TOMORROW---> TUESDAY, October 25th at Alvernia University at 1pm. Details on website!OHIO & NYC ROCKED.
FRIDAY October 28th at the Keystone State Reading Association's conference in Lancaster, PA. I'll be chilling all day at the Aaron's Books stand signing copies of EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS and dancing randomly alongside Josh Berk, awesome author of The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin and the upcoming Guy Langman: Crime Scene Procrastinator.
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It started here at Philly airport on a blue, gorgeous day. |
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Where I talked to Meghan on the Morning News for about 3 minutes about Lucky Linderman. |
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This was the Noon News studio at WDTN |
[Imagine a picture here of the cool students of Beavercreek High School who totally rocked and asked awesome questions like: Who was your role model? The answer, eventually: Aside from my parents and other family members, etc. my role model was Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H.]
After Beavercreek HS, I went directly to Books and Co...
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Dayton's Awesome Books & Co. What a great store! |
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Me and Tara, BFFs since birth, pretty much. |
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View from my awesome hotel room in Cleveland. |
- CJ Bott. This is the link to her website. I'm giving it to you because it's an amazing resource, as are her books. CJ is an amazing woman and I need to spend more than a day with her next time. She cares so much about students and about our society's silence about bullying that she's inspired me to do as much as I can to get to schools during the next year to talk about this and spread her passion for the subject of bullying education. If you want me to come to your high school and talk about this, contact lbvisits@aol.com
- Normandy High School (shout outs to the students, and also the librarians and teachers who made this happen. Was SO STOKED to come to Normandy! Great to meet you all and thank you for having us!) (True story: I even saved my visitor sticker and stuck it on my favorite filing cabinet to remember you by.)
- Independence High School (shout outs to the same people as last time--students, librarians and teachers and to those who came up to us afterward and chatted. That's my favorite part, you know? Meeting awesome people.)
- And then the totally killer The Learned Owl Bookshop.Where I not only met Rollie, one of the two missing Printz committee members from last year's ALA (I am so incredibly grateful for that Printz Honor and I was so glad to say so in person.) But I also got to meet awesome bloggers Lizzie, Brynne and Sarah...and librarian/supporter, Laura. Had a great time and thanks to Kate and Co. at The Learned Owl.
SIMPLE MATH:
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Simple math says: 1 jacuzzi + 1 copy of Lisa McMann's DEAD TO YOU + one Viklets ginger ale = A really relaxing night after a few hectic days.
Also: YOU WILL LOVE DEAD TO YOU. IT IS THE PERFECT READ.
Trust me. (You have to wait though. Doesn't come out until February.)
Then, a delayed flight to New York. Found huge paper airplanes in Cleveland airport while wandering...these are for Charlie and Vera:
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This picture probably doesn't do them justice, really. |
I also found mystery powder on the radiator. I'm thinking it's Ajax. But the dork in me had to take a picture. And the even bigger dork in me is going to share it.
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This is a writing prompt picture if I ever saw one. Go write about what you think this is and how it got there. |
[Insert another picture of me having an amazing dinner with Victoria Stapleton and her merry band of awesome NYC librarians and teachers. I had such a great night that I'm still kinda pinching myself.]
[Insert picture of me pinching myself.]
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Pic thanks to @doseofsnark/awesome Chris at HFPL. |
The first question I got this week from a room full of 5th graders at the New York Public Library was, “Are you rich?"
I shook my head no and said, “I am not even close to rich.”
To which they answered, “How old are you?”
And I said “How old do you think I am?”
And they all called out numbers that started with twenty to make me feel better about not being rich. Anyway, it played well for me 30 minutes later when I asked them, “So, since you know I’m not rich, then why do you think I do this?”
All of them got the answer on the first try. “You must like it.”
Have I mentioned how much I love fifth graders?
And so, the tour is over until my next local-ish stops which I will tell you later this week in a blog about quilting and being badass at the same time.
RANDOM GROOVY REVIEW STUFF IN CASE YOU STILL AREN'T CONVINCED THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD READ EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS:
The Compulsive Reader wrote a smashing review HERE. I love this quote: "Everybody should read this book."
Stacked had an amazing review that Mr. King made me read twice (because he has to make me read the good stuff sometimes.) Thank you! Favorite line: "It’s literary fiction with popular appeal." Rock on!
IF YOU GOT THIS FAR YOU GET A BONUS VIDEO:
The ALA Banned Books Week Video! I didn't see it until today.
Have I mentioned how much I love fifth graders?
And so, the tour is over until my next local-ish stops which I will tell you later this week in a blog about quilting and being badass at the same time.
RANDOM GROOVY REVIEW STUFF IN CASE YOU STILL AREN'T CONVINCED THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD READ EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS:
The Compulsive Reader wrote a smashing review HERE. I love this quote: "Everybody should read this book."
Stacked had an amazing review that Mr. King made me read twice (because he has to make me read the good stuff sometimes.) Thank you! Favorite line: "It’s literary fiction with popular appeal." Rock on!
IF YOU GOT THIS FAR YOU GET A BONUS VIDEO:
The ALA Banned Books Week Video! I didn't see it until today.
1 comment:
You rock!! :)
About time you came to NZ!!
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