We started off our weekend in a rather traumatic way; our cats woke me up at the ungodly hour of 5 am. I walked downstairs to find that our bathroom had flooded! After waking up the husband & assisting him in the clean-up, I decided to take the boys & get out of the house!
We went to our home away from home, One More Page Books, for story time with Katie. Justin, my five-year old, looks forward to this day all week. After spending some time there (and a good bit of money) we came back home for a relaxing afternoon.
Today, Jenn’s Bookshelves’ resident kid reviewer, John, got the opportunity to meet Rachel Wildavsky, the author of The Secret of Rover. Not only did he get to meet Rachel & get his book signed, he also had time to sit down & talk one-on-one with her about her book, her inspiration for the book, and more.
Check back in a week or so for John’s review of The Secret of Rover and his interview with Rachel.
In case you missed it, here are some of the things that took place on the blog earlier this week:
Review: The Kensei by Jon F. Merz
Frightful Friday: Lucifer’s Tears by James Thompson
Review: The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
Giveaway: The Chaos by Rachel Ward
Review: The Chaos (Book Two in the Numbers Series) by Rachel Ward
Comparing Apples to Oranges: All Books Are Not Equal
This week, I have an exciting line-up of books to review, including Horns by Joe Hill, A Heart Beat Away by Michael Palmer and Blood Work by Holly Tucker! Stay tuned!
Tags: author events, One More Page Books, Rachel Wildavsky, The Sunday Salon, TSS
Looks like you had another fantastic weekend of bookish fun!
Twitter: jennbookshelves
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March 20th, 2011 at 4:47 PM
It was great
I love all the bookish events we have access to!
Twitter: bermudaonion
says:
Except for the flooding, it sounds like you had a great weekend. I can’t wait to read John’s review – it sounds like he needs to start doing author interviews too.
Twitter: jennbookshelves
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March 20th, 2011 at 4:47 PM
Kathy-
He just sat down & started chatting with her, not nervous at all!
Twitter: picky_girl
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The flooding stinks, but I have to admit… I am crazy jealous of that awesome bookstore you have. We have a B&N and Books-a-Million, and I am grateful for those, but the closest independent is in Houston. I go there but not as often as I wish I could.
Yours always has great innovative events. What a treasure!
Twitter: jennbookshelves
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March 20th, 2011 at 5:03 PM
One More Page is about 30 minutes away from me but I try to visit at least once a week! They’ve only been open for a few months but you wouldn’t be able to tell; they throw some pretty awesome events
Twitter: laurelrainsnow
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Oh, my cat let me know about a disastrous bathroom flooding one day a few years ago…I thank Sasha for alerting me before it was much worse.
Hope everything works out!
This morning I read a review of The Informationist in our local paper; now I’m going to check out yours. It sounds like a book I’d enjoy.
Here’s MY SUNDAY SALON POST
Twitter: jennbookshelves
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March 20th, 2011 at 5:04 PM
Yes, I’m glad they notified me! Would have been much worse if they waited a few hours! The Informationist is a pretty thrilling book; I highly recommend it!
A flooded room? Total nightmare. We’ve just had to have wood floors and french doors replaced due to flooding and it turns out one of the door still leaks (how convenient that we’ve had 24 hours of rain to test the work)
Twitter: age30books
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What fun for John!