Natasha over at Maw Books along with Suey from It's All About Books and Becky from One Literature Nut hosted the 4th installment of the Utah Book Blogger Social. I went to the winter social and had a fabulous time and knew I couldn't miss this one.
Natasha has gotten us all together and helped the local authors connect with those of us who are into blogging. It's a win win for everyone really. :)
During a delicious dinner I got to mingle with the lovely Lisa Mangum author of The Hourglass Door that I enjoyed (and her second book Golden Spiral was released earlier this year), told us all about her day that was full of books (author appearances, book signings, and this party).
Later Valynne Maetani and Bree Despain joined us and we all talked about the lovely book we recently finished, Matched (by Ally Codie, released Nov 30).
After everyone was done eating, we went around the circle and introduced ourselves (and our blogs or books depending). I'm not certain but I'd say we had about 60% bloggers and 40% authors. It was a fantastic turn out. (Here is some of our circle.)
Natasha had asked that we all bring a book for a swap so we threw them in the middle and all took a turn running in to grab what we wanted. I snatched a book that Bree had her eye on (but graciously let me have) If I Stay by Gayle Forman (I've seen the lovely cover on friends blogs and have wanted to pick it up for a while.) Then after everyone had a turn there were some extra so a few of us went in for round two and I picked up Day For Night by Frederick Reiken. Very excited to add these to my to be read pile!
I also came home with an ARC of Matt Kirby's book A Clockwork Three being published by Scholastic that he's sending around on a blog tour and yours truly gets to start it!
I also met a few other nice people like author Leisha Maw who is adorable and has a great blog, Sheralyn Pratt author of The Rhea Jensen Series, City Of Angels, Barbara Richardson author of Guest House, a fellow blogger Graham Bradley who writes over at Graham Chops. And of course a few friendly faces I already knew like Caty from Book Bound and Brodi Ashton.
Thanks so much to my dear friend Jenni for letting me borrow her pictures. And no, we didn't call each other and coordinate outfits. :) Just pretend it's the new uniform for Team We Love Books!
It's always fun to see ARC's around. Both Matt Kirby (The Clockwork Three) and Bree Despain (The Lost Saint) brought their books to show.
13 comments:
So fun! I do love bloggy get togethers.
Great post! And, it was so much fun! I'm glad we got to go together! I still need to post my recap. I'll do it eventually. ;)
I would love to join next time. Where do you sign up? Or do you need a personal invite? It looks like you all had a great time.
Thanks for the shout-out Deb, it was nice meeting you!
Great recap! Have you started that Clockwork Three book yet? :) No, I'm not anxious for my turn or anything....
And Sheila, we just need to get you on our list so you'll know all about the next one!
Oh wow! So jealous! I wanted to go so badly! Looks like you had a blast & got some great books
You got to meet Sheralyn Pratt? I LOVE her books! Oh, I am so jealous!
That's totally funny. I never realized how "matching" your outfits were until I saw the picture.
You guys are so much fun to hang out with!
I've never wished I lived in Utah as much as I do when I see postings about your fabulous book-y get-togethers. Why, oh why, did the Utah literary scene have to explode AFTER I moved out of state?
Great pictures of the get together! I haven't found my camera cord to get my pictures!!! Grrr. It was a fun time, and I loved your business card that you passed around. :)
Tons of fun! I so want to move to Utah every time I read your event recaps! I love that you and Jenni were color-coordinated without even trying. Awesome! "Team We Love Books" rocks! :)
I'm finally starting to catch up with real life enough to get back to the blog-o-sphere. This looks like such a fun event! Why does it seem like all the fun things started happening after I left?! :)
Sounds like fun, Debbie! :)
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