Hello!
I'm so excited to share with you all the 2nd book signing event I got to attend.
On May 29, 2016 (Sunday), National Bookstore held a book signing for Jennifer Niven here in Manila.
It's for promoting her book "All The Bright Places" even though it was published over a year ago... because we always get to meet authors very late. We still get to meet them, though!
But of course, she was here to promote her upcoming new book "Holding Up The Universe" which will be released on October 4, 2016.
I was lucky enough to have attended this book signing with a friend of mine whom I've known and been classmates with since we were in pre-school! I also got to meet up with my new friends whom I met at Victoria Aveyard's book signing event last March. It was really good to see them again. And of course, I got to spend time with friends whom I just met that day.
That's what's really amazing about book signings: you get to meet new people who share the same passion as you!
Although this particular book we were celebrating over is about depression, there was laughter everywhere. Everyone was happy and excited! It's contagious.
It didn't matter that we had to wait in line under the blazing hot sun in the middle of summer. It didn't matter that we had to still wait in line and stand up for hours for registration and the waiting for the arrival of Ms. Jennifer Niven.
It was all worth it in the end!
The author was really nice! She answers even the most stupid, star-struck induced questions that my friends and I probably blurted out. Hahaha. I cringe now when I think about what I asked her. Not gonna share it with you!
We also got a surprise by the end of the book signing.
We were all given a sneak peek copy of her new book!
Now, I've been reading a ridiculous amount of hate about this book even though it hasn't been released.
The thing I love about the book community is we all talk about books in a civil manner. We discuss our likes and dislikes and we tend to accept others' opinions about our favorite books and vice versa.
But holy crap, this book has been bashed and judged without even being read!
I am suddenly ashamed for the book community.
Of all people, we should be the ones who are capable of understanding what message the authors are trying to convey. They worked hard on the books we so often enjoy and are the reasons why we write on blogs, post photos on Instagram, and shoot videos for YouTube.
Can we please stop for one second about being offended by every single thing?
So what if it's about a fat girl? Or a mentally ill boy?
There are people who will find this book helpful and inspiring because they're going through the same thing.
I'm pretty sure that if the characters end up together as a couple or not, we'll get to read that something happy happens to them. That they'll somehow get through their ordeals.
Why is that such a bad thing?
If you don't want to read it, the least you can do is just not bad mouth it. Do you really have to promote that people shouldn't read the book?
*end of rant*
I've read "All The Bright Places" before but I honestly can't remember all the details of the story. All I know is the very sad ending.
I think this is a good thing that I don't remember because then I'll have the motivation to reread it after buying this physical copy that I had signed!
Plus, it's always a great thing to have a contemporary waiting in your bookshelf after reading a couple of fantasy books/series to buffer your brain out a bit and avoid falling into a reading slump.
Jennifer Niven signed the books with a VIOLET pen!
I find it adorable and fitting because of the character's name.
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