Laini Taylor on readergirlz

Look who we're celebrating on readergirlz this month: Laini Taylor, National Book Award finalist. So mark your calendar for 10/20!

Vision Board

With every new novel--and heck, to kick off every new phase in my life--I turn to my vision boards. These collages ground and guide me, reminding me of what's truly important. What I need to focus on. Here, my good friend Lorie Ann Grover created a collage for me on our new fave site, Polyvore! Can you decipher all the symbols? I can. And that's a sign of dear friend who knows my heart.

More Wedding Belles

Loving this photo with my friend, Dawn Rutherford, teen librarian extraordinaire, at our friend's wedding.

Wedding Belles

A posse of friends at Jackie Parker's wedding. Here we are, readergirlz all.

Back row: Holly Cupala (Tell Me a Secret), Colleen Mondor (Guys Lit Wire), Lorie Ann Grover (On Pointe)

Front row: Martha Brockenbrough (Things that Sic), Rachel (librarian-roller derby girl), and moi

Hiking Buddy

Meet Teddy, my new hiking buddy. He's up for anything...even an early morning start time. No grumbling, just panting, as we ran through Cougar Mountain. (Okay, and Mindy is a pretty fabulous hiking buddy, too.)

Hang Gliding

Gorgeous day...so I ran up to Poo Poo Point (what's with the name?) on Tiger Mountain. There, the hanggliders were taking to the sky. I love the sound of air filling the parachutes--WHOOOOOOOOSH! If joy had a sound other than laughter, then this has to be it.

Celebrating Tell Me A Secret

Remember to join us tonight to celebrate Holly Cupala's debut novel on readergirlz!