Reflections from DBF... part 1

Chris, Kylie and I took off this weekend to head to Atlanta (along with a few thousand others) to enjoy The Decatur Book Festival for the very first time. Kylie wanted to see Anna Dewdney and Llama Llama Red Pajama and I (of course) had many people whom I wanted to see. Chris was a trooper through it all and took pictures, listened to panels about YA literature and in the end, said that he really did have a great time!

It was amazing to see so many YA authors in one place and get to meet them all. I loved hearing about how they write, taking notes on everything they said so that I can use it for when I write and to give advice to my students, seeing their smiling faces in person and even getting to hang out with a few of them for a while.

I have lots of thoughts on the weekend and will post more throughout the week (hence the "part 1") but I wanted to share some pictures with you for now... Enjoy!

In My Mailbox (33)

In My Mailbox is here to show you what fun things made their way into my house this week... and this weeks is special because it is inspired by the Decatur Book Festival. We got home today from that and I have TONS of thoughts from it and will be blogging about it for weeks to come so keep an eye out for those. Thanks again to Kristi at The Story Siren for hosting this MME! Bought at the festival (and had signed) Found waiting for me when I got home!!

Bought at the festival (and got signed...amongst others):

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
The Haunted by Jessica Verday
Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell


Found waiting on me at home:


Nevermore by Kelly Creagh .... autographed with black eyeliner, tattoo, Varen's lip ring, bookmark AND Cemetery Sighs CD- HOT DANG!!!

See my review here of this great one! Hope you all have a great week and let me know what you got this week!! Happy reading!

Decatur Book Festival FAQs

Who is going to the DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL? I am!!!! There are a few things that you should know about going (that I didn't know until I got wind of them). Thanks Vania at Reverie Book Reviews for posting this! I just wanted to pass along the info just in case you are going to be there next weekend... I am and so are Chris and Kylie. We are taking her for a little adventure all to her self because Llama Llama Red Pajama is going to be there and she gets to be in the parade! She is super pumped!!

So, here is what Vania has to tell us...

*Ok so yesterday I mentioned on twitter that in order to get Cassandra Clare's CLOCKWORK ANGEL signed you MUST buy it from Little Shop of Stories. Don't panic. You can buy it AT the event/panel from the book store and get it signed. You can also bring backlist books for signing too. As far as I know there's no limit on books but be reasonable. After all, you don't want to carry 50 books around with you all day.

*Like I already mentioned, the books will be sold at the events. Imagine, brand spankin new book from your favorite author, signed!

*Photography is allowed but don't be distracting. This is more of a pointer for me since I'll be there taking pictures and getting all overly excited. If you want your picture taken let me know your name when you see me and preferably an email so I can email it to you.

* If you're coming let me know. I am planning a meet up and would love to meet you!
So you excited to meet these awesome authors? I AM!


If you have any questions, let me know. Also check their site, Decatur Book Festival, for information as well.