Friday nights are always
better with friends and good stories. This week was no different, since I had
the chance to catch up with some good friends I hadn't seen since the beginning
of 2009. We started our night at the Cheesecake Factory, a favorite of ours
because who doesn't love cheese and cake? After we thoroughly stuffed our
gullets with deliciousness, I headed over to Borders for
Scott Sigler's signing of
his new book
CONTAGIOUS. The
moment I walked into the store I knew I was in for a great night. He read for
over 20 minutes, enthralling the over 100 people with his wonderful
storytelling. He ended up selling out of
CONTAGIOUS and
promised if the crowd was the largest on this leg of the tour, everyone present
would be mentioned, by name, in his next book. I thought that was pretty sweet,
so you better believe Guinevere Reyes was the first to sign her name! I
couldn't get a book, but I did get a
few pictures of Scott reading.
Over at the other big Friday night book signing, was the Oprah fitness guru
Bob Greene. Even
though Oprah has topped 200 pounds, Greene is still a voice to reckon with in
the fitness biz. But apparently not as much as before or simply because it was a
Friday night. Anyway, we arrived early expecting crowds and little seating. We
were right about the seating -- none because he had to abbreviate his schedule
and wasn't planning on talking, just signing his book,
THE BEST LIFE DIET and
leaving. But because there were only about 25 people waiting he took the time to
do a bit of talking about his ideas, book and fitness plans. The crowd grew! He
was very articulate and emphasized that people have to make life changes -- big
ones -- to keep fit and weight off. So true I'm afraid. Again, he was a great
speaker and seems to have a good plan for better fitness. Oh, and if you bought
his book you got a cool free green bag. Some of us are suckers for free shopping
bags you know!
Then we met up again -- the two halves of the book club -- went over the two
authors and signings and took our Cheesecake Factory dessert to-go boxes and
went home. Did I mention we bought books because after all what do readers do
when they are in a bookstore? Answer: BUY BOOKS, you can never have enough!
Up tonight is the kick off social gathering for FenCon -- the local Science
Fiction and Fantasy literary conference in September. Time to meet more friends!
Gwen and Sara Reyes
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