Ransom Riggs is Back!

Ransom Riggs, the author of the bestselling book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, will be back at the University Book Store in the Mill Creek Town Center on Wednesday, January 15th at 7 p.m. Come hear him talk about his new book The Hollow City, the sequel to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. There will be a book signing following the talk.

Ransom Riggs was at the University Bookstore last June with his wife and fellow YA author Taheri Mafi and spoke to a crowd of over 100 local teens and adults. He was recently profiled in the New York Times about finding his inspiration for his books in old photos.

Check out the new book trailer for Hollow City to see what the book is about.

Teen Author Pizza Party and Teen Book Brunch

Calling all pizza and book lovers!  Join authors Ransom Riggs, of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" and Tahereh Mafi, of "Shatter Me" for a FREE pizza party at the University Book Store in Mill Creek Town Center on Friday, June 14th at 7 p.m. Come hear Ransom and Tahereh speak about their books while eating delicious pizza.



























The Teen Book Brunch will return on Saturday, June 22nd at 11 a.m. at the University Book Store in Mill Creek Town Center. Come hear about hot new books and ideas for summer reading while enjoying Top Pot donuts and take home copies  of soon to be released books! You should be prepared to talk about a book you've read recently.

David Levithan and Andrea Cremer Visit!

On Wednesday, popular authors David Levithan and Andrea Cremer will be at the Seattle Central Library at 7pm talking about their new joint effort, Invisibility.

You might know Levithan from Boy Meets Boy, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, or maybe 2012's Every Day.

Andrea Cremer has written a swath of paranormal titles with the Nightshade series.

For more information:
Secret Garden Books

Weekend Book Give-Away: The Originals

This week's give-away comes just in time for a special author event!

Next Friday, Cat Patrick will launch her brand new book The Originals at Secret Garden Books in Seattle. From the author of Forgotten and Revived, this will be a book event you don't want to miss!

"Seventeen-year-olds Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey Best,  grew up as identical triplets... until they discovered a shocking family secret. They're closer than sisters, they're clones. Hiding from those who would expose them, the Best family appears to consist of a single mother with one daughter named Elizabeth. Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey take turns going to school, attending social engagements, and a group mindset has always been a de facto part of life.

Then Lizzie meets Sean Kelly, a guy who seems to see into her very soul. As their relationship develops, Lizzie realizes that she's not a carbon copy of her sisters; she's an individual with unique dreams and desires. Digging deeper into her background, Lizzie begins to dismantle the delicate balance of an unusual family that only science could have created."  - from the publisher

May 10, 2013 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Secret Garden Books

2214 NW Market Street Seattle, WA 98107

"The message of Cat’s book is that everyone is unique, and she feels the same way about book launches. Attendees will be treated to clone-worthy food and beverages like DNA cupcakes and test tube punch, then a (humorous) dramatic reading featuring Cat and her You Are Next tour mates, Sean Beaudoin (The Infects), Martha Brockenbrough (Devine Intervention), and Kevin Emerson (The Lost Code), during which time it is possible that boys will read—and dress—as girls. There will be a photo-cloning station for participants and their look-alikes. 

Cat or her dopplegangers will be happy to sign copies of The Originals and answer questions about her career, her books, and the crazy weird science she likes to make up for fun."  

Unfortunately Sno-Isle Libraries isn't in the habit of cloning books... yet... only one copy to give away this week! So if you're the lucky winner, bring your free copy to the book launch and get it signed by the author. And if you're not the winner, that's okay! Enjoy a night with the author and bring your clone-worthy friends.

To enter for a chance to win this Advance Reading Copy, tell me who you would clone if you had the chance, and why. 

Winner will be selected with Random Number Generator on Tuesday May 7, 2013. Be sure to leave a name with your entry, and check back to see if you won. To win you must be a teen (6th-12th grade, or 12-18) who uses a Sno-Isle Library.  

Teen Book Brunch with Karen Finneyfrock and Marissa Meyer

The Teen Book Brunch series is continuing at the University Bookstore in Mill Creek Towncenter in February and March. Sno-Isle Libraries and University Bookstore are partnering up to bring two more local authors in to talk about their new books and how they write.

Karen Finneyfrock, author of the newly released The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door, will be at the Teen Book Brunch this Saturday, February 23rd from 11-12. The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door is one of the best debut novels I've read all year. Celia Door enters her freshman year of high school with giant boots, dark eyeliner, and a thirst for revenge against Sandy Firestone, the girl who did something unspeakable to Celia last year. But then Celia meets Drake, the cool new kid from New York City who entrusts her with his deepest, darkest secret. When Celia's quest for justice threatens her relationship with Drake, she's forced to decide which is sweeter: revenge or friendship.

