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25
The weekend of geeking out…
2009 at 9am Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky
I was tempted to write an entire posting consisting of as many variations on SQUEEE! as I could think up, but I thought better of it.
But just barely.
Why am I so excited? Because in a few short hours, I’ll make the drive up to D.C., where I’ll crash with one of my very best besties and prepare to get up early tomorrow to hit the National Book Festival. I’m planning to spend the morning wandering around and seeing whomever strikes my fancy, then after an on-the-fly lunch (hot dog vendors, anyone?), I’m going to park myself in the fiction pavilion to see one of my top five favorite authors ever, John Irving. I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am about this.
DO YOU THINK HE’D MIND IF I ASKED A QUESTION IN MY VERY BEST, ALL-CAPS, OWEN MEANY VOICE?
Then I’ll sit through Nicholas Sparks (definitely not my cup of tea), get excited again for Junot Diaz (who I’ve heard can be boring in person, but I have high hopes), and then scurry over to the Poetry & Prose pavilion for Tim O’Brien, who wrote the only war book I’ve ever enjoyed reading. If time and space allow, I’ll then run over to the Teens & Children pavilion to end the day with none other than Judy Blume.
Should I tell her that Ralph says hi? (Dawn, that was just for you.)
And that’s not all folks! After all the nerdalicious excitement of the book festival (view details and the schedule at the official website), I’m going to dinner for the long-awaited DC-area tweetup, where I’ll be meeting, among others, Jennifer of The Literate Housewife, S. Krishna, Michelle of GalleySmith, Meg, Jenn of Jenn’s Bookshelves, and Amy and Trish, who are making the trip from the west coast.
I can’t wait!
If you’re going to be there, I’d love to meet you. I’ll be running around in this:
So if you see me, be sure to say hi….and keep your eyes peeled next week for a post-Book Fest chat from Michelle and me.
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I’ll be there, too! Serena tells me I’m going to the dinner with her, but I’m not sure. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to meet you.
Oh! You are going to have such a fab time.
I hope so! You should definitely come.
So far, I’m planning on it, but I’ll have my daughter with me and it all depends on how she’s faring at the end of the long day. But I think she’ll be fine. She’s very excited about going, and we’re going to visit the festival site and plan our day after we get home from work/school this afternoon.
I wish I was going to be there with you!
Wow, this sounds like an amazing trip. I’m jealous about meeting about Judy Blume. I loved her books when I was a pre-teen.
Have a great time! That sounds like so much fun. I hope you have time for Judy Blume!
This weekend is full of lit-fests in Canada too — Sunday is “Word on the Street” in Toronto. I can’t wait!
Me too!
Yayyy, so excited!!
See you tomorrow!
Would love to go to this festival someday! Have a great time. I’m wondering where you got the cool T-shirt your wearing.
I’m seriously jealous! I hope you had a great time today.
Hope you are having a fabulous time!! I am green with envy that you’ll be meeting John Irving…one of my most favorite authors of all time!!!
Tim O’Brien was AMAZING! I’ve never read anything by him, but just listening to him made me want to go out and buy up everything he has ever written. I know there were tears in my eyes!
Awww…I don’t think I saw you. I was there as well. it was great, and I was glad it didn’t rain very much.