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Last night I attended a reading and book signing at the new Books Inc. in the Opera Plaza here in San Francisco. It was super entertaining and fun. For some reason I forgot David Levithan was also on the bill and on top of that they brought along a friend -- writer Eliot Schrefer. Bonus.

David Levithan read a short story called "Starbucks Boy" from a book of short stories called How They Met and Eliot Schrefer read a first draft, of a first chapter, of his first young adult novel. Wow. I felt honored and it seemed really promising too. Not sure if I'm supposed to name it since I think it's still a work in progress--still an idea. "Starbucks Boy" was hilarious and we laughed a lot. Sort of a nicer, younger, gay Nannies Diaries.

My friend Leah is in town so I dragged her along. She really enjoyed it and not being a YA person, kept saying things like, "Wow, that was really well written" and "I would totally read stuff like that." I think she's officially converted and being a big vampire fan, she left with a copy of Twilight.

Siobhan Vivian read from A Little Friendly Advice and it sounded sweet and fresh. Seeing her in person made me understand Ruby, the main character, in a different way. There is a brightness that they clearly share. I'm really looking forward to her next book, I enjoyed this one so much! In short: It's great. Loved it. Yay!

See what else is being said about Siobhan Vivian's debut novel. It's still very new, so feel free to send me any I missed and I'll add them.

Teen Book Review

Page Flipper

Slayground

SF Gate

Little Willow at Amazon

Share some Buckeye pride at Ohio.com

Ya Ya Ya's

Big A Little A

Suggested at Readergirlz and Booksense

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