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Suzanne Collins is Coming to TO - Details on Event and How to Get a Ticket!

4:00 PM

Dilemma! So Many Authors Coming to TORONTO This Weekend!

7:07 PM

I've noticed that there aren't usually many authors who make the trip to Toronto for signings. All the time, you hear about signings in the U.S., so it's really cool when an author finally makes the trek North. In fact, I went to my very first couple signings this year and they've been such great experiences that I can't wait to go again!

And this weekend? Many AMAZING authors will be in town! Both the Teen Read Awards and the Smart Chicks Kick It! Tour (which I've read many blog posts about!) will be taking place!

But the dilemma part? I was fully planning to go to the Smart Chicks Tour even if it meant missing the chance to meet Ally Carter (again!) and Becca Fitzpatrick, but then in a LAST MINUTE move, Richelle Mead and Carrie Jones will also be signing books together on Saturday. The problem? It's at the EXACT SAME TIME as the Smart Chicks Tour but at a different Chapters/Indigo location. I'm so sad because I would have liked to go to both, but it's just impossible to be in two places at the same time, and one is outside Toronto while the other is right in downtown.

So, this is the run-down of the events happening this Saturday, September 25 in and around Toronto:

Indigo Yonge and Eglinton - Who will be signing and when?

** I've used the covers of the books that are nominated for the Teen Read Awards.**

12:00 p.m.

Ally Carter, bestselling author of the Gallagher Girl series and Heist Society, will be signing along with Becca Fitzpatrick, author of the bestselling novel Hush, Hush and the upcoming Crescendo (which isn't released until October 19)!

2:00 p.m.
Richelle Mead, bestselling author of the Vampire Academy series, will be signing along with Carrie Jones, bestselling author of the Need series!

Chapters Brampton - Who will be signing and when?

2:00 p.m.

Smart Chicks Kick It! Tour
~ Alyson Noel, bestselling author of the Immortals series
~ Kelley Armstrong, bestselling author of the Darkest Powers series
~ Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series
~ Melissa de la Cruz, bestselling author of the Blue Bloods series
~ Jeri Smith-Ready, author of Shade
~ Jennifer Lyn Barnes, author of Raised by Wolves
~ Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, bestselling authors of Beautiful Creatures

I was originally planning to go the Smart Chicks Tour, but I've now changed my mind and will be at Indigo Yonge & Eglinton now. It was a tough choice, but I simply can't pass up the chance to meet some of my fave authors. I'll just have to hope that the Smart Chicks Tour will return once again next year.

And then at 7:00 p.m. (red carpet at 6:00 p.m.), I'll be off to the Teen Read Awards! I'm really excited and at least I'll still get a chance to meet/see some of the authors I'm missing at the Smarts Chicks tour.

Who will win? I can't wait to find out! If you follow the Teen Reads Awards on Twitter, they'll be tweeting that night about the event, winners, and even giving away prizes! And if you have any questions to ask the nominees, they're also taking them right now! So tweet away!

And um, I also recently got a Twitter account too... so if you'd like, you can follow me here. =)

Teen Read Awards

My Teen Read Awards Tickets... and I now have Twitter!

9:00 AM

I posted the other day about how I was going to try to get free tickets for the Chapters/Indigo Teen Read Awards which will take place on September 25... well, I got them!

Each teen was able to get a maximum of 2 tickets with photo ID and proof of age and there was a pretty good turnout of teens waiting in line!

I was going to try to arrive a bit early but I ended up getting to Indigo Yorkdale with my Mom right at 9:30 a.m. yesterday (Sat, Sept 11), which was when they started to hand them out. I waited in line for an hour before I finally got inside the store because they were sending people into the store in certain groups at a time. It was a pretty organized system that ran smoothly.

While we were waiting in line, there was a DJ in the store blasting music which could also be heard outside and he kept us entertained! He played some Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber (which cued some girly squeals), and there was even a little dance-off, though I couldn't see it from where I waited.

They were also giving away prizes if you were following them on Twitter... but I didn't have an account. It sucked. A girl not too far in front of me won a signed copy of City of Glass by Cassandra Clare and one a little behind me won a signed copy of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

The prizes were soon given away, but I decided then and there I would make a Twitter account. (Seriously, I literally made an account while I was waiting in line.) I've been debating awhile if I should get one or not, but I guess that was the little push I needed.

I am a total Twitter newbie. Anyways, this is my profile on Twitter where I'm using the username midnightbloom04! If you're on Twitter, let me know so I can follow you and if you have some beginner advice, that would be much appreciated! I've also added my new Twitter link onto my sidebar under other sites where I can be found.

I may not have won a signed book, but I did win a $5 gift card for Chapters/Indigo by saying two facts about the Teen Reads Award (top right corner of first pic). The DJ made me go up front and I'm really bad at being put on the spot because my mind goes completely blank and I get all nervous. It seemed to take me forever to think of something because my brain seemed to turn into complete mush (will have to work on this in the future). I'm the kind of person who never wins anything, so I was pretty happy I got the gift card!

By the way, today (Sunday, Sept 12) is the LAST DAY to vote for the Teen Reads Awards, so if you've been voting all along, don't forget to vote one last time!

Suzanne Collins is Coming to TO - Details on Event and How to Get a Ticket!

Dilemma! So Many Authors Coming to TORONTO This Weekend!

My Teen Read Awards Tickets... and I now have Twitter!

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