Marissa Meyer, author of Cinder and the follow-up Scarlet, will be at the Teen Book Brunch on Saturday, March 2nd from 11-12. Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second installment of the Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison--even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner. 

The Teen Book Brunches are held at the University Bookstore in the Mill Creek Towncenter and are open to everyone, not just teens. Top Pot donuts are provided and occasionally there are giveaways. These brunches are a great place to get to know authors and hear about new books. At the the last Teen Book Brunch, where Kristin  Halbrook had her release party for Nobody But Us, there were practically more teen authors in attendance than teens- including Daniel Marks, J. Anderson Coats, A R Kahler, and Marissa Meyer. You never know who will turn up at a Teen Book Brunch! Hope to see you at the next one!

Teen Book Brunch: Meet the Authors

If you are into cyborgs, plagues, and dystopian trilogies, you'll want to check these books out.

Come meet authors Lissa Price, author of Starters, and Marissa Meyer, author of Cinder, Saturday, March 17th at 11 a.m. Share what you've been reading and get recommendations from other book lovers. Enjoy Top Pot donuts and free copies of soon to be released books!

In Cinder: Lunar Chronicles (Book One) humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.



Starters is a cross between Hunger Games and Meg Cabot's Airhead series. In the future, teens rent their bodies to seniors who want to be young again. One girl discovers her renter plans to do more than party--her body will commit murder, if her mind can't stop it. Sixteen-year-old Callie lost her parents when the genocide spore wiped out everyone except those who were vaccinated first--the very young and very old. With no grandparents to claim Callie and her little brother, they go on the run, living as squatters, and fighting off unclaimed renegades who would kill for a cookie. Hope comes via Prime Destinations, run by a mysterious figure known only as The Old Man. He hires teens to rent their bodies to seniors, known as enders, who get to be young again. Callie's neurochip malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her rich renter, living in her mansion, driving her cars, even dating Blake, the grandson of a senator. It's a fairy-tale new life . . . until she uncovers the Body Bank's horrible plan.


Looking ahead to Saturday, May 5th at 11 a.m., the Teen Book Brunch will feature three authors:
Tahereh Mafi, author of Shatter Me, Veronica Rossi, author of Under the Never Sky, and Anna Carey, author of Eve.


Teen Book Brunch meets at the University Book Store in Mill Creek Town Center.

Scott Westerfeld in Seattle

I know there are Westerfeldians in this audience.

From his site:

Friday, October 7
7:00PM
Not 5PM as previously advertised!
Central Library
1000 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

This is a Secret Garden Bookstore event, so you’ll be able to buy books.

I Twittered at him to see if his talk would be similar to one I heard by him a few weeks ago. It will be. Which means:

Go. Seriously. Drop whatever plans you had and GO. It will SO be worth it. PROMISE. Even if you haven't ever had any interest in any of his books. GO.

Weekend Book Give-Away: Shut Out

Last month I got to check out Mill Creek's Teen Book Brunch. This is a monthly book group that features our awesome teen librarian Danielle takes place at the University Book Store. The book store rep was super, the teens who came were incredibly great, and there were FREE DONUTS. And not just any donuts but delicious Top Pot Donuts. YUM.

Well, they are meeting again this weekend, and will be joined by Kody Keplinger author of The DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) and brand new book Shut Out a retelling of the naughty Greek classic Lysistrata. Did I mention that Kody is only 20 and already has two books out?! And you can meet her at here:

Teen Book Brunch
University Book Store in Mill Creek Town Center
Saturday September 17, 2011 - 11am-noon

Can't make it? So sad. But you CAN win a copy of Shut Out (which I'm just going to say here and now is definitely for mature teen readers...lots of strong language and sexual subject matter). Just tell me what your favorite teen book based on a classic piece of literature is for your chance to win! Drawing will take place Tuesday September
20th, 2011.

Also...anonymous/unknown entries will not be entered in the drawing, as those folks never seem to claim their prizes! You must at least include your initials and what library you go to.

Nearby event: E. Lockhart @ Seattle Public Library

I just love E. Lockhart's books!



Our neighbors to the South at Seattle Public Library are having an awesome author program with her this coming Thursday...with cupcakes!

Hey teens! Come meet E. Lockhart (author of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, the Ruby Oliver series, and many other awesome books), enter a raffle, and eat cupcakes. Seattle Public Central Library - Level 3, Teen Center Thursday, April 14, 2011, 4:30 – 5:30pm Maybe I'll see you there?

