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#100HappyBookDays - Days 1-10
Nafiza started this fun hashtag/challenge on Instagram to post a photo of a book we love for 100 days. I've had so much fun picking books to spotlight, so I thought I'd share my picks so far.
You can follow along at the #100HappyBookDays hashtag to see what everyone is sharing.
Photo Essay: Seattle Field Trip (Maggie Stiefvater at University Bookstore Edition)
On Friday, we all piled into the car for a day trip to Seattle for Maggie Stiefvater's event at University Bookstore.
Sure, Maggie was going to be in Portland the next day, but it was an appearance at Wordstock, and the organizers of that even couldn't be bothered to announce their schedule in a timely manner (and were not very friendly when asked for details about the schedule back in September), so we drove three hours instead.
It's all good, though, because a trip to Seattle always means fun things like Backstreet Boys singalongs and the chance to kidnap the lovely Mindi Scott for some adventures.
Since I don't write recaps as a matter of principle (said principle being that I try not to do things that bore me), I thought I'd share some snapshots from our day.
Photo Essay: Laini Taylor at the Portland Barnes + Noble
Laura, Sandra and I had great fun meeting up with our blogging friend Flannery from The Readventurer, who drove down from Seattle to see Laini Taylor speak at our local Barnes & Noble earlier this week.
(Check out Flan’s recap here.)
Photo Essay: A.S. King at Vancouver Community Library
Laura and I braved the pouring rain and hellacious traffic on the bridge spanning the Oregon-Washington border to see one of our favorite authors, A.S. King, speak at the Fort Vancouver Public Library’s Teen Writing Awards.
It was an extremely cool event, and we learned a ton about the author, her writing process and the very interesting life she’s led. Here are some photos from the event.
Laura looking pretty adorable with her sassy hat, football-themed handbag and copy of Please Ignore Vera Dietz.
“Everybody Sees the Ants”-themed cupcakes. Aren’t they adorable?
Uhhhhhh… wait a second! These ants are plastic! (Apparently, a library employee was warning people that the ants were inedible.)
Photo Essay: Mindi Scott's Live Through This Launch Party
On Saturday, Laura, Sandra, Linsey (who’s in our subversive book club and super-cool) and I headed up to Seattle for Mindi Scott’s launch party for her second novel, Live Through This, at Elliot Bay Books.
If you haven’t read the book yet, you really should—it’s a unique, sensitive take on a very difficult subject and I cannot recommend it enough. Rather than writing a normal recap (which I’m terrible at anyway), I thought I’d share our little adventures in photos. We braved rain, half of the streets in Seattle being closed and detoured (what is with that city and its traffic?) and drunken football fans all in the name of books—uh, and acquiring a stash of Top Pot Doughnuts.
Seattle Skyline - It’s getting dark so, so early here in the Pacific Northwest. (I forgot to take a photo of the bookstore, so this is my stand-in.)
Laura had a “significant” haul of Australian books thanks to a Fishpond order and the lovely Mandee from Vegan YA Nerds. We divided them up and this is my stack to read first.
And Laura’s stack… It’s amusing how often we end up dividing up books on the street, looking somewhat like we’re conducting some sort of illegal activity. Have I mentioned that we usually exchange books in a rumpled paper bag?
Piles of Live Through This