Deadlines deadlines deadlines.
This is a lazy post. Mostly pictures.
But I had such an amazing time in Kansas City, I wanted to share.
First, in I CRAWL THROUGH IT review news, The Horn Book gave the book a lovely star. That's five. Feeling very lucky and grateful.
★ [an] ambitious and affecting work, which suggests that the personal tragedies and trauma we internalize change the ways we see and operate in the world.--The Horn Book
Also, keep checking in. This week, I'll run a contest to win an ARC of the book!
Now, to Kansas.
I'd never been there before. I loved it. We will now rely on captions.
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| The lovely people at Johnson County Library put me up in a really cool room. Waking up to that airplane every morning was awesome. Please excuse my dirty laundry. |
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| This is a (not real) bat in a jar full of (not real) beer. As you can see, there were several of them. (If you haven't read GLORY O'BRIEN yet, you are confused, I'm sure.) My time with the teen group at the library was AMAZING. Not only did they decorate the room with cool stuff like this, but they asked the best questions and had the best conversations. |
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| I LOVE THESE TWO PEOPLE SO MUCH. These were my two interviewers during the teen section of the program. Smart, resilient, funny, warm, and just completely wonderful people. |
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| Calling all Johnson County librarians: THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOME TIME! You guys rock and I can't wait to come back. |
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| Random thought upon seeing this in the hotel hallway: Yes. If all cities used such impeccable grammar then the world would be a better place. |
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| Sunset over the clouds. |
Other random happenings.
My friend Joe McGee launched his first book this week!
Go buy PEANUT BUTTER AND BRAINS! It's wonderful.
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| Epic reading at Let's Play Books in Emmaus, PA. |
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| And I don't know how else to say this, but. WTF is this? Does one need to be a boy to want to learn how to make a rocket? Practical jokes? Girls love those. Books for boys? I'll just stop here. Color me bummed out that the world still does this. |
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| On a lighter note, this is a real sign. |
Still juggling books over here.
I'll be back next week, as promised, to post a contest to win an ARC of I CRAWL THOUGHT IT.
Toodles.
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