Yesterday, Claire and I hosted a literary luncheon as a fundraiser for our kids’ school. We provided the entertainment and the lunch. The attendees purchased a place at the table from the school and were asked to bring a book they enjoyed to trade. We had a lovely afternoon, but anyone can do this with or without the fundraising component.
Here’s how our afternoon progressed–in addition to the attendees, we invited Katie O’Laughlin, owner of Village Books, our local bookstore in the Pacific Palisades, and C. Leigh Purtill, author of Love, Meg and All About Me. [Aside--when I told Kelsey that I had lunch with Leigh, she squealed and jumped up and down in delight, she loved Leigh's books. I felt like I earned extra mother points because I'm raising a daughter in LA who squeals over an author.] After eating and chatting, we jumped into talking about books. Leigh brought out a stack of YA books that she recommended, giving us a plot summary, a heads up on anything edgy and the appropriate minimum age of the reader. Katie had a list of books divided into middle school and high school readers. She brought each of the books and gave us a summary of the action. We had a long discussion about good books to read after the Twilight series, Katie suggested Mediator by Meg Cabot for younger readers and Leigh highly recommended Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz for older readers. Claire will be writing posts about the books Katie and Leigh introduced us to. Read the rest of this entry »
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