UPCOMING EVENT: CARRY ON BY RAINBOW ROWELL PH LAUNCH

Calling all Rainbow Rowell Filipino fans! (And Simon - Baz shippers out there!) There will be a fan organized book launch for her next book, Carry On!

I've been wanting to blurb something about this since last, last week but I can't so now I am so excited to announce that we're having another bookish event this October! Huge thanks to National Book Store for making this event possible!

CARRY ON

BY RAINBOW ROWELL

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.

That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.

Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here--it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up.

Carry On - The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow is a ghost story, a love story, and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.

When: October 10, 3 - 5 pm

Where: Powerbooks Greenbelt

Registration starts at 2pm!

Click here to view the Facebook event invitation and see who else are coming!

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a registration fee and are we required to buy a book to join?

No book purchase is required to join, there's no registration fee as well! 

What activities do you have?

We'll have quizzes, games, giveaways and raffles and you can win prizes!

Do we need to bring anything?

Yourself and your fellow Rainbow Rowell fans! This is a chance to meet other fans of the author as well as fellow bookworms.

Spread the word and use our official hashtag for this event, #CarryOnPHLaunch to keep updated!

Til Death by Kate Evangelista Book Launch

National Book Store gave us another great bookish event through launching Kate Evangelista's latest book, Til Death (Fractired Souls #1). This happened just yesterday, 4pm in the afternoon at their Glorietta 1 branch. The event was hosted by her fellow Filipina and also an author, Mina Esguerra.

Kate received questions from the audience and from twitter, which is mostly (obviously) about her books and her writing career. She shared some of her struggles as a writer, especially when it comes to the publishing part. She told us that being rejected by some publishers doesn't mean that your book is bad at all, it's just might not be for them, and they can't help you to market your books out. Another thing she shared to us is about receiving positive and negative reviews of her books. She said that it feels great to receive both because it's scary if you only receive positive reviews since you wouldn't know where to improve your writing.

Here are some facts about Kate:

• Taste, Reaping Me Softly and Til Death are the first books she wrote
• Romancing the Bookworm is her ONLY Contemporary novel (so far)
• She still has 11 books to write (WOAH!)

After the question and answer part, she raffled the names of those who attended the event for some goodies! Too sad I didn't win. Also, we finally met the Momma-ger! She's so much younger in person that I can't believe she's Kate's mother. They look like sisters!

 

Wait, did I mention that there'd been free food? Yes! The siomai was the best part. Yum!

Another fun thing about this event is that I get to meet with my lovely blogger friends again! I had a great time chatting with them and ranting about the books we loved and didn't like.

 

(Photos grabbed from Kai of Amaterasu Reads and Kate of The Bookaholic Blurbs)

And finally, Kate signed our books! As promised, the first 50 people who registered were given a tote bag. I'm number 12! Thanks to Kai of Amaterasu Reads who did a huge favor for me. Hihi. Also, we had Mina Esguerra sign her books for us too! She's too kind to agree.

Yes, she asked if she can use my name for one of her future books! I'm so excited and it's hard to contain all the feels during the moment. Teehee!!!

I would like to thank National Book Store for having us again in this successful event and giving us another opportunity to meet not only one but two of our Pinoy pride authors! Til next time! Another bookish event will take place by the end of the month! Stay tune! :)

Pinoy Book Tours bloggers with Kate EvangelistaL-R: Algel from Tea-rrific Reads, Camelle from Home of a Book Lover, Dianne from Oops, I Read a Book Again, Leslie from Bibliophile Kid, Kai from Amaterasu Reads, Kazhy from My Library in the Making,
Kate from The Bookaholic Blurbs, Jhed from When Books Defy Gravity and Kate Evangelista
(Photo from Kate of The Bookaholic Blurbs)

Book Launch + Giveaway: BLACK MOON (Ink #3) by Holly Hood

Black Moon (Ink #3)

by Holly Hood

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Blurb:

Slade saved her life...
but none of that matters anymore...

Torn between her love for Slade and her own existence, Hope has to fight to keep one while battling to save the other. They say it all falls apart in the end. Walking away isn’t always easy.
Hope believed in Slade…
But sometimes belief has a horrible way of destroying your life.
Can their love survive or will it all just fall apart?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Holly Hood

I'm a toledoan, born and raised in Toledo, Ohio my whole life pretty much. I was lucky enough to enjoy the south for three years, and I loved it.

I am a mother of four beautiful kids, a wife, sister, friend, reality tv and music junkie. And I enjoy a good book, one that has me laughing so hard I could puke, or maybe something that makes me cry. I have always been one that enjoyed a tear jerker, probably why I am so fond of Grey's anatomy, and Celebrity rehab.

Writing is the road to freedom for me, I have always enjoyed it since I was around 11 years old.

INT'L GIVEAWAYS (Yes, with an 'S'!)

1st Giveaway: e-book by author Brandi Salazar and a $20 Amazon gift card

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 2nd Giveaway: Ink Series: Bundle! (includes Ink, Twisted Magic and Black Moon!) and a $10 Amazon gift card

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