Happy 1st Anniversary

Well well well. I almost plum forgot that today is the blog's 1-year anniversary! 'Twas one year ago that I conducted my first interview. (Thanks Fidel). Surprisingly my replacement mini-biz-cards/bookmarks arrived today. They are like my mini presents! To old and new readers - thanks for supporting my lil' blog. It's been very exciting to see my readership grow and I appreciate every single visit! And I couldn't have done this without Sonya of People Reading for inspiring me to spark conversations with readers in Los Angeles.



In other news...


Over the weekend I made my way to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA. So happy that I made it out to this annual event. I decided to head on over on Saturday and got to roam the various booths. What a lovely day and it was even better that I got to revisit my old alma mater! Boy do I miss UCLA! I must confess that I did not really check the scheduling so I had no idea which panels were happening at what times. Once I got my little paws on a program I noticed that I had 5 minutes to make it to the Gore Vidal panel at the Grand Ballroom. I bolted over, saw a line, realized it was for the next talk with Ray Bradbury, and was told to rush up the back steps. Turns out I was sneaking into the Gore Vidal panel without meaning to! I didn't end up grabbing a ticket but happened to find my way inside and parked into a seat! A bit guilty, yes, because I saw some people in line outside the doors but I was really happy to have been able to see GORE VIDAL IN PERSON! He is a funny man indeed and I'm glad that I saw him. One of my favourite books happens to be The City and the Pillar which i highly recommend. Makes me want to re-read it! I also saw my first public Kindle reader at the shuttle stop. Alas, she declined an interview.

All in all a good time. Perfect way to spend my Saturday afternoon even though I was running on no sleep from the night before! Only live once, right?