It’s a PARTY! Houck’s First REAWAKENED Book Signing
For all of Houck’s die hard fans, you know that two weeks ago, August 11th, was the release date for her new book series, REAWAKENED. The week flew by with back to back events in Salem, Portland, and Seattle. Each event was done in typical “Colleen Houck fashion” (which if you know her at all, you’d know that she does everything bigger, better, and above and beyond anything you’d expect for a book event).
In true party fashion, Colleen’s staff stormed the stores with balloons, Egyptian themed table decorations, posters, prize bags for every fan, FREE books, candy, charms, goodies, raffle prizes, cupcakes, cherry danishes (if you’ve already read the book you know why ;-)), cookies, an Egyptian themed photo booth, and last but not least a real LIVE MUMMY!
It was crazy, it was exciting, it was intensely fun!
Just take a look at some of the awesomeness,
Chocolate and vanilla cupcakes from Beaverton Bakery! Yummy!
Just one of many raffle prizes!
Our mummy walked the isles while the audience listed to author Colleen Houck!
(You see all of those bags and bags of prizes??? Every attendee left the event with one!)
(Our mummy was moving among the crown and making some, oh I don’t know if it’s excitement, fear, or maybe both?)
Excited fans receiving their REAWAKENED copy plus FREE books from author friends! Yeah!
Colleen’s VERY FIRST official book signing for REAWAKENED! So exciting!!
Eager fans bringing their books to get signed!
Standing in line! I heard some fans drove all the way from California for the book events! How sweet!
Colleen’s fans are so cute!
So funny, Colleen posed here trying to tempt her mummy with a cherry Danish (Amon’s favorite dish in New York).
Colleen posing with family (aka her minions for the evening). 
Behind the scenes was a major production. Colleen’s team kept busy loading and unloading over 250 prize bags, almost 30 raffle prizes, 75 balloons, decorations, food for over 250 fans, and that’s not everything!
Our first stop for the week was the Salem Book Bin. Check it out,
Some of Houck’s kind author friends donated some of their books for the event! I think they are excited!
After Salem, we headed to Powells Book Store in Portland. Most of the pictures you’ve already seen above but here’s a couple more,
It was such a fun event and I think everyone really enjoyed it!
Lastly, we drove almost seven, that’s right I said SEVEN, hours to Seattle for the last book event of the week at Elliot Bay. This was a much more private event for a VERY LUCKY youth book club! They got the rare opportunity to have a reading by Colleen in the cozy upstairs corner of the book store of her new REAWAKENED novel. The kids giggled and were hanging on every word. It was super fun!
Here’s a picture of the club,
Colleen shared that Twilight was her first introduction to YA and how she fell in love with the books and genre. It was those books that inspired her to put pen to paper and how Tiger’s Curse was born. This sweet young fan approached Colleen and said, “your books were my first YA love”! Awww!
Colleen got a surprise visit from a relative she’d never met!
These sugar cookies were AWESOME! Look how detailed the paint is! The secret is rice paper!
So, after the whirlwind of events, we cooled our heels for a day in downtown Seattle. We walked Pikes Market and shopped the mall. Afterwards we chilled in the hotel watching chick flicks and giggling as sisters do!
So if you weren’t able to attend these events, you missed out but don’t worry, Colleen will be making stops in several states so be sure to check the FAQ’s for upcoming events! Maybe she’ll come to a city near you!
So far, she’ll be heading to Brazil, Utah, Idaho, Chicago, San Fransisco, and possibly New York in the next two months!
Stay tuned till next time!
~ Linda Louise Lotti
