The Romance Bookie

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...

Hey Everyone! Brodi Ashton ( Everneath Series), Jodi Meadows ( Incarnate Series ), Cynthia Hand ( Unearthly Series ) Book Event!! Can you believe it? All three of those authors together in one event!!!! Aah!!! It was basically my dream come true!! Yay!! So I had been waiting for this event for a long time!! I actually emailed Jodi Meadows telling her how amazing she and her books are (cause I'm a dork like that) and then I casually  mentioned that she should stop by Salt Lake City, should she get the chance!! To my delight, Jodi emailed me back and told me that she, Brodi and Cynthia were meeting up in SLC for a writing retreat and that they would be planning an event!! I was so excited!! I, of course, immediately took credit for this phenomenon and told everyone (aka my mom) that I emailed an author and asked her to come to SLC and she totally granted my request!! Okay, so I massaged the truth a little, but still, cool, huh?? So, needless to say, I was SO EXCITED for this ...

From Erin: So last Tuesday I was able to attend the launching event for Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's new book Dangerous Creatures !! So a lot of you probably know this, but this is a spin off series from Beautiful Creatures  featuring Lena's cousin Ridley (and Link)! The event was JUST AWESOME!! Not only were Kami and Margaret there, but the amazing Shannon Hale, author of Goose Girl , was the mediator!! And in addition to the panel members, Ally Condie ( Matched ), Ann Dee Ellis ( The End or Something Like That ), Christina Hobbs aka the Christina of Christina Lauren ( Sweet Filthy Boy ), and some others!! I got to talk to Ally Condie and tell her how much I love her books, but unfortunately I haven't read Ann Dee Ellis, and I didn't even recognize Christina Lauren until way afterwards, although I haven't read her books either :(.  There was also a band, Dom Liberati, that played during the signing. From Left to Right: Kami Garcia, ...