WINNER: Commenter BARBARA E.
Hey GCReaders!
On Thursday, September 26th I attended the Fierce Reads event in Paramus, NJ featuring authors Marissa Meyer, S.A. Bodeen, Leila Sales & Alexandra Coutts.
I was there as the featured blogger, and also the event moderator. I cannot lie, I was a super nervous and had no idea what to expect. I've moderated other events before, but never at a Barnes & Noble; especially not one as big as the one in Paramus, NJ. That place is huge!
Anyway, I arrived a little early so that I could video interview the authors and share it right here on Good Choice Reading. Unfortunately, after going over the video I realized it was not good quality and you can barely hear the authors. I am so disappointed because it was such a great interview! Plus, now I have to buy a brand new camera seeing as this one failed me twice now.
But moving forward, I will say that I had a blast and the authors were really nice and were so excited to be there that it rubbed off on me. I mean I was already excited, but seeing them so happy and ready to mingle with readers made it more exciting!
The event was a success and I hope to do this again in the near future!
One thing I do regret? I was so nervous and excited that I totally forgot to take a photo with the authors. :( I know, what was I thinking? *face palm*
Next time, right? LOL!
A HUGE thank you to Macmillan for giving me such an amazing opportunity. Also, the wonderful staff at Barnes & Noble. They went above and beyond.
Here are some photos of that evening...
Leila Sales and Marissa Meyer signing event poster!
Alexandra Coutts signing event poster!
They talked a little about their book covers, different genres they like to read, what to expect next, and lots more!
They even asked readers questions and did little giveaways.
Leila Sales and S.A. Bodeen chatting with readers and signing books!
After seeing the photos I am even more bummed that I was not able to share the video interview. Such a great night!
Courtesy of Macmillan we are giving away...
- Signed copies of CINDER and SCARLET
- Signed copies of COMPOUND & The Fallout
- Signed copy of THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE
- Signed copy of Tumble & Fall
Rules:
- Must be 13 or older to enter.
- Will not ship to PO BOX.
- Winner will be chosen at Random.
- Winner will be contacted and has 48 hours to claim prize or else a new winner will be chosen.
- This giveaway is open to US ONLY.
Good luck everyone!
Uggg I want to win these so bad! Cinder and Scarlet are 2 of my favorite books....and I have yet to get a copy of either :(
ReplyDeleteI heard This Song Will Save Your Life is amazing!
Anyways (enough fangirl excitement)
Em yalvrofjaneausten@gmail.com
i love friendly authors who take the time to talk with their fans and meet them! Cinder is one of my favorite books, and I have been dying to read Scarlet!
ReplyDeleteCarolyn Marie
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This looks like a nice interaction. One day I may actually get to attend something like this. You can tell you guys had a great time.
ReplyDeletevlsoboda(at)gmail(dot)com
One of these days someone will come to my town. One day... I actually just went to my first signing about two months ago in Boston. It was a long drive but it was worth it! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteTiffany D.
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What a wonderful event and an awesome giveaway. I want to win Scarlett soooo bad!!! thanks for the opportunity. cody@wilger.com.
ReplyDeleteLOVED This Song Will Save Your Life and would be so excited to get a signed copy! Definitely interested in Tumble & Fall and of course, Cinder and Scarlet are must haves! Thanks :0) sarah(at)thebooklife.com
ReplyDeleteAh! The event looked awesome. Wish their was stop near where I lived.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Alexandra
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Thanks for the fun post and giveaway! Sounds like this was an awesome event :) Thanks for sharing!!!
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That's so awesome! I wish I could have gone! It looks like it was a blast! Thank you for sharing the event!
ReplyDeleteEmilia - Dwmillie79(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thank you for the giveaway!
I am reading my first S. A. Bodeen book right now, The Raft! and I love Marissa Meyer & Leila Sales. I am looking forward to reading Tumble & Fall soon. :) @daphnetrumps
ReplyDeleteLooks like good times...and awesome giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteTraci Loya
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I am so jealous that you got to attend the signing. I live in such a rural area that the chances of a signing happening anywhere near here or next to none. It looks like it was so much fun seeing/hearing the authors. I would love to win these books! Thanks for the chance! adsanders77 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteThat looks like it was so much fun! I absolutely love Marissa Meyer.
