Can I just fangirl? Completely?
I already had my super fun super awesome moment meeting author Stephanie Perkins and having her sign my copies of her books. (Previously: Stephanie Perkins in the Philippines) It just so happened that I was going to be in Cebu in time for her signing there, so I...dropped by again.
Made the last-minute decision to get more copies of the same books too.
Got there a few minutes before it started, and spent the waiting time taking photos.
And then I got to have my fangirl fulfillment moment of the month -- I got to hand her a copy of my book That Kind of Guy. (Why that one? Because it has a chapter set in Cebu, coincidentally in the hotel that Stephanie was staying in.)
Happiness! Thanks, National Book Store. :)
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Stephanie Perkins in the Philippines!
Stephanie Perkins, author of Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door, and the upcoming Isla and the Happily Ever After, is in the Philippines right now on a National Book Store signing tour.
I picked up Anna and the French Kiss because several book bloggers I follow read it and loved it. It is indeed a lovely, lovely book about first love that isn't as simple as it should be, in a place that is as romantic as we all hope it is.
I recommended it too in Smile, the Cebu Pacific inflight magazine, posting here so I don't repeat myself.
Thanks to National Book Store, I got the chance to see (and speak to!) Stephanie Perkins at the press conference for her events. I think I had a silly smile on my face the whole time. I got to ask her a question, about which secondary characters surprised her by being reader favorites. Her answer: Lola's two dads.
I brought books for her to sign, and she signed them, while telling me a cool story about how Isla could have been named Mina instead. This led to her being a little distracted and officially naming me Anna, which means I now get Etienne. The author said so.
Thank you, National Book Store. I adore Stephanie's books. I'm glad I got the chance to tell her! Hope everyone else gets to go to the signings on Saturday in Cebu and Sunday in Manila!
I picked up Anna and the French Kiss because several book bloggers I follow read it and loved it. It is indeed a lovely, lovely book about first love that isn't as simple as it should be, in a place that is as romantic as we all hope it is.
I recommended it too in Smile, the Cebu Pacific inflight magazine, posting here so I don't repeat myself.
Thanks to National Book Store, I got the chance to see (and speak to!) Stephanie Perkins at the press conference for her events. I think I had a silly smile on my face the whole time. I got to ask her a question, about which secondary characters surprised her by being reader favorites. Her answer: Lola's two dads.
I brought books for her to sign, and she signed them, while telling me a cool story about how Isla could have been named Mina instead. This led to her being a little distracted and officially naming me Anna, which means I now get Etienne. The author said so.
Thank you, National Book Store. I adore Stephanie's books. I'm glad I got the chance to tell her! Hope everyone else gets to go to the signings on Saturday in Cebu and Sunday in Manila!
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