Book Launch Reading Report and a New Review of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter
- At April 18, 2015
- By Jeannine Gailey
- In Blog
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Survived the Seattle book launch of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter in good cheer. Jack Straw played a wonderful host, my Dad, Glenn, and Kelli all brought flowers (so many flowers!), Evan and Kelli did a great job as emcee and opening readers, respectively, and lots of wonderful folks in the audience – even an old friend from high school! People seemed to enjoy the reception afterwards, especially the robot cupcakes, which were a big hit! Anyway, no disasters, sold some books, and here are some pics from the event! (and a link to YouTube if you want to watch the reading yourself from home.)
A new review of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter by Melanie Teabird (isn’t that a beautiful name?) went up yesterday too. I’m so thankful for the kind reviews!
I was so excited about having one of my apocalypse poems up on The Rumpus on the 16th, too. Isn’t it funny it went up on the same day as the reading? With poetry, it’s months of hearing nothing, then everything on the same day so you’re all “celebrate five things at a time!” Anyway, all the poems The Rumpus posts in April every year are really fun reading, so check them all out.
Yesterday we drove up to Skagit Valley to take the parents, with my little brother and his wife, to the tulip fields for the last hurrah (as they announced they were cutting down all the tulips after this weekend – for the record, that’s super early, and the Tulip Festival officially lasts through the end of April.) One of the things that struck me this year was not only were the daffodils and tulips early, but when we went this time, the cherry and apple trees were still blooming, dogwoods and the lilacs and azaleas were up as well. Really beautiful but confusing, seasonally! Here’s a weirdly overexposed shot of me and my mom in the tulip fields, a bald eagle we saw, and a tangle of apple branches and cherry blossoms from La Conner.
Karen
Great work! You look like your mom!
Jeannine Gailey
Thanks! I hear that all the time 🙂