ReplyDeleteCaroline Foxwell
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Oh boy, looks like so much fun!! Wish I could have gone too. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeletelost_in_lit at yahoo dot com
Oh boy! Looks like so much fun! I wish I could have gone too. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Thanks for sharing your experience.I think it is totally awesome to have the honor to be there as a featured blogger and the event moderator.
ReplyDeleteCandy Smith
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A very cool looking event, it must have been fun. There are at least 3 books in that group that I really want, but I won't say which 3. Thanks for the great giveaway, I'd love to win. carlscott(at)prodigy(dot)net(dot)mx
ReplyDeleteSo jealous! There will be a Fierce Reads stop in my town, but unfortunately SA Bodeen won't be there and I really want to meet her! buffywnabe at gmail dot com.
ReplyDeleteAh, that looks like such a fun event! I'm dying to read This Song Will Save Your Life!
ReplyDeleteBriana
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Looked like alot of fun! I always loved putting together author events when I was working at a bookstore. They really are alot of fun! :)
ReplyDelete-Amber
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I wish I could have attended this event! I looks like it was a great time - and I've yet to read any of these books, but Cinder and Scarlet have been on my TBR list forever! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so lucky that you get events like that near you. I get nothing because I live in boring old Buffalo.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway!
Harman @ Little Bookworm Reviews
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the books sound great. would love to read them. angel dearlove angelrulez19@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI love going to Author Signings !
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance to win these amazing books !!
<3
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Oh my goodness!!! I am so envious right now because honestly it looks like you had a great time <3 Thank you so much for the generous giveaway and at the moment I can not even describe how excited I am that I have a US address to have things shipped to :)
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@Tiff_Mahaffy
Looks like a fun time.
ReplyDeleteI want to read ALL these books so bad!
miletwenty2(at)gmail(dot)com
Sounds like a great event- too bad your camera didn't work! Would love to win this amazing package of books! steph(dot)osborn(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteWow, it looks like that was a really great event and it wasn't super packed so that everyone had a chance to meet the authors. I love those types of events, they're really fun.
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ReplyDeleteBarbara Elness
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I wish they came near me so I could go. This sounds like so much fun. I have wanted to read several of these for quite sometime. Thanks for the post and pictures.
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I wish they came near me so I could go. This sounds like so much fun. I have wanted to read several of these for quite sometime. Thanks for the post and pictures.
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Damaris, it WAS a great night and I'm SO glad you took these pics! (This is "my" Barnes!) It was a pleasure meeting you, and Meredith from Pandora's Books, and of course, all the authors. I already knew Leila (she was the initial reason I attended), but hadn't met the others. It was fun all around!
ReplyDeleteGood luck to everyone with the contest! If I'm entered, I already have Leila's and Alexandra's books, but certainly wouldn't turn down one of Stephanie's or Marissa's! lol
I'm so jealous! It looks like you had a lot of fun! I'd love to win any of these!
ReplyDeletevolta2173 at sbcglobal dot net
I would love to read all of those books. If I was ever at an event such as this I would have a hard time leaving. Angeldolphin01@aol.com
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you guys had a great time! And maybe I'm not a little bit jealous. ;-) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletepherlaithiel (at) gmail (dot) com
It looks like it was a lot of fun. Thanks for the great giveaway!
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Looks like it was a lot of fun. Thanks for the great giveaway!
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I loved Cinder and have been dying to read Scarlet. I have never been to a book signing. I really really really want to go to one.
ReplyDeletepa2fl8904 (at) yahoo (dot) com
I wish a fierce reads event was going to be coming near me. They look like they are so much fun to attend. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMichelle @ Book Briefs
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You're so lucky! There are NEVER any author events near me. Thank you for the giveaway.
ReplyDeletejuliaquinnfan07@gmail.com
OMg I bet you were nervous!!!! I wouldn't even know how to act. That's so amazing that you got to do this, thanks for the giveaway!!
