My mom and I went to see Sarah Addison Allen at Malaprop’s for her First Frost book launch. We’ve seen her several times before and we always enjoy hearing her speak and meeting her. She is just the cutest, sweetest thing you’ve ever met. We got there 30-45 minutes early and the space was filling […]
Yet again, I have no pictures. Rick Bragg came to speak about his new book, Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story at Malaprop’s recently. I personally am not interested in Jerry Lee Lewis but I knew I had to go see Rick Bragg. I fell in love with his work when I read Ava’s Man. What an experience! Ron Rash introduced Rick Bragg and a […]
Kate DiCamillo came to Spellbound Children’s Bookshop, another local bookstore, recently. The space was packed with parents and children! It’s hard to say which group was most excited. I’m terrible about taking pictures at these things so I don’t have any to share. But Ms. DiCamillo was very kind and gracious and pretty funny. She […]
I went to another author signing at Malaprop’s last Friday, this time for Wiley Cash. I just reviewed his second novel, This Dark Road to Mercy, last Tuesday. I highly recommend it. He’s also the author of A Land More Kind than Home, which I haven’t read but which has been highly recommended to me […]
It’s been a while since I posted about meeting an author! I need to get back on track with my reports! I also need to start taking pictures… But anyway, on to meeting Sarah Addison Allen! First of all, let me just say that Sarah Addison Allen is about the cutest thing you’ll ever meet. She is friendly and funny and has the […]
Yesterday I reviewed Mountainfit, a beautiful little book of essays by Meera Lee Sethi about her summer volunteering at a bird observatory in Sweden. If you missed the review, I’ll be happy to wait while you go check it out now. Want the short version? Read it. Beautiful, descriptive language that evokes the wildlife and […]
In case you missed my extended fangirl squee a few weeks ago, Neil Gaiman came to lil’ ol’ Asheville, NC Sunday night. He was part of The Unchained Tour, a group of performers traveling around the South and telling stories. As founder and author George Dawes Green explained it, the tour was to bring awareness […]
Not to my little corner of the interwebs, but to my town! And maybe your town! My reaction when I stumbled across this little nugget last night as I was looking at the Malaprops website: “Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh! Neil Gaiman is coming!!!” Husband, nicely doing dishes as I finish a blog post: “What? I can’t hear you.” […]
I went to Malaprop’s Bookstore on Sunday afternoon to see Joshilyn Jackson speak about her new book, A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty. I’ve seen Joshilyn speak multiple times, but I always love hearing what she has to say. She is hilarious, and she knows how to keep a crowd entertained. I am most definitely paraphrasing […]
Last September, I decided to go to the Decatur Book Festival outside Atlanta for the first time. It sounded like a huge festival and there was bound to be an author I like there, right? I printed out the schedule at home and then sat down to decide who I was going to see when. […]
Five Communication Lessons from a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson Author of: Scent of the Missing: Love & Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog She does not speak English, and I do not speak dog. And yet somehow six years into my partnership with Puzzle, a golden retriever and certified search-and-rescue K9, we have forged a […]