My apologies on not posting the last couple of days. Oops. I'll try to make up for lost time by actually posting everyday from now on. Today's post is about a road trip that I went on with my lovely writer friend, Jessie Mae Hodsdon. Visit her site HERE. This is us having a super wicked awesome time:
The whole point of the trip was for a Stephen King book signing. For those of you who don't know, I'm a huge fan of Mr. King (I mean, I live in the same place as him, so I guess I should be a fan), especially his books On Writing & Mr. Mercedes. They're great reads, by the way, if you haven't already read them. His new book Revival came out, so he's doing a book tour to a few different places. One of those places happens to be South Portland, Maine. Anyway, you had to get a ticket early. BAM opened at 9:00am, and Jessie Mae and I left at 7:00am to get there on time. I hadn't even considered that there would be SO many people waiting to get a ticket to the book signing. It's weird, because though I know that Stephen King is one of the most well known authors, I didn't know that a book would draw such a crowd. (Silly me). My jaw literally
dropped when we got to the bookstore. There were going to be 500 tickets offered, and there were at least 1,000 people there. I was about 150 people from the front of the store when the cashier announced this. Cue Elysia getting very disappointed but not throwing a hissy fit. All this to say, I will not be able to attend the book signing of one of my favorite authors. One of my friends suggested that I just knock on his door, but I can't stoop to that kind of stalkery. I suppose I'll just have to wait until I bump into him at a local restaurant. If we ever DO meet, Mr. King, don't be alarmed if I ask for a selfie, because if a selfie didn't happen, we didn't meet. OK, not really, but in today's social media obsession, you can only expect a selfie.
The day still turned out wonderful, mostly because Jessie Mae is the coolest person ever, and we're so similar that the day was supah fun. We went shopping, and I got a pair of Bean boots (for those of you that aren't Mainers, Bean boots, or L.L. Bean boots, are a staple if you're a Mainah), a few shirts, AND a book that I've been dying to buy. Here's said book:
The day still turned out wonderful, mostly because Jessie Mae is the coolest person ever, and we're so similar that the day was supah fun. We went shopping, and I got a pair of Bean boots (for those of you that aren't Mainers, Bean boots, or L.L. Bean boots, are a staple if you're a Mainah), a few shirts, AND a book that I've been dying to buy. Here's said book:
It's called The Walled City, and is by author Ryan Graudin. The book actually just came out on November 4th, so I was excited to have been able to find it in the store. I have high hopes for this book, and I'll be sharing with all of you how it is. Yet another book to add to my "to read" list for this month/year.
That's about it for this post, but I'll be posting again tomorrow! Follow me on Twitter for more updates! @Elysia_Regina.
That's about it for this post, but I'll be posting again tomorrow! Follow me on Twitter for more updates! @Elysia_Regina.
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