The wonderful, awesome, charmingly-Southern Charlaine Harris was in Dallas recently for a book signing!
Of course, I had to go!
Luckily, my sister-in-law, Kate, reads the series too. She agreed to accompany me on this adventure.
We had no clue how many people would show up for this! It was so crazy. The Borders was packed to the brim with people.
Before the signing, Charlaine (it feels so funny just calling her by her first name, like we’re old friends!) came out and briefly answered a few questions from the audience.
**SPOILERS**
I couldn’t hear a lot of what she said, but she did confirm that Sookie would never be turned into a vampire.
And she said that she is contracted through Sookie book #13! That’s at least three more, people!
She also told us how she came to write about Sookie and this world with vampires. She joked that her other book sales were down, and she understood the popular obsession with vampires, so she decided that she needed to write a series about a girl who was dating a vampire.
But she needed a reason for the girl to do a crazy thing like that, Charlaine said. So, she gave Sookie her “disability.”
**SPOILERS END**
Kate and I were in the second group of wristbands to get in line. Gold wristbands all the way, baby!
Everyone got to have two books signed. And my super-awesome hubby obligingly took photos to prove we were there!
There’s Kate chatting with Charlaine Harris!
And me, too! She asked me if I watched True Blood, and I told her that I was anxiously awaiting Season 2 on DVD.
Yay!
It was such a great day!
That was the fun for me, but what about the fun for you? Well, remember when I said I was able to get two books signed?
I’m going to give away my second signed copy of Dead in the Family!
That’s right! Now, you have a chance to win your very own copy!
I’m going to do things a bit differently than I did for my first giveaway, so listen up!
The Rules: Only one entry per person.
You *must* be a follower of my book blog to enter. To follow my blog, just click the “Join This Site” button on the right sidebar and sign in with your <leo_highlight id=”leoHighlights_Underline_0″ leohighlights_keywords=”google” leohighlights_underline=”true” leohighlights_url_bottom=”http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dgoogle%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com” leohighlights_url_top=”http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dgoogle%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com” onclick=”leoHighlightsHandleClick(‘leoHighlights_Underline_0’)” onmouseout=”leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut(‘leoHighlights_Underline_0’)” onmouseover=”leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver(‘leoHighlights_Underline_0’)” style=”-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); cursor: pointer; display: inline;”>Google account.
Once you’re a follower, just answer the questions in the form below and hit Submit!Increase Your Chances: Complete the following tasks to increase your chances to win!
- +1 – Become a fan of The Nerd’s Wife on Facebook.
- +1 – Follow The Nerd’s Wife on Twitter.
- +2 – Tweet about this contest. Sample tweet: I’m trying to win a signed copy of Dead in the Family from @thenerdswife. Enter here: http://bit.ly/cKGDUu
- +3 – List this contest in your blog sidebar.
- +5 – Write a blog post about this contest.
U.S. and Canada residents only. Sorry.
Contest ends Friday, June 4 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
P.S. – My awesome friend Ashley told me about the book signing. She’s so wonderful for keeping me in the loop! You should totally go visit her blog about her journey with her boyfriend, Chris, as he battled testicular cancer. They are so inspiring and are such a cute couple!
Whew! I think that’s it.
Good luck!
I love all things vampire and werewolf, so the chance to meet Charlaine Harris was a dream come true!
I thought I just left a comment, but I think I got side tracked trying to enter the giveaway!
I just wanted to say after reading this post (a few different times) I just realized you mentioned us at the bottom! Thanks 🙂
Glad you had fun at the signing…maybe next time she will come to Austin!
Thanks, girl! You are awesome!
The Texas Book Festival is in Austin on Oct. 16-17. Maybe there will be lots of fun authors there? 🙂
Oooh! Maybe!
I found you on the blog hop and just had to say…its a small world! I live in Oklahoma, but one of my very good friends was at that book signing 🙂
Thanks for visiting Tiffany's Bookshelf and telling me about this giveaway, so far I have read the first 2 books of the series and loved them!
I am following you here, and on twitter too 🙂 as well as a facebook fan! Can not wait to compare more great books!
Arena, we are not "neighbors" but both from Texas and nice to find another resident of this great state. Blog hopping today, my first one this week and it is nice to find your site of "All things Nerd", how cute.
My link is here, stop by if you get a chance!:
http://jacaburintexas.blogspot.com/2010/05/friday-book-blogger-hop.html
jackie b central texas
Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm now following yours! I love your layout and what I've read so far. 🙂
Fun! I actually have a copy (not signed though) so I’m not entering. Wanted to thank you for stopping by my blog during The Hop. Your layout is super cute!
very cool blog I agree we have alot of areas in common my husband is big into Star Trek as well. Can't wait to get to know you better. Quch jaj pItlh (which I believe translates to Good Weekend)
Thanks for the giveaway! I love these books!!
Huh, I really need to get my hands on some of these books for my best friend. She LOVES vampire fiction-this'll be right up her alley I think.
Thanks for stoppin by my blog via the hop! I am a huge Sookie fan! And I just bought season 2 of True Blood today and am anxiously awaiting June 13th!!(: But love your blog and can't wait to hear more form you. Hope you have a good weekend!
hey Arena! thanks for stopping by my blog. i didn't know yours but now i'm a follower, your blog is SO lovely! i'd have loved to participate to this giveaway but i already have the books! lol, i love this serie. good luck to everyone 8D
Great giveaway I'm crossing my fingers to win because I LOVE this series!!!!! Really like your blog also!
wow! what an awesome experience! I love this series! Thanks for the giveaway!
Hey Arena, thanks for stopping by my blog on Friday. I rarely enter book-giveaway contests, but since I'm quite taken with both the Sookie Stackhouse books and the HBO series, I thought this would be a good one to enter. And, I'll have to give you credit for being the first blog that I "follow" on Google. I've been a user of Bloglines for more years that I can count and have avoided the new upstarts like Google. But, I wanted to maximize my opportunity to win this book, so I signed up to follow your blog with Google, I friended you on Twitter and posted a tweet about the contest. My Twitter ID is gee_elsi. Over on Facebook, I couldn't find a "fan" button, but I did click the "like" button on your main page and hope that counts. Your contest is featured in the sidebar of my blog … both on the home page and on the pages with the blog entries. And, I'm just now posting a new blog entry about the Book Bloggers Hop and your contest. It should be online in 20 minutes or so. (I have to take a break to put the rice on for supper and then I'll come back and finish it.)
I have an award for you here
http://www.communitybookstop.com/2010/05/blogging-book-reviewers-award.html
Thanks for the AWESOME giveaway!!! Love your blog by the way!
So excited about this giveaway!!!