Teens' Top Ten!

Yippee!

Some truly incredible news reached my ears today. CRESCENDO has been nominated for YALSA's Teens' Top Ten! This is a teens' choice list, and I'm massively flattered to be included. In fact, I can't think of a single list I'd rather be on than this one--teens and teens alone choose their favorite books of the previous year and that makes it very, very cool in my book.

If you're a teen, and you want to see CRESCENDO make the top ten, vote for it now through September 15 RIGHT HERE.

Being nominated for this list means a lot--definitely one of the high points of writing for teens--and I appreciate the support and enthusiasm my books have received to make it this far. So this is for you guys: THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Becca

SILENCE US Tour!

Whew! Lots of tour info this week. But that's a good thing--it means SILENCE's release date is getting oh so close!

One quick disclaimer. The list below includes all of my public events, except for a couple in Boston, MA. Those are still being fine-tuned, and will fall at the very end of the US tour, before I fly to London to begin my tour of the UK. In short, Boston info is yet to come!

SILENCE Fall 2011 Tour:

October 4 at 7:00PM
MYSTERIOUS GALAXY
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
Suite 302
San Diego, CA 92111
-- with Moira Young and Elizabeth Miles

October 5 at 7:00PM
BARNES & NOBLE
7881 Edinger Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
-- with Moira Young and Elizabeth Miles

October 6 at 7:00PM
ONCE UPON A TIME
2207 Honolulu Avenue
Montrose, CA 91020
-- with Moira Young and Elizabeth Miles


October 7 at 5:00PM
MRS. NELSON'S TOY AND BOOKSHOP
1030 Bonita Avenue
La Verne, CA 91750
-- with Moira Young and Elizabeth Miles

October 8 at 6:00PM
BARNES & NOBLE
6050 El Cerrito Plaza
El Cerrito, CA 94530


October 9 at 3:00PM
KEPLER'S BOOKS
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
-- with Michelle Hodkin


October 10 at 7:00PM
BOOKS INC.
601 Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94102
-- with Michelle Hodkin and Moira Young


October 11 at 7:00PM
PROVO CITY LIBRARY
550 North University Avenue
Provo, UT 84601
-- with Michelle Hodkin, Moira Young and Elana Johnson

October 12 at 7:30PM
BARNES & NOBLE
55 Old Orchard Center
Skokie, IL 60077

October 13 at 7:30PM
LAKE FOREST BOOKSTORE
680 North Western Avenue
Lake Forest, IL 60045

October 14 at 7:00PM
ANDERSON'S BOOKSHOP
123 West Jefferson Avenue
Naperville, IL 60540

October 15 at 2:00PM
MALL OF AMERICA
60 East Broadway
Bloomington, MN 55425

October 16
Boston, MA
Events TBA

November 5
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Las Vegas, NV
Events TBA

My UK Tour in all its Glory!

Here it is, guys! My UK tour schedule. I'm thrilled to be heading over to the UK again this year to meet many of you, talk about SILENCE, and answer your questions. I am happy to sign all your books - so bring as many copies as you'd like - but please, please, please check with individual stores about policy. And, yes, this time I WILL try fish and chips before leaving England. Consider it done!

Tuesday, October 18, 6:30PM
Talk & Signing at Foyles Bookshop

The Gallery space

Foyles

Charing Cross Road

London

WC2H 0EB

FREE. Reserve a place online at www.foyles.co.uk or phone the store on 020 7437 5660


Wednesday, October 19, 7PM

Talk & Signing with Waterstones Boston

Blackfriars Theatre

Spain Lane

Boston

PE21 6HP

Entry by ticket only. Tickets £3, available in-store or tel: 01205 360002

www.waterstones.com

Thursday, October 20, 6PM

Talk & Signing: Eason

40 Lower O’Connell Street

Dublin, Ireland

To reserve a place tel: 00 353 (0) 1 858 3800

Saturday, October 22, 9AM - 12PM

Signing at Eternal Twilight 6

Hilton Metropole, Birmingham NEC

Full details and tickets available from http://massiveevents.co.uk/eternaltwilight6/

Saturday, October 22, 2PM

Signing at Waterstones Birmingham

24-26 High Street

Birmingham

B4 7SL

To reserve a signed copy (subject to availability. Reserved copies may not carry a dedication) phone the store on 0843 290 8149

