Marissa Meyer Signing

Oh yes. That is me. With Marissa Meyer!!! *squeals* I am so thankful that I was able to meet her Wednesday night! She came to Washington DC as part of her Cress book tour. I think you all know how much I love this series and it just keeps getting better with every book. I reviewed Cress yesterday and basically just gushed everywhere. 

I've been planning on going to this signing for like a month now and then two days before the event, the weather tells me the worst news possible. 8-12 inches of snow is coming that night. Great. The bookstore that hosted the event is only 19 miles from my work, but if you live in the DC/Northern Virginia area, you all know that that means a two hour drive. (No, I'm not kidding. It took me almost two hours to get there. And that was before the snow hit.) So I'm praying that the snow waits until after I get home. It doesn't. As I'm sitting there listening to the lovely Marissa Meyer speak, I'm watching the snow start. And it starts hard. No tiny gentle flakes. Just raging storm. But oh well, I'm already there, I will just have to hope for the best. 

That's a lie. The cold does bother me. A lot. And so does snow. But it ended up being fine. I got home okay. But we did end up getting like 14 inches of snow overnight. Please stab me. Is it almost summer? 

The signing was amazing! Marissa talked about the series, answered a bunch of questions, and signed a ton of books! She was super cute and really funny. She told us some great stories on where the idea for the Lunar Chronicles came from and told us how her mother was convinced that Adri (the evil stepmother) from Cinder was based on her even though she definitely was not. Oh crazy moms.

The narrator of the audiobook, Rebecca Soler, was also there. I don't really listen to audiobooks. I like actually reading better, but this woman made me want to listen to Cress on audio right now. She was so spunky and excited about the book. She read a section in her "Iko" voice and I died laughing. It was perfect. Just how I pictured Iko to sound like. So yeah, you should all check out the audio. I know I'm going to. 

I got all three of my books signed, hung out with some other awesome bloggers, and had a great time! Take that snow! And I get to go to the Dark Days Winter Tour next week with Tahereh Mafi, Veronica Rossi, Sophie Jordan, and Kiersten White! So many amazing authors to meet!

Tell me about some awesome author signings you have been to! If you could meet any author, who would it be? Would you brave 14 inches of snow to meet your favorite author?