Our trip to Atlanta was…uneventful. Which is exactly what you want when you’re driving for 8 hours. Right? We made it safe and sound.
However… check in at the hotel was crazy! We’ve never seen this many people check in on a Wednesday for Dragon Con. It’s possible that some people just arrived a day early to miss the hurricane, but I’m beginning to think that Wednesday may becoming the new Thursday for Dragon Con.
FYI: They're capping attendance at 80,000 this year.
Here’s what I read since my last update:
Book 46
Title: The Last Widow
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Karin Slaughter
Genre: Crime Suspense
Series: Will Trent #9
# of Pages: 446
Paper or plastic: Hard cover
How obtained: Purchased used
Blurb from Book: On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. The authorities are desperate to save the doctor who’s been vanished into thin air.
One month later, the serenity of a sunny Sunday afternoon is shattered by the boom of a ground-shaking blast—followed by another seconds later. One of Atlanta’s busiest and most important neighborhoods has been bombed—the location of Emory University, two major hospitals, an FBI field office, and the CDC.
Medical examiner Sara Linton and her partner, Will Trent, an investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, rush to the scene—and into the heart of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy thousands of innocent lives. When the assailants abduct Sara, Will goes undercover to save her and prevent a massacre—putting his own life on the line for the woman and the country he loves.
Recommend: Yes
My thoughts: I know this is fiction, but there are parts of this book, the parts about the assailants, that scare me (and make me sad, too) because I know there are actual people out there that think just like them.
I’m on two fan panels this year at Dragon Con and even got my name listed for each event (whoo hoo!). The panels are: Nancy Drew and Reginald the Vampire. I brought one copy of Ghostly Liaison, one copy of My Sunny Vampire, and two copies of my short story collection. I figure I'll display the ghost book during Nancy Drew and the vampire book during Reginald the Vampire. And I'll give away one copy of my short story collection at each panel. I also have some swag to hand out. Don't know if it'll do any good, but at least I'm trying!
Happy Reading!
Stacy
2 comments:
That's amazing you actually got on a couple panels.
I'm sure people were arriving early to beat the hurricane, although technically it was hotting Georgia yesterday evening, so not early enough.
Alex - It pays to belong to the FB group of the Urban Fantasy Track. And when she asks for panel members, I make sure to respond quickly.
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