Sunday, October 23, 9AM - 12PM

Signing at Eternal Twilight 6

Hilton Metropole, Birmingham NEC

Full details and tickets available from http://massiveevents.co.uk/eternaltwilight6/

Monday, October 24, 11AM

Talk & signing at Waterstones Windsor

Windsor Library

Memorial Hall

Straight Road

Old Windsor

SL4 2RN

Entry by tick. Tickets available from Waterstones, 20-21 Peascod Street, Windsor, SL4 1DU, tel: 01753 856456

Monday, October 24, 3PM

Signing at Waterstones Bromley

100 The Glades

Bromley

BR1 1DJ

To reserve a signed copy (subject to availability. Reserved copies may not carry a dedication) phone the store on 020 8460 6037

Monday, October 24, 6:30PM

Talk & signing with Waterstones Crawley

Crawley Library

Southgate Avenue

Crawley

RH10 6HG

Entry by ticket only. Tickets £3 available from the library tel: 01293 651751, or in-store at Waterstones, 83-84 County Mall, RH10 1FD, tel: 01293 533471

Tuesday, October 25, 1PM

Signing at Waterstones Bluewater

West Village

Greenhithe

Bluewater

DA9 9SE

To reserve a signed copy (subject to availability. Reserved copies may not carry a dedication) phone the store on 0843 290 8159

www.waterstones.com

Triathlon Recap

I'm back from Idaho! And happy to say not only did I finish my second sprint triathlon, but I beat my time by, wait for it, ONE whole minute! I came in at 1:28:06 - third in my age division. Yes, I am relieved. Yes, I am a delirious mix of happy and exhausted. And, yes, I am very, very sore.

A recap:

The race started with a 5k run, but I don't have any pictures of the run (thank goodness!) because my mom and I didn't realize that our wave started at 7:00 a.m. and not 7:30, so we'd inadvertently told our cheerleaders and photographer, a.k.a. family members, to show up a half hour late.

My mom and I arrived at the race with about ten minutes to check in, set up our transition areas, make a quick bathroom break, and dash for the starting line. In fact, I could hear the announcer yelling, "Thirty seconds to wave one," as I sprinted out of the restrooms. I was screaming at my mom to go to the starting line, and she was yelling at me to grab the energy bars. By the time we made it to the starting line, the gun had gone off and we were already out of breath. From sprinting, and from laughing. I can't imagine how frantic we must have looked.

Here I am leaving the transition area to head into the 20k cycling portion. I was so exhausted I could barely get my leg over the seat. I think I'm going to make this my profile pic on Facebook. What do you think?

I told my sister NOT to take any pictures of my backside. Clearly she is a good listener.

With my sister after the swim portion. That explains why my hair is a total mess. But I am smiling - I'm finished!!



This was my mom's fifth sprint triathlon in five years!



Last but not least, a few pics of my mom and me with our cheerleaders!

HUSH, HUSH Graphic Novel Cover & Contest

The folks at SeaLion (the publisher of the HUSH, HUSH Graphic Novel) have released the cover and are hosting a cool contest!

First the awesome cover - So cool! What do you think?

And now some contest details!

The HUSH, HUSH Graphic Novel Contest Winner will receive a signed copy of the Hush Hush Graphic Novel and a hand crafted purse  created by 2011 Books with Bites!  To see examples of her creations visit http://www.bookpurses.blogspot.com/

Here's How To Enter: 

LIKE Sea Lion Book's Facebook page  and/or FRIEND Sea Lion books on Good Reads 

POST a comment on their page/profile about how much you want PATCH to be your guardian angel.  If you've already liked/friended them then just let them know how much you want PATCH to be your guardian angel.   Then send your friends!!!!  If you lead your friends to LIKE/FRIEND Sea Lion  make sure you tell them to say they were referred by you!  The more friends you refer the more chances you get to win!!!

The contest will run until the end of August 15th or until they reach 1,500 Facebook fans.  Winner will be chosen using random.org. Winner will be notified either on Facebook or Goodreads depending on how they entered and will have 48 hours to respond or the price will be given to the second runner up.

Also, don't forget about this contest, posted here a few days ago!  GOOD LUCK with both!!