A few years ago YA Book Council read the book Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann. I was browsing through the Simon & Schuster Pulse website when I came across a new cover for the book which I had never seen before and it was just so radically different then the cover I have that I felt the need to share it with everyone. Actually my first reaction was OMGWHHHHHHHHHHAT but that could be the iced coffee kicking in. Continue reading “Gender and Marketing: Cryer’s Cross by @lisa_mcmann #coverflip”
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Dear friend, I am writing to you because she said you listen
“I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn’t try to sleep with that person at the party even though you could have. Please don’t try to figure out who she is because then you might figure out who I am, and I really don’t want you to do that.” – The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky.
Today at the Ontario Teen Book Fest one of the topics touched upon by Stephen Chbosky during his panel was who is the Friend that Charlie is writing to. We didn’t get a definitive answer. Chbosky reasoned that he finds that sometimes when he hears lyrics and then finds out what the lyrics actually are, the reality usually isn’t as great as the perceived words.
Except for Hotel California by the Eagles.
He used this reasoning to avoid explicitly stating whom Charlie is writing to. He suggested that there are several theories and some of them are better then what he had intended so instead of definitively stating, if he just leaves it open then maybe we can pretend that one of the better hypothesis can be our reality. For example, he liked the idea that Charlie was writing to himself. (And since that was suggested by someone we can assume that’s not what Chbosky originally intended.)
Anyhow my hypothesis and it’s fairly obvious … is that Charlie is writing to Stephen Chbosky. But it’s been a while since I’ve read the book so have no idea how appropriate that is. And in a way I think I like it better not knowing.
The Perks of Being at the Ontario Teen Book Festival 2013 #tbf @StephenChbosky @marburyjack @LexThomasAuthor @LBardugo
Woke up super early this morning (before 7). Well … didn’t finish getting up until after 7. Then I drove Alethea and myself out to … BFE (Ontario). Bought books. Sat through Author panels. Came home. Was very tired. Wrote a post. Wait. Not even a whole post. Wrote a few fragmented sentences filling in for a post. And then wrote some more. Then I deleted that and wrote some more. Why am I telling you about my writing process? Probably because I’m tired and semi coherent. But after listening today’s authors I have decided that the best way to write is to write and a lot of authors don’t outline before writing so … here we go.
THE ONTARIO TEEN BOOK FESTIVAL WAS FUN, FREE, INFORMATIVE AND A GREAT WAY TO LISTEN TO AUTHORS TALK ABOUT THE CRAFT.
Finished Reading The Shadowhand Covenant by @BrianFarrey
And thus begins me talking about an upcoming book that you probably can’t read because it’s not out yet.
The book is The Shadowhand Covenant and it is a follow up to The Vengekeep Prophecy by Brian Farrey. Vengekeep is a middle group fantasy book about a family of thieves and a quest to save their community from a prophecy of doom. Of course … the Grimjinx family faked the prophecy and somehow it’s coming true so it’s up to Jaxter to save his family, the town, etc. Shadowhand is a more complex layered tale that expands on Vengekeep … Continue reading “Finished Reading The Shadowhand Covenant by @BrianFarrey”
OH YOU’RE KIDDING ME: In which I discover @ned_vizzini has signed stock at BN Glendale AFTER I have purchased his new book
Interrupting my anecdotes of #BookFest for a quick post about a surprise discovery I made tonight…I went to Barnes & Noble in Glendale tonight because they sent me a coupon which was about to expire. So I went in and bought LEGO. (Be glad I don’t blog about me and LEGO).
While I was there I noticed a display for House of Secrets and there was an autographed copy sticker on it. Continue reading “OH YOU’RE KIDDING ME: In which I discover @ned_vizzini has signed stock at BN Glendale AFTER I have purchased his new book”
That time I stuck the new Kobo Aura HD in my pants pocket. #BookFest
This is about a gadget, canadians, water, Stephen Pastis, and my pants. Continue reading “That time I stuck the new Kobo Aura HD in my pants pocket. #BookFest”
A.S. King @AS_King wins a book prize and I get my books signed #BookFest
A.S. King (asking for a link to her website? Right there).
One of the authors I did get to see at a booth was A.S. King who had just won a prize for her book. The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for 2012 in Young Adult Literature was awarded to her for Ask the Passengers which is on my to be read list. (As is pretty much all of western literature).
She was signing at the Mysterious Galaxy booth and there wasn’t a line and I got books signed. Continue reading “A.S. King @AS_King wins a book prize and I get my books signed #BookFest”
Either Rachel Cohn doesn’t exist or I’m in some weird romcom with her? @rachelcohn #BookFest #Fail
I very much enjoyed reading Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. My copies are not the movie tie in and I’m not really happy with the movie I’m sure my opinion would be different if I was attracted to the Cera like I am the Gosling. But I’m not.
Oh right I should explain the title of this post. I’ve been trying to get my Rachel Cohn books signed but so far I haven’t had any luck. This could be because she doesn’t actually exist (very unlikely) or that we’re both characters in some romantic comedy and we’re forbidden from meeting in the first act because when we do it will be very amusing and hilarity will ensue. Continue reading “Either Rachel Cohn doesn’t exist or I’m in some weird romcom with her? @rachelcohn #BookFest #Fail”
I was late but I still got a signature from Tim Federle @TimFederle #BookFest
I’m about to reveal a secret about attending the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC that I found useful and sadly will probably forget next year. But this is something I learned the hard way, by being late to the first author panel I wanted to see which included Tim Federle and Stephan Pastis. (Apologies to Ellis Weiner, who was also on the panel but whose presence doesn’t add to my narrative)
TL; DR: Stephan Pastis has more fans but I like Tim Federle more so I can live with the choices that I made.
Continue reading “I was late but I still got a signature from Tim Federle @TimFederle #BookFest”
I did not get to see or talk to Jeremy Iversen. #BookFest #Fail
So … one of the first books I read on my Sony Reader was a book called High School Confidential and it was written by this guy Jeremy Iversen and it talks about his experiences at my high school.
This was after I graduated.
Continue reading “I did not get to see or talk to Jeremy Iversen. #BookFest #Fail”