{Event Re-cap + Giveaway} Meeting Rainbow Rowell & Mila Gray

Last week was pretty exciting for me. Not only did I get the chance to meet one author, but yes, I got to meet two. 

On Tuesday, Waterstones in Birmingham was holding an evening with Rainbow Rowell. I went to this event with Misty from Bookaholic Book Club and when we arrived at 6.30pm – the event was due to at 7pm – the waiting line was already massive! It was around 7.10pm that they started letting everyone in and it was packed. Rainbow Rowell was at the front of the group and instead of doing a reading; she did a Q&A and boy, is she funny! She was a bit nervous and I think that it showed to start with but still, her humorous personality shone. 

People were asking her questions that she happily answered and she talked about Eleanor and Park movie and there were a lot of questions to Fangirl, and then it was signing time. We waited about an hour for our books to be signed just because we were close to the back, but it was lovely to meet her and I did get book signed for one lucky winner too! 

Then on Saturday, it was Mila Gray aka Sarah Alderson’s event. I’ve actually met Sarah Alderson once before when I went to a Simon & Schuster event but this was the first time I’ve met her to promote her newest book, Come Back to Me which she published under a pen name.  

I travelled to London from Birmingham and arrived at around 10.30am. I promptly met up with Jess (co-blogger) and then Jasprit from The Readers Den. We grabbed a quick bite to eat in Kings Cross – which was lovely, and then we headed straight over to Drink, Stop and Do where Mila’s event was being held. And let me tell you, Drink, Stop and Do is such a unique and retro shop. You wouldn’t tell from the outside but its lovely inside and they have so many delicious cakes to offer and not only that, the place was packed with hen parties doing arts and crafts. I’ve never seen anything like it before. 

Anyway back to the event. We arrived at 11.45am and Mila  was already there. We had a lovely private table with teacups and lollipop’s awaiting us. It was there we met up with Emma from Never Judge a Book by its Cover. This was our first time meeting but she was oh so lovely. A few other bloggers arrived and then the event started and we were bought different flavours of tea, water, cakes, sandwiches and scones to eat and champagne. It was so very British and very yummy. Mila  signed our books and we talked about her newest release, covers, Fifty Shades, her trip to America and of course, what’s coming next for her. 

We were also given little goodie bags containing a notebook, chocolates and a copy of Come Back to Me. And of course there were many pictures. It was a quiet event and I loved it all the more. We were able to talk to Sarah one on one which we’ve never really had the chance to do before and it was lovely to meet her again. 

So, yep, that’s been my week! And I didn’t forget about you guys at all. So I purchased an extra copy of Fangirl which is signed and also a Fangirl tote bag and I’ll also throw in a copy of Come Back to Me – which will be pre-order, so the winner will not receive the book until it releases around October 23rd. And thank you to Pan Macmilliam! 

So want to enter? 
All you need to do is fill the rafflecopter details in below. The giveaway will run until 12th September! 

Good luck! 

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