Well, two and a
half weeks later and I’m finally making time to talk about The Ontario Blogger
Meetup, which happened November 2nd. I’ve been swamped with NaNoWriMo,
promoting my new book, and a bunch of other things, so the recap kept getting
put on the back burner. Oops!
This year was the third annual blogger meetup. I was invited to the first one, but I had no way to get to Toronto, so I wasn’t able to go. The same thing happened last year, but I was determined I would find a way to go this year. As soon as I found out tickets would be going on sale in August, I posted on Facebook, tagged my local blogger friends, and was able to get a ride with Kathy from I Write, I Read, I Review, who lives just half an hour away from me, and who I’ve known through blogging for over two years.
This year was the third annual blogger meetup. I was invited to the first one, but I had no way to get to Toronto, so I wasn’t able to go. The same thing happened last year, but I was determined I would find a way to go this year. As soon as I found out tickets would be going on sale in August, I posted on Facebook, tagged my local blogger friends, and was able to get a ride with Kathy from I Write, I Read, I Review, who lives just half an hour away from me, and who I’ve known through blogging for over two years.
Kathy and I were
two of the first guests to show up at Watermark Irish Pub in Toronto. I was
glad we were early, because I hate walking into a room full of people, plus we got to have our choice of seats. We got settled, started organizing
our books for trade, and then started mingling as people came in.
Kathy and me |
Me and Rachelia |
Kathy and I were
lucky enough to get seated at the same table as one of the guest authors, Gail Gallant. I think she asked us more questions than we asked her - she was
fascinated with book blogging, and couldn’t believe how many of us there were, and
how much we loved to share our love of books. It was a lot of fun to chat with
her, and I also ended up getting her book in the goodie bag, so I got her to sign it.
The Ontario Blog Squad! |
And, I can’t forget
to talk about the food, since we got a lovely three-course meal. I had chili,
fish and chips, and the most amazing peanut butter brownie cheesecake. It was
nice to have a meal since a lot of people came from far away (a little over two
hours for me, plus tack on an extra half hour for Kathy), and it gave us a
chance to sit down and get to know the people at our table better.
All the books I traded for/was given |
The contents of my super-awesome goodie bag. Kathy and I weren't going to open ours until we got home, but then we found out we all had a book from one of the two guest authors, so we had to see which one we had so we could get them signed! |
You can see each of the books and who I got them from in my video book haul from weekend before last.
Have you ever been to a blogger meetup?
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Great write up. :D I still need to do one too. (I'm dreading de-shelving the haul I brought home long enough to photograph it.) The great thing for us is we already know we have a ride. :D I absolutely love going to the Meetups each year; they're becoming the Blogger equivalent of Christmas (or some other joyous holiday) for me.
ReplyDeleteWow what fun. I've never been to anything like that. I'm missing out. :-)
ReplyDeleteAnna from Shout with Emaginette
It looks like SO much fun, Marie! I'm really really happy you got to go, meet people both old friends and new, and got so many awesome books. YAY!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sad I missed it this year. I'll have to plan a visit back to Ont when the next one happens. It looks like it was a lot of fun!
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