More Awesome Author Events!

Once again, I was lucky enough to attend two more author events this week, one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. Wow, it's getting hard to keep up around here!

On Tuesday, Michelle Argyle visited the Orem Library and talked to a small, intimate, but enthusiastic audience about her experiences publishing with a small press. She told us about her books, and her upcoming plans and her writing philosophies  She gave away finger nail polish, green M and M's and copies of her books. Of course, I didn't win so I bought the books instead!

When I got there, I saw a cousin I haven't seen for awhile and said to her, "hey, what are you going here?" Well, she is good friends with Michelle! And so, once again, I had another author/cousin connection! This appears to be a trend lately!

So, it was fun to meet a "new to me" author and add to my book pile.

Then on Wednesday we (me and a bunch of crazy book bloggers and other author fans and many many other reader fans!) meet at the Provo Library and welcomed six very popular YA authors as they stopped off on a cross country tour.

The authors were:

Debra Driza, promoting MILA 2.0

Claudia Gray, promoting Spellcaster

Lauren Oliver, promoting Requiem

Dan Wells, promoting Fragments

Kiersten White, promoting Mind Games

Brodi Ashton, promoting Everbound

This event was in a panel format and the authors were asked a bunch of random crazy questions and had us all laughing the whole evening. Afterwards, it was a mass signing. I brought two books to be signed and bought two more at the event. (Though I ended up getting just three of them signed. Long long lines!)

Then, because we were hungry and these signings always seem to happen around dinnertime,  a bunch of us (yeah, I'm too lazy and tired to list everyone and link! BUT, I should have at least taken a picture!) went out for a hamburger and shake, which appears to be turning into a bit of a tradition! Who'll be joining us next time? :)