Author Groupies!

About a week ago, my cute cousin Kelsey (woohoo alliteration) and I had a girls night fit for a Greek god! In case you have been living under a rock for the past few years (or are over the age or 15), Rick Riordan is the coolest author to hit the bookshelves since the hammer itself built them! 

Kels and I went to go hear him and get his autograph and perhaps I may have been a little star struck. What an awesome thing that would be if all my kids (I am currently a librarian... so I have about 700 of them) were star struck by an AUTHOR! Rick used to be a teacher, love fantasy novels, is a local Texan and oh, did I mention writes amazing books! 

As I read on Rick's personal blog (which is of course in my google reader... thank you Annalee), The Last Olympian is ripping up the bestseller charts. It is #1 today out of all books in USA Today, part of a very small group of children’s books ever to debut at #1. It has also driven the series to #2 on the NYT bestseller list! Here are two faces to prove that his books are AMAZING! (ignore my pastiness... I blame the camera... and my mom).

After his cool chat, Kels and I had to wait for autograph time so we made the most of our time together and in the spirit of literature, made up a story. I went something like this...

One day, in a dark world (auditorium) full of monsters and demigods (book fans), there lived (sat) two girls who loved Rick Riordan very much. They were going to meet their Prince Charming at 4:30 on Wednesday, May 6th, but unfortunately, they were a tad bit late due to being locked up in a high tower (working & cheer practice).

They were deeply saddened when they arrived late to the ball and there were no seats left.

They squeezed their way in and found a surprisingly place close to Prince Charming. He gave his grand speech and they (EVENTUALLY) danced (got their books signed) with him. 

Prince Charming was delighted to meet them and they all lived happily ever after! 

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Thanks Kels for a great night and 

for loving books as much as I do.