My daughter and I went to a very fun event on Saturday, 10/24, the Austin Teen Book Festival. It was held at Westlake High School, my daughter's High School. Sixteen authors who write teen novels were there: Libba Bray; Heather Brewer; Carrie Jones; Justine Larbalestier; Daniel Waters; Jennifer Ziegler just to name or link to a few. Authors like this didn't exist when I was a teen, well that was a really long time ago, but I wished they had. I read a lot, but most of my friends didn't. Books like these didn't exist back then, or 10-15 years ago. These authors and others like them (J.K. Rowling) have made an impact on encouraging teens, young adults, and older adults to start reading and to continue to read.
So I'm glad that my daughter and other teens have such creative role-models. All of these authors are just wonderful. I have never read any of their books (the ones at this book festival), but look forward to reading all the novels that I purchased at the book festival. Libba Bray was the keynote speaker, very awesome. She is just great, very funny, she makes you want to be her friend. There was big turnout for this event. People came from Houston, San Antonio, Bryan-College Station, etc., so it wasn't just an Austin crowd or event. I'm looking forward to next year's book festival and this time I will be a volunteer and so will my daughter. Then after the book festival, we had a baby shower to attend.
My niece is having her first baby and only baby in December. I'll be a great-aunt again and I'm very excited about this. Looking forward to baby setting, and watching him grow up. And of course, I get to teach him how to torment his parents, wahhaa, haahaa, (maniacal laughter). And tomorrow, I'm going to Wimberley to join in a Reiki Circle. Several of us Reiki Masters are getting together to do Reiki on each other. I am soooooo looking forward to this. I haven't had a Reiki treatment in a long time, performing Reiki on myself just isn't the same. Wow, this sounds very pornographic, but it isn't. Oh well......
Check out these websites for more info on the authors. Libba Bray: http://www.libbabray.com/; Heather Brewer: http://www.heatherbrewer.com/; Carrie Jones: http://www.carriejonesbooks.com/; Justine Larbalestier: http://justinelarbalestier.com/; Daniel Waters: http://watersdan.blogspot.com/; Jennifer Ziegler: http://www.jenniferziegler.net/; J.K. Rowling: http://www.jkrowling.com/accessible/en/; Reiki: http://www.aetw.org/reiki_def.html
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