"you sure know a lot about music for a girl"

I was against the idea of wasting time and energy on a book launch party for my novel, B-sides and Broken Hearts, until I had the brainwave to use the occasion to invite some of my amazing friends to read with me, and then I suddenly liked the idea a whole lot.

So I invited Maura Johnston (Village Voice), Evie Nagy (RollingStone.com), Judy McGuire (Dategirl columnist and author of How Not To Date), Devon Maloney (Billboard Pro) and Jillian Mapes (Billboard) and amazingly, they all said...