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@crystalbookland
Sounds like a fun time!! I wish we had book signings close to where i live. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeletemlawson17 at hotmail dot com
This is an amazing giveaway! I can't wait to read these books!
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Danielle Guzzardi
It look's like a super fun event, and a awesome group of books:)
ReplyDeleteksarah26(at)aol(dot)com
OMG! This is amazing! I would love to win this sooooooo bad. You are so lucky to be able to attend so many events! Anyways, good luck to everyone :D !
ReplyDeleteDaisel Tamayo
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Xoxo. Daisel
Ps: Thanks for the giveaway!
That sounds like it was so much fun! Just like most everyone, I wish there were signings where I live too! Thanks for such an awesome giveaway : )
ReplyDeleteame1184 at gmail dot com
Woooooh!!! Looks like you had an amazing time :D You get to go to SO many events....totally jealous! xD Anyways thanks for the fantastic giveaway!
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Jackie
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Oh. My. God. These are like my favorite authors right there. That looks like SO much fun! I wish I was there. :(
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Looks like alot of fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome giveaway!
natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com
It's like something out of an 80's movie! Congrats (and how awesome!) :D
ReplyDeleteBummer about the author interview video....I guess we all just need to show up in person next time.
Beth
bethwade1 at gmail dot com
I love going to events with several authors. One on one is always great also but when there's more than one it's like a party. I haven't attended many with more than one or two but I am looking forward to the next few conventions I'm attending.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this!
Amy xx
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I am going to my first book event in March, looks like a lot of fun! bigmak207 [at] gmail [dot] com
ReplyDeleteThat is so awesome! I would LOVE to attend the Fierce Reads Events! Your are so lucky to be around all those authors and gorgeous books! Yeah that would a GOOD day! Thank you so much for this amazing and generous giveaway!!!
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I've been hearing about those books everywhere, I am so ready to finally read them!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway, this is really great!
(By the way, that event looks so fun, I have got to experience that one day!)
cool_cat97@msn.com
For the record, my name is Joanna Velez
ReplyDeleteWow, I wish I could've been there. And it really is such a shame that you didn't have a picture with them! Well, there's always a next time! :)
ReplyDeletejenelleriane at yahoo dot com
Looks like a fun event with great authors! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteBrooke
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Wow, looks like an awesome event! It's so great you got to meet the authors! It's a bummer you forgot to take pictures and the videos had bad quality.
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I love all the pictures! We don't get many events in my tiny area, so I love when people share their experiences.
ReplyDelete@kaylabeck
This looks like it was so much fun! I live in the middle of nowhere, so I never get to attend any author events. Thanks for sharing your pics & for the amazing giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteStephanie
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Looks like fun
ReplyDeletebn100candg at hotmail dot com
Looks like so much fun!! So awesome that you got to go! Sadly I live in Iowa and I'm never close enough to go to events like this! One of my friends got to go on one of their tour stops and said it was a blast! <3
ReplyDeleteKayla DeGroote
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Another awesome event. This looks like it was a lot of fun. Thanks for the giveaway. shiekadoctor23@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous of these awesome events! Whenever one manages to come my way, I always end up not being able to attend--but I'm determined to make the next one :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!!
teenysez at gmail dot com
You guys are sooo lucky to meet Marissa Meyer. She's one of my favorite authors.
ReplyDeleteThank you guys for the giveaway!!
Jaybee Diones
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Awesome giveaway and so many great books! I've heard great things about THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleterachelpatrick93(at)yahoo(dot)com
All these Fierce Reads books sound fantastic! I wish I could go to an event, but this was the next best thing! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDelete- Eli Weibley
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That was a great event! I've been wanting to read from all of these authors! Thanks for this great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteKathy
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I love events like these, where you can meet and interact with a handful of authors at one time! I would love to have met Marissa Meyer and Leila Sales, so cool! Thanks for the great giveaway :0)
ReplyDeleteSarah
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That awkward moment when you realize you entered a giveaway you've already entered...my terrible memory apologizes, and you can delete the most recent entry. So sorry :0/
ReplyDeleteWow this looks like a lot of fun! I've never gone to a signing, but I'm sure I would have a mini freak out! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!
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