Double Author Visit at Third Place Books

Next week (Thursday April 14th, 2011 at 7pm) Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park will be hosting not one, but two awesome teen authors! From their newsletter:

Holly Black is the bestselling author of the Spiderwick series. She is here with her new book Red Glove (Margaret K. McElderry), the sequel to White Cat.

Curses and cons. Magic and the mob. In Cassel Sharpe's world, they go together. Cassel always thought he was an ordinary guy, until he realized his memories were being manipulated by his brothers. Now he knows the truth - he's the most powerful curse worker around. A touch of his hands can transform anything - or anyone - into something else.


Cassandra Clare made her fiction debut with City of Bones. She is here with the highly anticipated fourth book of her Mortal Instruments Series, City of Fallen Angels.

Who will be tempted by darkness? Who will fall in love, and who will find their relationship torn apart? And who will betray everything they ever believed in? Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge.

In the heart-pounding fourth installment of the Mortal Instruments series, the stakes are higher than ever.

Tickets & Books Available 4/5/11
SIGNING LINE TICKETS REQUIRED

Doesn't that sound just fantastic? If you go, please report back and let me know how it goes? I've already got plans that night :(

Skype the Author: Adam Rex

Two of my favorite books this last year were written by one man. One is a spoof on all things teen supernatural vampire romance. The other is the funniest science fiction book you may ever read.

This Thursday you can meet Adam Rex using the Powers of the Internet! Just come to the Mukilteo Library for our live online author chat.

Skype the Author: Adam Rex
Celebrate Teen Tech Month by using technology to meet one of our favorite authors Adam Rex by Skype! He is the author of both the delightful The True Meaning of Smekday and the hilarious Fat Vampire.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011 - 4pm
Mukilteo Library

Kathleen, our teen librarian at Mukilteo Library recommends checking out Rex's website for TTMoS. So fun!

LOTS of SECRETS!

Looks good, doesn't it? The author will be at Lynnwood Library (!!) on Tuesday, August 17 at 4pm leading a writing workshop: Keeping Secrets: Creating Characters Who Turn the Page

Official Blurb: "Join author Holly Cupala (Tell Me a Secret) as she shares her secrets about creating realistic characters who have depth, flaws and something they aren't telling."

We will be giving away TWO free signed copies (one from Ms. Cupala, one from Lynnwood Friends of the Library) of TELL ME A SECRET to workshop attendees!

If you can't make it to the workshop for a chance at one of the free books, place a hold on Tell Me a Secret!

In my humble opinion, the above book trailer is one of the best I've ever seen. Share a link, in the comments, to one of YOUR favorite book trailers and be entered into a drawing to win a copy of:

Queen of Secrets by Jenny Meyerhoff
"Fifteen-year-old Essie Green, an orphan who has been raised by her secular Jewish grandparents in Michigan, experiences conflicting loyalties and confusing emotions when her aunt, uncle, and cousin move back from New York, and her very religious cousin tries to fit in with the other football players at Essie's high school, one of whom is Essie's popular new boyfriend."

The winner will be announced on Tuesday, August 17th, so you have until midnight on the 16th to share your favorite book trailer!

(And don't forget to enter The Chronicles of Nick giveaway! Deadline is Thursday!)

Meet Author Carrie Ryan at a Local Bookstore

Just a few days ago, Jackie was raving about Carrie Ryan's wonderful zombie books, and that she has a new one coming out. Well, it looks like she is on tour to promote The Dead Tossed Waves, so you can actually meet her in person!

Friday March 19th - 7pm
Pizza Party with Carrie Ryan
University Bookstore - U District, Seattle
Become one of the UNCONSECRATED with the help of our professional make-up artist!

Saturday March 20 - 6:30 pm
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

In this follow-up to Carrie Ryan's post-apocalyptic, zombie-ridden debut The Forest of Hands and Teeth, a young girl named Gabry lives behind the Barrier in a town on the sea. But the Barrier can't hold back every threat and, without warning, those threats lead to the death of half of Gabry's generation, and the imprisonment of the other half. To save the future, Gabry must discover the secrets her mother left behind when she left the Forest of Hands and Teeth.

David Levithan!

I <3 David Levithan. I desperately wish I could go see him when he visits the Ballard Library a week from Saturday on November 14th. But, I'll be working here at the Lynnwood Library, so you should go for me and report back, k?

Levithan is touring for his newest book, Love is the Higher Law. You might know him better as the author of such books as: Boy Meets Boy, Wide Awake, or Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (perhaps you've heard of the movie?).

He's kind of a superstar.

The event starts at 3pm, but I'd suggest getting there early (really. I've been to author events there. Go early.).

More info here.