http://thebluestockings.com/2008/05/oh-what-a-literary-weekend/ A Place for Readers Tue, 22 May 2012 00:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thebluestockings.com/2008/05/oh-what-a-literary-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-26 The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale « The Bluestocking Society Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:58:02 +0000 http://thebluestockings.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/oh-what-a-literary-weekend/#comment-26 [...] the book, and the fact that Shannon Hales lives near me.  In fact, I recently went to one of her signings.  Anyway, after Princess Academy, I read Book of a Thousand Days and Austenland.  I hadn’t, [...] [...] the book, and the fact that Shannon Hales lives near me.  In fact, I recently went to one of her signings.  Anyway, after Princess Academy, I read Book of a Thousand Days and Austenland.  I hadn’t, [...]

]]> http://thebluestockings.com/2008/05/oh-what-a-literary-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-25 An Evening with Leif Enger « The Bluestocking Society Fri, 23 May 2008 16:20:10 +0000 http://thebluestockings.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/oh-what-a-literary-weekend/#comment-25 [...] Having attended two other book signings in the last week, I am a seasoned signing linestander. First, I prepped the books for signing by putting marking the pages to be signed, and then I made the hard decision to ask Leif to just sign the books without inscribing them to me (increasing their sale value one hundred years from now). Unfortunately, Leif just asked me my name and proceeded to both inscribe and sign my books while we made uncomfortable small talk about the rankness of the Great Salt Lake. I also turned into gushing reader and mentioned that Peace Like a River is one of my top five favorite books of all time. Blah. [...] [...] Having attended two other book signings in the last week, I am a seasoned signing linestander. First, I prepped the books for signing by putting marking the pages to be signed, and then I made the hard decision to ask Leif to just sign the books without inscribing them to me (increasing their sale value one hundred years from now). Unfortunately, Leif just asked me my name and proceeded to both inscribe and sign my books while we made uncomfortable small talk about the rankness of the Great Salt Lake. I also turned into gushing reader and mentioned that Peace Like a River is one of my top five favorite books of all time. Blah. [...]

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