Stacking the Shelves #247

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

I realize I never shared the ARCs and bookish goodies I received from the Raincoast Books Fall 2019 Preview event I attended last month so here they are XD

 

 

What did you add to your shelves this week?

Event Recap: Raincoast Books present TeensRead Fall 2019 Preview

 

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the latest TeensRead Preview from Raincoast Books! It was such a fun time filled with book announcements and awesome swags~ It was exciting to learn that Wattpad will be publishing books :D

We had special guest author Jacqueline Firkins there to talk about her debut novel Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things! She's a costume designer and it was so fun listening to her talk about the input she had in her cover design (the red sneakers is important!).
 

I'm looking forward to reading these titles (click on the cover for more info):

   

   

 

Here are all the titles that were presented (click on the picture to get a better view):

 

Which title(s) are you most excited for?

 

The ladies also came up with this neat idea of matching horoscopes to the upcoming releases (click on the picture to get a better view):

 

 

I'm a Scorpio and definitely excited to read Good Luck Girls which I actually got a copy of in my swag bag! I haven't had a chance to snap a picture of the goodies I received yet but I'll share that soon in a Stacking the Shelves post.

 

As always a huge thank you to the Raincoast team for an amazing time!! I'm already looking forward to the next one ;)

Stacking the Shelves #233

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

I got to visit Raincoast Books' office the other day and they let me pick some titles off their ARC shelves, thank you! Archenemies is old but I'm really excited to have a matching ARC to my Renegades ARC XD Also, I'm looking forward to seeing what Versify, HMH's new imprint, comes out with!

 

What did you add to your shelves this week?

Event Recap: Raincoast Books presents TeensRead Winter&Spring 2019 Preview

 

Last month I attended the Teens Read event hosted by Raincoast Books and had so much fun listening to all the highly anticipated 2019 releases they presented! I didn't really take any pictures except for the ones I shared on my Instagram account. Here are a few (apologies for the not so good quality).

 

Cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks was the special guest and it was really amazing listening to her story. Her books look really fun. I'm particularly really looking forward to PUMPKINHEADS, her collaboration with Rainbow Rowell!

 

 

I'm very excited for these titles (click on the covers for more info):

   

   

   

 

Here is a list of all the titles the ladies presented (click on the image to enlarge):

 

Which one of these tiles are you most excited for??

I shared the goodie bag I received in this Stacking the Shelves post.
 

Once again a huge thank you to the Raincoast ladies for the invite and presentation <3 

Stacking the Shelves #212

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

I attended Raincoast Book's TeensRead Preview event for Winter + Spring 2019 last weekend and got these amazing goodies. Some of my most anticipated reads! The biggest thank you to the Raincoast ladies <3 I'm running behind on writing up a recap but I will do one :)

 

What did you add to your shelves this week?

Event Recap: Raincoast Books present TeensRead Fall 2018 Preview

 

Last weekend I got to attend the TeensRead Preview event hosted by Raincoast Books. They highlighted a bunch of exciting Fall 2018 titles! I got to meet old and new book people and it was just a blast~

  

Special guest author Tony Cliff was present to talk about his writing/illustrating processes. He is the creator of the Delilah Dirk graphic novels. It was such a treat to hear him talk and to see some of the original artwork he brought. They were amazing and it just blows my mind that they were all hand-drawn!!
 

I'm particularly excited for these titles (click on each cover for more info):

   

   

 

Below is a list of all the titles the ladies presented (click on the picture to get a better view!):

 

Are you excited for any of these?

Here's my awesome haul from the event:

 

A big thank you again to the Raincoast ladies! These events are always the highlight of my year <3

Event Recap: Lianne Oelke Signing

 

 

Last Sunday I attended debut author Lianne Oelke's signing in Vancouver, Canada. I'm always excited when an author has an event near me (especially a local author!) so I make sure I can go. I wasn't too sure what the setup would be like so I go to the bookstore early. I managed to grab a front row seat~

While waiting I got to chatting with another reader- hi Cheryl! We actually recognized each other from previous book events haha! She told me Nice Try, Jane Sinner was the bookstore's book club pick of the month which I think I will try to go to the discussion meet up~

 

When the time came for the event to start, Lianne came out. She was very humble and talked about her debut novel Nice Try, Jane Sinner and her publishing journey. I actually had the pleasure of meeting her last year at a Raincoast Books preview event but it was still really lovely to see her with her published book! I loved listening to her talk about her publishing experiences. Some things she said:

 

• Her writing started with Lord of the Rings fan fiction.
• She wrote Nice Try, Jane Sinner in secret and didn't tell anyone until she had a publishing deal.
• The reality tv idea came from her watching America's Next Top Model (and another show I forgot, sorry) at the time she was writing.
• The book was originally titled House of Orange which is the name of the reality show in the book but the marketing department thought it was too Netflix-y (a mashup of Hose of Cards and Orange is the New Black). They asked Lianne to come up with a few alternatives with Jane Sinner's name in it and Nice Try, Jane Sinner was born!
• Her advice to new writers: "Don't compare yourself with other authors. Focus on your writing."
• She's currently writing a fantasy novel with Vikings/a Viking setting.
• Not to get anyone's hopes up but she has a film agent ;)

 

Thank you to Melissa and Brooke from Raincoast Books for taking and sharing this fun signing photo on Instagram XD

 

Mandatory author photo!

 

The goodies!! Besides the signed books I got I also managed to snag a Jane Sinner tote bag and some buttons and stickers (oops I forgot to include them in the picture but they're awesome!). Lianne is a huge cat lover so the first five people to show her a cat picture won a tote bag. I instantly whipped out my phone since my cats were my wallpapers LOL. I mean, I'm pretty sure the internet knows I'm a cat lady by now ;)

 

 

I asked Lianne to write her favourite Jane line in my book and I love it <3 So much love for book! If humorous heartfelt stories with a heaping side of snark is your thing then pick up a copy of Nice Try, Jane Sinner asap!!

Event Recap: Raincoast Books present TeensRead Winter&Spring 2018Preview

Hi guys! Last week I got to attend the Winter & Spring 2018 TeensRead Preview hosted by Raincoast Books. Thank you so much for the invite! As always it was such a fun time filled with my favourite bookish talk <3

Lianne Oelke, author of Nice Try, Jane Sinner, was the special guest. Ever since I found out she's a local author I've been looking forward to her debut! I was so excited to have the chance to meet her! She talked about her publishing journey. From virtually meeting Becky Albertalli to getting an agent and having editors interested in her story, I found it all fascinating. It was a pleasure meeting her and getting to chat. I'm really looking forward to reading Nice Try, Jane Sinner!

 

 

I'm particularly excited for these titles (click on each cover for more info):

 

   

   

 

Here's a list of all the titles the ladies presented (click on the picture for a better view):

Which ones are you excited for?

Now here's my haul from the event! I'm so so so excited for all of these books! Special thank you to Melissa for finding an extra copy of Jane Sinner and giving it to me, thank you so much <3

 

Again thank you so much to Raincoast ladies for a lovely fun-filled morning/afternoon with all the bookish goodies! I already can't wait for the next one XD