RocTBF2017 - Running Post

It’s an absolute travesty that I have yet to post about the 2017 Rochester Teen Book Festival. What is my life, yall?

RocTBF is an annual event focused on… yes… young adult literature. It’s grown into a massive event with over 2000 teens and 300 volunteers. This will be my fifth year volunteering I think.

So, for the last couple of years, I’ve tasked myself with having read at least one book by each author who will be there by the day of the festival. This can include books that I previously read. Ya know, the beauty of giving yourself a challenge is that you can basically change the rules when you realize that you were over- ambitious!

I’ve never actually met the goal completely,  though 2015 was NOT MY FAULT!!

 

So, this year, there are 28 (AAAHH) authors scheduled to attend. For the last couple of years, at least one or 2 authors have to cancel at that the last minute but you can’t predict who it’ll be! So... here's the running list/ progress (updated 5/13):

Authors *read before 2017 +read for a previous TBF	Previously Read	Read for 2017	Books (Bold: checked out from library)
Renée Ahdieh*	Wrath and the Dawn, Books 1 and 2
Charles Benoit*+	"Fall From Grace" and "You".
Scott Bergstrom			"The Cruelty'
Libba Bray	Diviners
Zac Brewer*+	Many! Most recently: "The Blood Between Us
Michael Buckley*+	Undertow  "The Fairy-Tale Detectives: The Sisters Grimm Series”		"Raging Sea: Undertow Series (Book 2)"
Don Calame			"Dan Versus Nature", "Call the Shots" and "Beat the Band".
Selene Castrovilla		"Melt”
e.E. Charlton-Trujillo		"Fat Angie"
Zoraida Córdova			"Labyrinth Lost"
Ellen Hopkins*+	"Burned", Smoke
A.G. Howard			"RoseBlood" and "Splintered Series: Splintered"
Shaun David Hutchinson			"At the Edge of the Universe (Released 2/17)", "We are the Ants”
A. S. King*+	Many, most recently: "I Crawl Through It"
Nina LaCour		"Everything Leads To You"
David Levithan*	Every Day
Matthew Loux		"The Legend of Old Salty: Salt Water Taffy Series (Book 1)"  and
Sarah J. Maas*	A Court of Thorns and Roses
Jorjeana Marie (Audiobook Performer)	Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica		"We are Okay (Released 2/17)"
Danielle Paige*	"Dorothy Must Die series
Benjamin Alire Sáenz*	"Aristotle and Dante Discover the Universe"
Kim Savage			"After the Woods"
Sara Shepard			"The Amateurs", "Lying Game” "The Perfectionist”
Aaron Starmer			"Spontaneous", "The Riverman”
Tamara Ireland Stone		Time Between Us
Maggie Thrash		"Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir".
Terry Trueman*+	"Stuck in Neutral"
Sandra Uwiringiyimana			"How Dare the Sun Rise"