Most Anticipated of 2011

[natalie]

Yeah, it is :P The problem is, I have too many.

[natalie]

I have to admit that I'm lucky. Along with that, I have a lot of books signed. Wings, Matched, The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Torment, I think that's it.

[natalie]

Haha. Er- thanks, I guess?

[natalie]

Only Aprilynne Pike and James Dashner.

[Rebekah Faith]

Thats awesome. I don't have any signed books.

[natalie]

:/

[natalie]

My Torment one is made out to my mom, so it's not really mine.

[Rarietty]

Oh, cool. My local bookstore gave me an ARC copy Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge (because I bought like, 5 books at once.) It was a graphic novel, but still good. And I REALLY want those signed copies of Wings and Hunger Games! XD

[Rebekah Faith]

yeah, but its okay. i wanna work in a publishing company, so it should happen in my lifetime. :)

[Kate]

I've got plenty of signed books and met a fair amount of authors, but that's because of this program my elementary school had called Author's Day, which my mom helped run. Basically, once a year, an author would come talk to the school in assemblies, and you could buy their books/get them signed, and for a while the class that won a contest got to eat pizza with the author. By the time I got there, the pizza party had stopped but when I was in preschool I had pizza with Jean Craighead George because my mom was there. And a morning a few months before author's day each year I would help sort the books so that there was a pile for each classroom, and often helped set up on the actual day, which often meant getting more time with the author. It was pretty cool.

Wow I rambled.

[Kate]

I got ARCs through my cousin who worked for Barnes and Noble too, but she quit that at least five years ago. She's now a realestate agent, so no more galleys for me. :(

[Rebekah Faith]

Hahaha, It's fine. That stinks, but it was good while it lasted.

[Kate]

That's how I feel about it.

[Rebekah Faith]

Well that's good. :)

[Rebecca]

Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
Defiance by Lili St.Crow
Passion by Lauren Kate
Stolen Nights by Rebecca Maizel
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

And many other books that I can't remember!

[Kate]

Rebecca wrote: "And many other books that I can't remember!"

I know what you mean.

[natalie]

I know.

[★ Jess]

I wish I had so many signed books, Natalie. Youre so lucky!
The only signed book Ive got is Breath by Aussie author Tim Winton.

However, I want to get more signed in the future :)

[Kate]

If you really want them, you'll get them. It's surprising how easy it can sometimes be. Like this one time, an author just came to my camp and was selling signed books. I needed new books to read, since I had finished all the ones I brought, and voila: new book and signature in one! It was cool.

[Kate]

Or if you write your own book, you can sign as many copies for yourself as you want.

[Rebekah Faith]

Hahaha, but that's technically cheating, Kate. :)

[Kate]

I guess so. Still, it's signatures, isn't it?

Or you can try the befriend an author/child of an author trick. I've gotten three signed books out of that one, and will probably get a fourth in April.

[Rebekah Faith]

cool! but that only works sometimes. of course, there are numerous authors on this site- and in this group. :)

[Kate]

That's very true.

[Rebekah Faith]

it is

[natalie]

Haley wrote: "Oh yes....

I'm probably gonna keep updating my 2011 anticipated li..."

Oh, yes! Crossed! And I have Wither, I just haven't come around to reading it yet.

[natalie]

I'm not that excited for Power of Six. Is there something wrong with me?

[Kate]

No.
I want to see what they do with it, i.e. (view spoiler)[if Four and Six are major or minor characters, if Sarah returns, if you meet the other Garde, etc. (hide spoiler)]

[natalie]

Okay, good :)

[Taylor]

I agree, Kate.

[Kate]

Jewelz wrote: "Going to start Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris soon. I love fairy tales, and can't wait to start that. I never planned on reading it until I found a used copy."

It's a great book. And the description on the front: "Part comedy, part love story, part everything but the kitchen sink," is totally true.

[Gavin]

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. It just came out and it is the second in his series. The first book is The name of the Wind. I'm about to finish WMF and both books are spectacular. I highly recommend them.