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How cool is it that the lovely and amazing Ms. Dessen recommended Violet on the Runway, officially, to readers? I feel like I just won a major award. Check out all these fantastic books by Gayle Forman, Elizabeth Scott, John Green, Laurie Halse Anderson and Susane Colasanti -- I've actually read all of these titles, and I can assure you that Sarah D. has good taste! (In books and TV and hometowns, naturally.)
Happy Thursday!
So this contest is still going on, through June 30th! Don't worry about reading through and not repeating already-suggested sailboat names, just get in that comment box and brainstorm away! It is all soooo helpful. Thank you! The Prize: A box o' books!
In other news, there's a LIVE readergirlz twitter chat tonight with John Green at 6pm PST/9pm EST. Be there!
If you've never used Twitter before, here's how to do it in three easy steps:
1. First, create a Twitter account if you don't have one already. It's easy and free, and all you need is an e-mail address.
2. Log onto Twitter at 6 p.m. Pacific, 9 p.m. Eastern on June 16.
3. Type @realjohngreen plus your question, followed by #rgz. This asks John your question and funnels it into the readergirlz chat stream.
To follow along the chat, go here (the #rgz Twitter stream).
Going forward, you'll be able to follow rgz and lots of your favorite authors on Twitter. You can find us and everyone we follow here: http://twitter.com/readergirlz
Et voila. Happy Wednesday!
PS-I'm on twitter too @melissacwalker.
Just a few photos for fun. I missed taking them at Books of Wonder on Sunday (oops!) but here are a few--sorry they're blurry. My blog just does that sometimes.Me with Coe Booth, who's working on Tyrell II (not the official title, but yay! Tyrell is soooo good):
The panel that needs no introduction, but what the heck? John Green, David Levithan, Libba Bray and E. Lockhart rocked their performances of each other's work and then readings from upcoming books.
And my group reading at the Grand Army branch of the Brooklyn Public Library was super great, with an awesome rotating audience of students (L to R we are: Melissa Kantor, Siobhan Vivian, me, Robin Wasserman, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Emily Horner, Adrienne Maria Vrettos and Matthue Roth)!
Ashley, whom I met on Friday during my panel on "The Boy You Can't Have," taped a ton of video that day, so if you want to see some reading clips, check out her youtube channel. She also sent me this lovely photo of the panel. That's David Levithan, me, Elizabeth Scott, Susane Colasanti, Robin Palmer and Maryrose Wood (we just missed Elizabeth Eulberg on the far right!):
'Twas a fun week! Y'all come next year, y'hear? More pics (and clearer version of these) up on readergirlz.
PS-I also filmed a writing update vlog for Adele from Persnickety Snark -- her new feature asks authors what they're working on, so I talked about Small Town Sinners, my next book, and the one after that! I can't wait to see this feature evolve and hear from other writers. Great idea, Adele!