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Since I want to be a Children's/YA Librarian, I like to keep up with current YA Lit. Plus, I just tend to like it more. I've been a fan of Meg Cabot ever since I was a teenager myself, and still read every book she releases. I've been a fan of Libba Bray ever since A Great and Terrible Beauty came out, and I've read Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver and really liked it. So when I saw Meg Cabot post on twitter that she was doing an event for This Is Teen with Maggie and Libba, I knew I had to go, even if I wasn't exactly the target demographic.
It was a fun night. I got there around 15 minutes before doors, expecting a line, but only a couple of people were hanging around. Hanson really has ruined my ability to judge when to show up for events, because I keep I have to get there really early.
On the website, it said there would be "giveaways and cool interactive games". Not so much. They had blown up covers that you could pose with by putting your head in the cut out, but there were no games or giveaways. Once they opened the doors, they just filed everyone in, and they were playing the same 3 videos over and over again, until it was time for the authors to come out. I just ended up talking to the people who were sitting behind me, first about the adaptation of Avalon High, and how much it sucked, then about how much Twilight sucks, and then about how awesome Jane Austen is. Good times.
All the authors were very funny. I had front row, and the first thing Libba Bray did when she started talking was point at me and say "First, I NEED to know where you got that shirt! Be sure to tell me later!" So glad I decided to wear my Doctor Pooh shirt.
Meg Cabot was so sweet when I met her. First, she told me she liked my flower I was wearing in my hair, and then she told me she liked my glasses. I then told her I had been reading her books since I was a teen, 11 years ago. She then went to sign my Princess Diaries book, and realized how old it was and said "This must have been your first book!" She then asked if I wanted to take a picture with her, which surprised me. I wasn't expecting to be able to take a picture with them at all, and hadn't planned on asking!
And I didn't check it until later,, because the woman taking it said it looked good, and I should have known better...always check right away.
Libba Bray was also so nice. I talked to her about my shirt, told her where she could get it, how it sadly wasn't available anymore on that site, but they had a link to the artist's website where she could get it, and if she couldn't find it there, to google "Doctor Pooh".
This time the woman took 2 pictures, because the first one came out blurry.
All in all, it was a fun night, and I'm really glad I went.
Now, if I only hadn't waited so long to try to get Neil Gaiman tickets...
It was a fun night. I got there around 15 minutes before doors, expecting a line, but only a couple of people were hanging around. Hanson really has ruined my ability to judge when to show up for events, because I keep I have to get there really early.
On the website, it said there would be "giveaways and cool interactive games". Not so much. They had blown up covers that you could pose with by putting your head in the cut out, but there were no games or giveaways. Once they opened the doors, they just filed everyone in, and they were playing the same 3 videos over and over again, until it was time for the authors to come out. I just ended up talking to the people who were sitting behind me, first about the adaptation of Avalon High, and how much it sucked, then about how much Twilight sucks, and then about how awesome Jane Austen is. Good times.
All the authors were very funny. I had front row, and the first thing Libba Bray did when she started talking was point at me and say "First, I NEED to know where you got that shirt! Be sure to tell me later!" So glad I decided to wear my Doctor Pooh shirt.
Meg Cabot was so sweet when I met her. First, she told me she liked my flower I was wearing in my hair, and then she told me she liked my glasses. I then told her I had been reading her books since I was a teen, 11 years ago. She then went to sign my Princess Diaries book, and realized how old it was and said "This must have been your first book!" She then asked if I wanted to take a picture with her, which surprised me. I wasn't expecting to be able to take a picture with them at all, and hadn't planned on asking!
And I didn't check it until later,, because the woman taking it said it looked good, and I should have known better...always check right away.
Libba Bray was also so nice. I talked to her about my shirt, told her where she could get it, how it sadly wasn't available anymore on that site, but they had a link to the artist's website where she could get it, and if she couldn't find it there, to google "Doctor Pooh".
This time the woman took 2 pictures, because the first one came out blurry.
All in all, it was a fun night, and I'm really glad I went.
Now, if I only hadn't waited so long to try to get Neil Gaiman tickets...