It’s time for our March edition of Local Tourist – did you do anything fun in your neck of the woods? Share it on your blog and link up below (or link up any other posts from the past month that fit!) As usual, I’m co-hosting this link-up with the lovely Dara from Not in Jersey. Be sure to check out her blog!
This past month was actually full of author events for me, and by full, I mean two! That’s a lot for me though. I live right by Cincinnati, Ohio, so we do get some good authors our way (I know I’m lucky with that) but I don’t always get a chance to go – or they are authors whose books I’ve never read. However, in March, I got to see a talk done by Neil Gaiman as well as an author event with the lovely, hilarious Mackenzi Lee. I recommend both authors – their books and seeing them live, if you get the chance!
If you’d like to see what I thought of these events, I’ve actually done two re-caps of them already!
Neil Gaiman – event recap
Mackenzi Lee- event recap
What did you do this past March? Anything fun where you live? Share your local April plans in the comments too! I’d love to know!!
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I haven’t really done anything this month except for study so I’m super jealous that you got to go to two(!!) awesome author events!
Ah! I’m so happily jealous of all the events you’ve been able to go to recently! 😀 I wish more authors I know would come to New Hampshire! Maybe this summer… the winter months are always pretty rough around here. Great post!
This is super fun! I loved seeing your photos from the Mackenzi Lee event! I wrote on your Neil Gaiman one because he comes here in November!! SO EXCITED! 🙂 XO – Alexandra
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I wish our bookstores got authors in. They only have local authors and frankly, I don’t like any of them. Barnes & Noble USED to get some cool authors but they apparently nixed that so we don’t get any now… unless it’s a local author who asks to come which is lame.
I loved both of your author talk recaps, so exciting that you got to do two of them! I hope you have a great weekend!
I need to be a local tourist in my town too. Loved this author recap that you did.
I just love the local tourist idea. Seeing Neil Gianna would be awesome! Hope you have a great weekend.
I love that you were able to get to not just one but two speaking events this month! That’s wonderful. I haven’t heard of Mackenzie but will look for her books 🙂 Hope you have a great weekend, Lauren, and happy Easter if you are celebrating! XOXO
We went to the Arboretum and the zoo!
Oh that is awesome that you got to see two authors! A local bookstore here puts on great author events, and I hope to go to more in the coming year.
The best thing I did in March was an author event too. Three cheers for great author events.
My husband and I have been planning some trips! We have the travel bug bad!
I saw Neil Gaiman in DC last summer and loved the event! I liked that it was a more loosely structured evening with a few things planned but mostly just flowing with how the audience was feeling.
How fun that you got to go to two events this month! I haven’t done too much around the city lately since it’s been so cold and rainy! Hopefully it will warm up a bit in April!
I didn’t do anything exciting locally, but I did get to wine taste and stay by the beach earlier this month, which was lovely.
I love author events! Usually if it’s an author I love, they’re pretty witty in person, too. Glad you enjoyed! 🙂
I had fun going to a World Language Expo at my school. It was fun, as always, to learn more about other cultures.
I didn’t get out an do a lot of fun stuff this month, other than seeing Love, Simon twice. LOL
I love author events! Neil Gaiman encounters are always a treat 😉
Those author events sound so fun 🙂
I love author events, they’re the best. 🙂 It’s nice that you live in an area where you get authors coming through. We get a few through here as well, but a lot of time I miss them if I’m not watching the bookstores’ event pages!
Being a local tourist is fun but I didn’t do anything like that in March. :/
I love this post! Author events are AMAZING? I’m glad you had lots of fun!!!
My daughter and I got to see Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff at the Obsidio signing. I love getting to see authors whenever I get the chance.
I love that you have so many great authors signings near you. We don’t really get many here aside from local authors.
I live in a rural / small town area in central Ohio – I wish there were more author events to attend.
I was so excited when I saw your Neil Gaiman post! I cannot believe it! So glad you had a couple of months with exciting author events
I am jealous! A lot of author events go to the phoenix area, but not really here in Tucson. I did travel once to see a favorite author and it added such depth to the book. I loved it!
Author events are so fun. Nice you get some good ones through your area.
That’s so amazing and exciting that you have author events by you!! We never get any near us….except for RT this year YAY….and usually if I want to attend one I have to go back home to Cali. I’m so happy for you! Hopefully there’s more wonderful book events for you later on this year!