November Online Events and Utah Signings

Online Events

4th annual broke & bookish secret santa!

• What: Sign up to be a secret santa for another book blogger and someone will send a surprise package to you as well.
• Where: The Broke and the Bookish
• When: Sign up before November 17.

Utah Signings

Kevin Emerson, Sara Zarr, & Brodi Ashton

• What: Join local young adult authors Kevin Emerson, Brodi Ashton, and Sara Zarr as they read from and sign their novels.
• Where: The King’s English Bookshop
  1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, Utah
• When: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 7:00pm

AuthorLink with Richard Kadrey

• What: Richard Kadrey is the author of dozens of stories, plus ten novels, including the bestselling Sandman Slim series, and will be at the Library as part of the national tour for his new YA series, Dead Set.
• Where: Provo Library
  550 North University Avenue, Provo
• When: Wednesday, November 6, 2013

AuthorLink with Cheri Pray and Carol Lynch Williams

• What: Join local authors Cheri Pray Earl and Carol Lynch Williams as they talk about their new children’s book series, Just in Time.
• Where: Provo Library
  550 North University Avenue, Provo
• When: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 7:00pm

Marie Lu | Champion

• What: Meet Marie Lu as she presents her conclusion to the Legend Trilogy, Champion.
• Where: The King’s English Bookshop
  1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City
• When: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 7:00pm

AuthorLink with Marie Lu

• What: New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry, working for Disney Interactive Studios. Now a full-time writer, she spends her spare time reading, drawing, playing Assassin’s Creed, and getting stuck in traffic. She lives in Los Angeles, CA. Marie will be here as part of her national tour in support of CHAMPION, the third and final novel in the LEGEND series.
• Where: Provo Library
  550 North University Avenue, Provo
• When: Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 7:00pm

Monthly Wrap-up

Book Reviews

Since I have the brand new Reading Challenges widget I don’t have to update my reading challenges manually anymore!! Yay! It took forever to do that.  I can’t say how happy it makes me to always see my progress in my sidebar.

So I decided to do a monthly wrap-up instead.  I can’t believe I had 7 reviews last month! No five-star books last month and my first one-star book in a long time.

• [7 Oct] Transparent by Natalie Whipple ★★★★
• [11 Oct] The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells ★★
• [14 Oct] The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum ★★★
• [21 Oct] The Golden Spiral by Lisa Mangum ★★
• [22 Oct] A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini ★★★★
• [28 Oct] The Forgotten Locket by Lisa Mangum ★
• [29 Oct] Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs ★★★

Other Posts

I had 3 google diary posts last month and one book signing.  I also finished two reading challenges this month.  Not bad :)

• [1 Oct] Reading Queue October
• [2 Oct] Readers Imbibing Peril VIII
• [3 Oct] My Google Diary for East of Eden
• [4 Oct] October Online Events and Utah Signings
• [10 Oct] My Google Diary for Transparent
• [12 Oct] Classic Double Challenge: Transparent and Invisible Man
• [16 Oct] How To Breakup With A Book
• [18 Oct] Elizabeth Smart Book Signing
• [23 Oct] Waiting on Wednesday: Evertrue by Brodi Ashton
• [24 Oct] My Google Diary for A Thousand Splendid Suns