Sorry that I have completely SPACED on updating. I have been crazy busy the past few days and don't get on my computer at home hardly ever. I did have an amazing weekend, however crazy it was!
Friday I was so so so sooo excited for and just wanted to get out of work at 3pm. The whole day slugged on by slowly and then at 3:10 I booked out of work and off to my best friend's house! We had to make it to Lansing (Michigan) and it was about an hour and 20 minutes from where we live. We left late (around 4:30) and then I (of course) forgot to get gas, so we had to stop and get some after getting off of the highway (my light had only been on for twenty minutes...). We had five minutes to spare when getting to Ally Carter's book signing :)))
I've been reading her spy girl series since they came out in 2006 or 2007 (don't remember). But the last book for the series is coming out this fall and I am really sad, but she is doing a book tour for her other series. I adore her spy series! They are so familiar and come on, who DOESN'T at one point in their life, want to be a friggin spy?! I know I still do. CIA? Yes. Covert ops? Hell yes. I just love Ally for giving me a great series.
So we get there, run inside, and I noticed there are a hell of a lot more people than I anticipated. When I met Richelle Mead last fall there were around 120 people and maybe 80 seats (we got there around 3 hours early, so we were in the second row). But I expected much less for this signing...Not that Richelle is better than Ally, I just assumed more people knew about Richelle because of the "vampire craze" and all. Kristin and I went to the other side of the room where there's a small ramp that's hidden and stood over there to listen to her and we had pretty much front row vision. I even asked her a question when she let us. ME. I asked Ally a question! I'm not easily star struck, I just have wicked (WICKED) social anxiety. However, I rehearsed it in my head a few times and knew that as I am an avid (crazy book lady) reader, I would be upset with myself if I didn't ask her. SO I asked her if she had any certain writing rituals. She said yes and no. She likes to write at home and also at Panera a lot, but she gives herself certain amounts of words each time she HAS to write. Schedule-wise and all. I was so happy that she was super fun. Richelle was more laid back and Ally was just crazy. She was giggly and loud and just a laugh! I loved meeting her. Also, since we were kind of hidden, we ended up being the LAST to get my books signed. Of course. So we waited while the people in seats got their stickers (they wrote our names on post-its so she could cutomize one) and then the standers in the back got there's....and I was freaking out saying I wasn't getting one. I had a mini-spaz attack and then when the lady came by asking some girls if they had there's, I practically assaulted the lady screaming "I didn't get mine!!!" She was a sport about it and sat down in the couch next to us for a bit.
After...oh....an hour and a half, the line of people (young girls with their parents) trickled by, I was approached by some girls and their parents asking if I was in line. I told them to go ahead. If I waited this whole time I might as well be last. So they went up and started talking to Ally and I was like ...what the heck, they already got their books signed they just wanted to talk to her. So then Ally eyed me and noticed I had all of my books and the family left and she said "saving the best for last"!!!! Ugh, I love you, Ally! So sweet (and correct hehe). She asked me about MYSELF, where I work, what I like to do. I was like ...shouldn't I be asking you? Um...hello BEST author EVER. She's just a sweetie! So nice. Funny. Kind. Smart. Okay, I'm done. I had a blast! It was such a great night. I hope I get to meet her again, I still have her last book to get signed this fall. Oh and she also signed my bag that I made for my authors to sign.
Kristin and I made shirts for the Richelle Mead signing and went to JoAnn Fabric to get the stuff...and I saw some white canvas bags with pink trimming (I'll upload a pic soon). I ended up printing a picture of a pin up girl cartoon reading books and some tie dye iron on's that say "Amandas Books" down each side. Richelle signed it and then Ally did. Now I have to have the rest of my favorites sign it :) ugh it was amazing.
I also started talking to a lovely girl named Chloe Carson that does hair, nails, and makeup tutorials on youtube and is so sweet. She's around 15-17, christian, and a reader :) So when I found out that she liked Ally's books, I told her I would get her the one she wanted and have Ally sign it and then I would send it to her (she did teach me a lifelong lesson: how to french braid my hair) it was payback really. So I DID. And I have it in my car to send to her after work. I hope she likes it :) I told her that I wish when I was younger that someone had done that for me. My favorite author doesn't do hardly any signings and my books that she wrote came out around when HP did in 2001. I will meet her one day. If I have to fly to North Carolina and meet up with her...I will. And she will have 25 books to sign ;) and my bag, of course. Poor gal. Seriously, I have all of her books (15 small books) and then the re-released bind ups of them (5 with three in one), and then her next series is 4 small books (and the one big one with all 4), and then I have the first book to her next series but haven't read it yet (I'm scared I won't like it...I do this a lot). So 26 technically...but you know. She will hate me. If there's a book limit, I will be bringing friends to get them bitches done. Oh yes, this author I love, her name is Cate Tiernan (aka Gabrielle Charbonnet).
Okay....this post is entirely about books and my crazed obsession with them is showing through....feck.
Saturday I told my best friend that I'd babysit her four and two year olds while her and her husband went out for a Valentine's date. So we snuggled and took pictures and ate pizza and yogurt and watched the Big Bang Theory and Bubble Guppies for for or five hours and then I journeyed around the corner (literally) to my other friends house to get ready for our friends 23 birthday outing (she's so wittle). So we got all ready to go and then went to Bean and Russ's apartment and had some pre-leave drinks and then took off to Novi to "The Liquor Store" which I'd never been to. It is a huge arcade/bar/club and amazing. Maybe next time we will play games rather than get drunk at the bar and ride mechanical bulls. Yes. I said it. I rode a mechanical bull. Now....this girl is a bit shy and quiet....not someone who goes around riding things in public looking a fool. I did just that.
It was pretty exciting. Even though I was a bit drunk so I don't remember too much after getting on his back, I am very very proud of myself to say the least and I will definitely do it again. I did not know, however, they took pictures. So even though you can't see much, have a good laugh dears.
I will leave you with that bad boy, because after that I don't remember doing much else than taking a shot, drinking a beer, and going home. We had a blast. But then Sunday I pretty much popped pills, drank coke, ate a hot pocket, and watched Charmed and Big Bang Theory re-runs while clutching my upset tummy and whining to my deaf dog about never drinking again.
Overall I think it went well. Now to work a 6-day work week and not drink all week.
xoAmanda
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