The Romance Bookie

Hey Everyone! So Saturday I got to attend my 4th year in a row at YA'll West!  If you don't know what YA'll West   is, it is one of the biggest West Coast Young Adult book festivals.  It is the sister festival to YA Fest, which happens on the East Coast every year.  It is a lot of fun, has a TON of authors, panels, and a lot of free stuff that is given away each year. I have really enjoyed my four years going to YA'll West, and have met SOOOOO many amazing writers and readers there!  Among the authors I have met there are:  Simone Elkeles, Tahereh Mafi, Melissa de la Cruz, Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia, Christina Lauren, Libba Bray, Rainbow Rowell, Richelle Mead, Susanne Colasanti, Kody Keplinger, Ransom Riggs, David Levithan, Jessica Spotswood, Veronica Roth, Allyson Noel, Ally Condie, and sooo many more!! I am getting older though, 28 years old this year, and I am starting to feel a bit old to be going to these events.  YA'll West is getting...

Hey Everyone!! I did something really awesome last weekend!!! I got to go the Pasadena Loves YA Teen Book Festival! :) It was so much fun!! So many books, free and bought!! And I got to meet so many authors including one of my absolute favorite authors, Kody Keplinger!!!! :) It started with a bang already! We walked into the Pasadena Public Library and right there in the main hall was none other than KODY KEPLINGER herself!!! I walked up to her and two other guests, who I soon found out were Alexis Bass (author of  Love and Other Theories ) and Virginia Boecker (author of the upcoming  The Witch Hunter )! I told her who she was, and she was so nice and right away was like, "Mandy!!!  It's so great to finally meet you!" It was so cool!! After saying our goodbyes for now, we started exploring the library.  It was truly beautiful!  Four stories of lovely lovely books! In the auditorium, they had carts and carts of books, which early guests were g...