Landline reading with Rainbow Rowell

Yes, I look dead, yes she is wearing a lobster necklace. 

Before I talk about the reading and how cool Rainbow Rowell is. Let's talk about how I look. Wait. This is not some way for me to be self absorbed and, talk about myself. I look like I am barley alive. Let me tell you why. So I went to Tribeca after my classes at Fashion Institute of Technology for this reading.  We left right at 4:30 and the reading was at 6:00, so I had time to eat. But, the taxi driver dropped us off and we got lost. We ended up walking up and down two different blocks, couldn't find it, and now it was 5:20. We still haven't eaten, we ended up eating at some Mexican place. Found the Barnes and Noble on my GPS. What did people do before GPS? I mean really. We got there late and she was already speaking, but I got a ticket! Not a seat so I just sat on the floor until a worker yelled at me. Then, because we got there late we had to wait for two and a half hours to get my books signed. That is why I look like crap because all I could think about was how amazing my bed is going to feel when I get home. I know. I'm talking to Rainbow Rowell and half of my brain is focusing on her and, the other half is thinking about sleeping. Does that make me a bad reader? Well, whatever I am a human first.

Now let us talk about the reading. Do you know when writers are not good at speaking? Well, Rainbow Rowell is amazing at both. She first read a few pages from Landline and they were obviously amazing. She then took questions from the audience. She talked a lot about her family and her mom. When she spoke of them you really got a good idea and image of whom they were. Someone of course, asked her about the ending of Eleanor and Park she did hint that the three words were good and, maybe, "I love you." Then she said that is why she think's John Green killed off his character, so no one will ask if they end up together. Which of course made everyone laugh. Then, she started talking about her Caesarean section which was really gross. But, what was funny was the secretary guard this big looking tough guy. He was shaking his head, his hands running over his face, and looking like he was going to pass out. Clearly he was not prepared for this conversation.

Rainbow Rowell was really funny and, very sweet. After waiting for two hours (but I had Starbucks so it was fine). I got to talk to her and we talked about Eleanor and Park and she commented on my "real camera" and said it was nice. This was a really awesome thing to be able to do and, Rainbow Rowell was awesome. My mom also said, never reading her books, she was funny and told amazing stories. Now I have signed copies of her books!

Love,
Maddie