time flew by. It was fascinating to learn more behind the Wicked Lovely series, not to mention how she comes up with the ideas and puts them all on paper. I think everyone there enjoyed it and had a lot of laughs--Melissa Marr has a great sense of humor! I also had the pleasure of meeting Vania over at Reverie Book Reviews, as well as Kelsey from Just Blinded Book Reviews. I took some pictures of Melissa Marr talking and signing, as well as one of myself with her. Silly me forgot to get a picture of the bloggers, though, darn it! :-) So I'll leave you with those pics. Have a great week, everyone!!
Yay for book signings! :-D (It's Melissa squared!)
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Hi Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI'm new to TSS. Trying to make my way through the feed. I love book signings. sounds like a good week.
Oh how fun! I just love listening to authors describe how they write. Absolutely fascinating to me!
ReplyDeleteOver one thousand pages read in one week?! Simply amazing.
How fun that you went to the signing!
ReplyDeleteHopefully I'll get to see you at the next one!
Susan ~ Welcome to TSS! We're glad to have you!
ReplyDeleteMolly ~ Marr really was interesting--particularly since she focuses so heavily on her characters. It was interesting to listen to her describe how she developed them and almost thought of them as real people (not quite, though :-))
Shalonda ~ Yes, I was sorry not to get to meet you this time around, but hopefully I'll see you at the next one! I really enjoyed myself today, I've got to make it a habit to go to more signings! :-)
Great pictures, especially the one of you Melissa Mar! Book signings are so much fun. I'm glad you had such a good time!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome that you got to go to the book signing! The pictures are just awesome!
ReplyDeleteHey Melissa! I have an award for you on my blog. You can see it here: http://lissaslongyarn.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-got-awards.html
ReplyDeleteI am not jealous at all! Oh who am I kidding. I would have loved to meet Melissa Marr. You are so lucky and I am so envious.
ReplyDeleteMelissa Marr is so awesome! You're so lucky to have met her! I adore her novels! Great photos! :D You're such a pretty lady!
ReplyDeleteI wish we had book signings!! I like your hair =)
ReplyDeleteRuth ~ Thank you! It WAS a lot of fun, and now I'm sad that I haven't made an effort to go to more signings, but that all changes as of now!
ReplyDeleteDar & Lissa ~ Thank you!
Scrap girl ~ Makes up a little bit for me being jealous of your scrapping. Still haven't touched the wedding scrapbook to finish it. Must do that soon.
Jo ~ Thank you very much, you're sweet!
Kristina ~ Thanks! I was playing around with it this weekend and discovered that was a great way to keep it out of my face, too :-) Love those little mini butterfly claws/clips!
I love going to author readings. Even if I haven't read the book, I always seem to get something out of it. I went to see the author of the Cellist of Sarajevo the week before last and I'm super excited to read the book now!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! I recently bought two books by Melissa and I can't wait to dive into them!
ReplyDeleteOkay I'm definitely jealous!!!! I love Melissa Marr's books...and would love to meet her...hope to at BEA. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your experience and photos. You both look great!
ReplyDeleteYou are too cute! It sounds like your booksigning went really well. I've only attended one and it was hopelessly awkward (there were only about 4 other people who showed so we all stood in front of the authors and chit chatted for a while).
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great week!
Ali ~ You raise a great point. What a good opportunity to learn more about an author you don't know!
ReplyDeleteMelody ~ Enjoy! I know I have.
Amy ~ You will love her. I really hope you do get to meet her. She's just so REAL.
vvb32 ~ Thank you! :-)
Trish ~ Aww, thanks *blushes*. Back when I used to help with book signings in my previous life (ha) we had a few that turned out like that. One was a local romance author, but when only 4 or 5 people showed up, we moved the whole thing to a cozy section with comfy chairs and really had a great chat!
Haha Melissa squared. You are so silly! I haven't read a book my Melissa Marr yet and I feel like I'm so totally missing out. Definitely looks like you had a blast hun =D
ReplyDeleteP.S. A most excellent week as well. Congrats again on your 100+ followers, I'm so happy for you and your blog!!