But I'm back and ready to rock. So recap ahoy!
6:35 Arrive in NYC, find Sara at Pennstation
6:45 Subway ride to Books of Wonder
7:00 Arrive at Books of Wonder an HOUR before the party starts. We are SO cool!
7:01 See the line. Realize people have been lined up since 4.
7:05 Go to the back of the line.
7:07 But everyone likes our shirts. We ARE cool!
Mine says "District 12 Tribute" Sara's says "Girl on Fire"
7:15 See Violet Haberdasher in line! LOL! We're both from Philly but we only run into her in NYC.
7:30 Spot super agent Joanna Volpe in line!
7:45 Find Elizabeth Law, Egmont Editor cruising through the line.
7:50 Have our pictures taken for The T-Shirt Project! (Sara and I are the last 2 in the post)
8:00 The line starts moving! YAY!
8:01 Realize that super agent Suzie Townsend is number 1 in line! Man, how did she do that?
8:30 Get INSIDE the store! SQUEEEE!
8:45 Realize that even though we are IN the store, we are STILL in line--it wraps around the whole interior!
8:50 Effie Trinket!
8:55 Spot my favorite Books of Wonder Book Seller ALLARY! LOVE!!!
9:00 Get our welcome packets, sign line numbers, lottery tickets, etc!
9:15-9:45 Desperate search for coffee in the city! This party goes WAY past our bedtimes.
10:00 Join the other people waiting on the floor for David Levithan and Suzanne Collins to appear.
10:45 Raffle prizes from Books of Wonder owner, Peter! YES!
11:15 We do not win any raffle prizes. Fail!
11:25 OMG! Realize we're about to see Suzanne Collins! SQUEEE!
11:30 David Levithan comes out to introduce her!!! He's so beyond adorable.
11:35 SUZANNE COLLINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! READS!!!! We get a snippet from Catching Fire and the first few pages of Mockingjay! OMG!!!!!!
11:37 Seriously, you could hear a pin drop next to her voice. Everyone is SILENT with a few gasps here and there.
11:59 COUNTDOWN is on!!!!!!!!!!
12:00 MIDNIGHT!!!!!! Happy Mockingjay Day!
12:15 Get in line to get our books
12:20 Hold my copy of Mockingjay! SQUEE!
12:30 Suzanne Collins stamps our books!
Sara is beyond excited to have her book stamped!
12:40 OMG!!!! We haz stamped copies of Mockingjay!
12:45 Speed Drive home so we can read!
4 AM Pass out!
Ok, I hope you enjoyed!
SOOOOO AWESOME!!! I wish I could have been there! How cool :):)
ReplyDeleteOooh, thanks for walking us through the party! :D Great pics to go with the post, sounds like you had an awesome time.
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<<<<<<<<3333333 the recap!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like it was massive amounts of fun!! I have not read any of the series...actually hadn't heard of it (don't hurt me) until all the buzz on Twitter. I know have my very own copy of Hunger Games and the blessing of knowing I won't have to wait to find out what happens in the end. :)
ReplyDeleteThat line must've been incredibly long if people were waiting since 4PM o_O But hey, you got to see cool people while you were waiting! :D
ReplyDeleteYAY FOR MOCKINGJAY. I love the stamp she made for the book-it's quite pretty.
Seems so fun! My sister and I wished there was some midnight madness going on near us, but alas, there was not!
ReplyDeleteWow. What an experience!! I can't wait to read the book!! :)
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