I'm joining TGIF again today. This meme is hosted by GReads. It's a chance to recap the week on our blog and answer a question.
Today's question: Tell us about an author you've met, contacted, stalked....
I've been to a few author signings. Last TGIF I showed you my stamped copy of Mockingjay. I also got a bunch of books signed at BEA. I was telling Gretchen McNeil that I liked Possess and she said that some people thought that book was scarier than Ten. So here's what she wrote in my ARC:
What happened on my blog this week? Click the highlighted text to check it out!
Monday I reviewed a great new YA contemporary, My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Tuesday was Hot off the Presses!
Wednesday I kicked off a Golden Lily Giveaway with Trivia. Still time to enter! Check out today's trivia question here!
Thursday I tested my zombie tolerance by reviewing This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers.
Giveaway winners this week:
Hannah @ PaperbackTreasures won the two YA contemporary titles by HarperTeen author Gwendolyn Heasley!
Be sure to scroll down and enter Freebie Friday AND the Golden Lily giveaway!
I am so envious of you that you met Gretchen!! I loved Possess and I am dying to read TEN. You know how I love my creepy books!!
ReplyDeleteI love Agatha Christie -- that's my kind of creepy :)
DeleteGretchen McNeil is pretty awesome. I haven't read Ten yet, trying to get a couple reviews first, but I am so excited for it!
ReplyDeleteSame here!!
DeleteAhhhh... I love this question! I keep forgetting about TGIF. Next week. Dang. I heart Gretchen McNeil. She was awesome! I can't wait to read Ten.
ReplyDeleteNext week is another good question about favorite reads of 2012!
DeleteI haven't read Possess, but Ten is definitely on my TBR list. Any book that is an Agatha Christie retelling and features teenagers trapped with a madman on a scary island is something i want to read! Have you started it yet? Anxious to hear your thoughts:)
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm trying to read review books in order. So I have a few to get to first!
DeleteLisa Kessler is an author I stalk all the time given that she lives so close to my city. I would be meeting her for the third time next month (if not next week).
ReplyDeleteI met Tahereh Mafi, Anna Carey, Kami Garcia, Lauren Kate, and Ransom Riggs all at the same time. Very interesting people :D
I met other authors but I can't remember their name at the moment - lol don't kill me.
I plan to meet more authors in the future. I missed meeting Richelle Mead and Melissa De La Cruz this week and I'm so bummed. But there will be next time I hope.
Aw, I thought you were going to the Richelle Mead signing. Sorry you missed it!
ReplyDeleteI missed it. My companion was really tired and I didn't want him to be miserable so I just said let's just go home. My heart was crying lol
DeleteI think the only author I have met is Lisa Lutz. Although after the last book in her series I'm not such a big fan anymore cause I hate what happened lol Most signed books I receive by the authors mailing them to me or by winning them. There are not many signings near me except in SF which is a bet of a hectic drive with bridge tolls and no parking so I never go. Plus none of my local friends want to drive that far with me just to get a signed book. "-(
ReplyDeleteGretchen cracks me up on twitter and in her vlogs. LOL I love what she put in your book too. I've read Possess and Ten already and I am not sure which I found scarier. Well, more like creepier. I did love Ten slightly more. Can't wait to hear how scary it was for you when you read it! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post Jen! The authors I met where Kami Garica, Margareth Stohl, Lauren Kate, and Anna Carey! Check my review Jen for Under The Never Sky and The Summoning!
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http://wwwthebookshelves.blogspot.com/2012/06/dystopian-romances-under-never-sky.html
I work in Early Childhood & the only author I have met, several times, is Mem Fox. She writes the most amazing picture books for children. My workplace often sponsors & arranges conferences for Mem Fox.
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