tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391639497188398458.post4037309660622690686..comments2024-03-21T04:30:23.337-05:00Comments on A Worn Path: Book News: #Readathon & Booker Man Prize ControversyJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13486454111763825134noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391639497188398458.post-53190354072753808012011-10-23T23:43:41.291-05:002011-10-23T23:43:41.291-05:00The read-a-thon was a #fail for me, but I had fun ...The read-a-thon was a #fail for me, but I had fun anyway. I was gone for half the day so only read for 12 hours, if you can call it that. LOL<br /><br />No worries about the SFB...my day was a total joke! It was my birthday and I had plans to leave the house at 11am so I could attend Lisa Alther's reading and then jump to the front of her signing line. Well, my husband plays cards on Friday nights and he did not come home in time for me to leave (long story and he was in the major doghouse!) at 11 so I ended up missing the reading. My mom came and said we should just go and take the boys so I could at least make the signing. So, we get downtown and I realize neither of us has cash so she had to drop me and my younger son off so I can run up to the signing. I bought the book and went to the workers and they got me to the front of the line. I was able to meet Lisa (which was lovely) and get the book signed and personalized to me with a happy birthday thrown in. What a keepsake! Regretfully, I didn't get to stick around long because there were no parking facilities that take credit cards so mom had to pick us back up, but I did meet up with Marla and Nikki, two book bloggers from Cookeville. We were talking about maybe doing a meet up after the first of the year, when the holidays are behind us. Down the road I was thinking it would be cool for a bunch of us to chip in on a lodge or cabin somewhere and have some kind of book retreat/read-a-thon one weekend. Wouldn't that be fun?!<br /><br />Hope all is well and that you have a great week. =O)Michelle Stockard Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572227726980569386noreply@blogger.com