9 Days Left!!!!!
The
11th annual Greater Rochester Teen Book festival is May 14th!!
It’s a huge event that has author panels, books for sale, and food trucks. YAY!!
This has become one of my favorite events of the year and this will be my 4th
or 5th time being a volunteer. I’ll be one of the author assistants
working with Cathleen Davitt Bell. I’d never read one of her books before but
Slipping was great (linked below). This
is the second year that I have tried to have read at least one book by each author
who is scheduled to attend. Last year I missed the goal by one book! ONE!!
Which is obviously some bullshit (recap post).My failure this year will be much more complete, probably. But, I’m still trying trying trying. Some of the reasons I might not make it:
- I’m doing a book review post for a 400+ page book for a blog tour that is due next Tuesday and I haven’t read the book, yet.
- I would like to post with for Book Blogger’s International Mental Health Month and they want that submission by Wednesday!
- There’s an audition on Saturday that I have to practice for.
- I haven’t had time to track down all the books.
- I want to read at least one more of Cathleen Davitt Bell’s.
Below
is my current status as of today. Green books are being currently read and
yellow books are already at my house, just waiting patiently for their turn. I
had previously read books by the authors with the asterisks. Review posts are
linked.
Author
|
Read
|
Laurie
Halse Anderson*
|
Speak
and others
|
Jesse
Andrews
|
|
Cathleen
Davitt Bell
|
|
Charles
Benoit*
|
Fall
from Grace
|
Sarah
Rees Brennan
|
|
Anna
Breslaw
|
|
Jennifer
Donnelly
|
These
Shallow Graves
|
Tim
Federle
|
|
K.
L. Going
|
|
Chris
Grabenstein
|
|
Harriet
Reuter Hapgood
|
|
Rachel
Hawkins
|
Rebel
Belle
|
Ellen
Hopkins*
|
Burned
|
A.
S. King*
|
Reality
Boy; Ask the Passengers
|
Justine
Labalestier
|
|
Mercedes
Lackey
|
|
Carolyn
Mackler
|
The
Earth, My Butt, and other Bog Round Things
|
Kekla
Magoon
|
|
Kory
Merritt
|
|
Ridley
Pearson*
|
|
Tamora
Pierce*
|
Song
of the Lioness 1-4
|
Gary
Schmidt
|
|
Steve
Sheinkin
|
Lincoln's
Grave Robbers
|
Alan
Sitomer
|
No
longer coming
|
Jessica
Spotswood
|
|
Robin
Talley
|
|
Mariko
Tamaki
|
This
One Summer
|
Janet
B. Taylor
|
|
Terry
Trueman*
|
Stuck
in Neutral
|
Scott
Westerfeld*
|
Uglies,
Afterworld, Peeps
|
Suzanne
Young
|
Hotel
Ruby
|
Jeff Zentner |
So,
if I manage to get through just what I have in my possession right now, I will
be short 5 books.
I’d
like to also make a shout out to the authors who are on this list that I have
loved since before: Laurie Halse Anderson (who I’ve met in person (self- five))
and Scott Westerfeld at my secret best friends. Ridley Pearson co-wrote Peter
and the Starcatchers series which I loved! I have big plans for his Kingdom
Keeper series. Also, A.S. King joined my top favorite authors last year when I
discovered her through the RocTBF2015 challenge.
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